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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Puck management is a helpful lens through which to view the Columbus Blue Jackets and Arizona Coyotes before their meeting on Saturday at Gila River Arena.Columbus was abysmal in that department last season on its way to the NHLs fourth-worst record, but the maturation of defensemen Zach Werenski and Seth Jones played a major role in lifting the surprising Jackets into the upper half of the leagues possession rankings this season, and into its top 10 in points.Despite an emphasis on puck possession that extends back at least to the 2011-12 season, when Arizona advanced to the Western Conference Final, the Coyotes consistently struggled to hang onto the puck this season. They rank dead last in the NHL with a Corsi For percentage of 45.08 percent, and they are tied for last in the NHL standings with 19 points.We bring so much trouble on ourselves its frustrating, coach Dave Tippett said after a 4-3 loss at home to Los Angeles in which the Coyotes committed a critical late turnover that led to the Kings game-winning goal. We just need some people that can do the job. Sometimes, its just a simple play to gain a line. When you dont get them made it comes back to bite you.Its been all the more painful for Arizona this season because it played so many tight games. Nine of the teams last 10 games were decided by one goal and only six of the teams 22 games this season have been decided by more than one goal.Weve got to be better at puck management, left winger Tobias Rieder said. Weve got the puck on our sticks a lot of times and we turn it over and thats how we get scored on. Were always talking about gaining zones, so weve got to get the puck in deep and get our forecheck going.Jones emergence as a No. 1 defenseman, and Werenskis emergence as a Calder Trophy candidate at age 19, is making a world of difference for the Jackets when it comes to quick, clean zone-exit passes from their defense to their forwards.You can see how (Zach) can control the game with the puck, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. We have a lot of teaching to do with him without the puck, but the God-given ability that he has, its at a different level than a lot of other players in this league.Columbus improved possession game is impacting multiple other facets of its play. As of Friday morning, the Blue Jackets were tied for the second most goals per game (3.18) in the NHL, and they were fifth in goals allowed per game (2.23).Cleaner zone exits have ignited an underrated cast of young, skilled forwards. Cam Atkinson leads the team with 21 points in 22 games and Nick Foligno is tops in goals with nine, but Columbus has eight players with five or more goals.The Jackets are also suppressing shots, allowing 29.5 per game, which ranks 11th. Last season, they were 27th at 31.1. The lesser workload is allowing goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to regain his form of two seasons ago. Bobrovsky is tied for 13th in the NHL in save percentage (.929) and 11th in goals against average at 2.08.Theyve got a lot of good young players that I dont think the league knows about yet, Tippett said of the Blue Jackets. Youre starting to see the fruits of their labor. John has done a good job. They look like theyre playing well.As of Friday afternoon, Tortorella hadnt named his starter in goal between Bobrovsky and Curtis McElhinney, but the Jackets did activate left wing Matt Calvert (head) off injured reserve.Mike Smith is expected to start in goal for Arizona, which is healthy other than center Brad Richardson (broken tibia and fibula). Richardson is out indefinitely. Myles Straw Jersey . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. Rusty Staub Jersey . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/custom-collin-mchugh-jersey-large-976y.html . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Joe Morgan Jersey . 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If somebody is taking steroids for weeks and months and has a whole system around him, there is so much cheating energy I do not think such athletes should compete ever again.The Court of Arbitration for Sport has twice struck down a rule that would exclude athletes with prior doping cases from the Olympics, including a proposed ban on former Russian dopers from the Rio de Janeiro Games.CAS has rejected the rule on grounds that it punishes an athlete twice for the same offense. I dont give up, Bach said during an interview at the AP offices in the main press center in Rio. Now when we are talking about the review of the anti-doping system, this is one of the questions the IOC will bring to the table again. We will look for solutions in this respect because we want the games to be clean.In 2011, the International Olympic Committee passed the so-called Osaka Rule, a measure which would have barred any athlete who had served a doping sanction of more than six months from entering the subsequent games. That was thrown out by CAS ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.This is one of the reasons the IOC always wanted, and if you asked me personally still want, that athhletes who have been sanctioned for doping should not be allowed to participate any more in the Olympic Games, Bach said.dddddddddddd Unfortunately this has not been approved by CAS now for the second time.I hope we will have another chance now, he added. Ill make another try. So we have lost twice. That encourages us to try a third time.The IOC decided not to ban the entire Russian team from the Rio Games, despite evidence of state-sponsored doping detailed in a report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren.Instead, the IOC gave international sports federations the authority to decide which individual Russian athletes could compete. At the same time, the IOC also decided that any Russians with previous doping sanctions would be barred from the games.However, the Russian ban was thrown out by CAS in the case of several athletes, including world champion breaststroker Yulia Efimova, who has served a 16-month suspension for doping.Her participation has caused a flashpoint at the swimming venue, where she was greeted by a smattering of boos after winning her preliminary heat Sunday. American swimmer Lilly King wagged her index finger in a no, no, no gesture after Efimovas semifinal victory.During the opening ceremony the Russian team was welcomed in a friendly way, Bach said. There is some suspicions with regard to doping, not only with regard to Russia.---Follow Stephen Wilson on Twitter: www.twitter.com/stevewilsonap. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wilson ' ' '