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TSN.cas NHL Play of the Year showdown continues today with a pair of goaltenders flashing their boots. The 11th match-up of the Round of 32 sees Kari Lehtonen and Jonathan Quick square off with a pair of unlikely kick saves. Lehtonen throws just about everything he can at Avalanche forward John Mitchell and manages to get a piece of it, finally, with his foot. Mitchell wheels out from behind the net at what looks to be a yawning cage. Lehtonen, however, sees the reverse move coming and begins his cross-crease sprawl. Never giving up on the potential shot, Lehtonen throws his blocker and his glove in front of the net before finally hurling his left pad at the shot and making a mid-air, kick save to deny a sure goal. Quicks move is more succinct but just as unlikely. Blake Wheeler hurls a shot on net from a tight angle, but Quick is flat on his stomach with no chance of moving his body in front of the attempt. He decides to try an isolation move. 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"Despite his efforts to play through it, the injury has not responded as we had hoped and Logan has made the decision to undergo a surgical procedure to repair the problem. http://www.vapormaxnorge.com/vapormax-dame-norge/vapormax-flyknit.html . Louis Blues are reportedly taking restricted free agent forward Vladimir Sobotka to arbitration. Vapormax Norge . In the late match, Shinji Okazaki scored two goals to pace Mainz to a 3-2 victory at Werder Bremen. Goals from Milan Badelj, Maximilian Beister and Hakan Calhanoglu ended Hamburgs two-match losing run and kept Hannover winless in seven games. Nike Vapormax En Gros . Louis Blues just continue to roll -- especially against the Nashville Predators.ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Jerry Hughes shakes his head in dismay and mutters, Thats crazy.The Bills defensive end has difficulty imagining how the Houston Texans were being second-guessed for selecting Mario Williams with the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft.No offence to running back Reggie Bush or quarterback Vince Young, who went Nos. 2 and 3, but Hughes makes his case by noting the numbers Williams has consistently put up through six seasons in Houston and the past three in Buffalo.Numbers speak volume, Hughes said. Its tough to (compare) offence and defence. I get that. But just look at the guy. I dont think hes staggered off of anything.Williams hasnt.The 29-year-old defensive end is enjoying what might be his most impactful season by placing a pass-rushing stamp on a defence that ranks among the NFLs best.Williams has a team-leading 13 sacks — one off his career high — on a defence that leads the league with 49. And hes producing game-changing plays for the Bills (8-6), who have already won their most games since a 9-7 finish in 2004. They play at Oakland (2-12) on Sunday.Williams particularly made his presence felt in a 21-13 win over Green Bay last weekend. After blocking a field goal in the second quarter, Williams sealed the victory by forcing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to fumble into the end zone for a safety on what became the Packers final possession.Obviously, great play, said defensive tackle Kyle Williams. I think that kind of signifies him. We got in a position where we needed a play, and he was able to make it for us.In the process, the player nicknamed Super Mario is performing to the $100 million contract he signed in Buffalo in March 2012, and continues to affirm his draft status as a former No. 1 pick.Mario Williams isnt one for introspection or retrospection. Hell call his last game his best only because, as he put it: Youre only as good as your last game. We won.The three-time Pro Bowl selection is not one for rating his seasons. And forget asking whether hes ever been motivated to justify his draft position, or prove wrong anyone who doubted him.If I have to use something from somebody else to prove my worth, then I dont consider that being a man, Williams said, defiantly. The guys in this building, thats all that matters to me. Anytthing else anybody else says is irrelevant.ddddddddddddFor all the money hes made and headlines generated, Williams is a team player at heart. Since arriving in Buffalo and signing what at the time was the most expensive contract awarded an NFL defensive player, Williams insisted he couldnt do it alone.Nothing has changed since.Not one person can do it, he repeated once again on Thursday. I just wanted to be a piece of the puzzle.As puzzles go, Williams is a bigger piece than most, and not simply because of his imposing 6-foot-6, 290-pound frame.Williams drives the Bills pass-rushing attack in part because his mere presence attracts so much attention from opposing teams. As a result, hes opened holes for others, a reason why Buffalo is the NFLs only team featuring three players with at least nine sacks. Marcell Dareus has 10 and Hughes 9-1/2.Raiders interim coach Tony Sparano is all too familiar with the problems Williams poses, having faced him at several previous stops. What sticks out to Sparano is how Williams appears to be playing at an even higher level.Hes kind of helped re-energize that group defensively, Sparano said. You always have to be concerned with where he is and how to block him. And if youre not, a guy like that can wreck the game.Former Texans general manager Charley Casserly still remembers being booed by fans for drafting Williams out of North Carolina State. Young, who hasnt played a down since 2011, was a favourite because he was from Texas and had won a national title.Bush was coming off an accomplished career at Southern California that included a Heisman Trophy and a national championship.Rather than feeling vindicated for making the right choice, Casserly said Williams deserves all the credit.Im more happy for him because he took the criticism that wasnt deserved, said Casserly, now an NFL Network analyst. He should never have been criticized. He was never appreciated in Houston the way he should have been.Theyre not complaining in Buffalo.I dont think theres any think about it, Kyle Williams said of who deserved to be No. 1. Texans fans and football fans in general can look at it and know that now — the right decision was made to begin with.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '