Final season stats for:
Neal Pionk, Jets defenseman – Regular season: 82 GP, 33 points (10 goals) -12; Playoffs: 5 GP, 7 points (all assists), -6
Dylan Samberg, Jets defenseman – Regular season: 63 GP, 8 points (2 goals), +10; Playoffs: 5 GP, 0 points, -3
Karson Kuhlman, Jets forward – Regular season: 47 GP, 7 points (3 goals), -4; Playoffs: 1 GP, 0 points, 0
His stat line towered over the league: a .383 batting average, 17 home runs, 68 RBIs, 23 doubles, three triples, 48 runs scored, 28 walks, and 15 stolen bases over 52 games. His OPS landed at 1.252, powered by a .471 on-base percentage and a .781 slugging percentage.
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The truth is, rural health care isn’t dying—it’s evolving into something the rest of us can barely afford to witness. The doctors are trying, the nurses are saints, but the paperwork alone could clog an artery. Somewhere along the line, healing became a subscription service.
They say Herb Brooks was a visionary. Fine. But every visionary needs a translator, and that was John. Herb trusted him enough to actually talk — which, if you knew Herb, tells you everything.
You can’t police despair. You can shuffle people from doorway to doorway, but that’s optics, not safety. The folks drifting between shelters and liquor stores aren’t statistics.
It’s civic theater, and everyone knows their lines. The officials announce. The media nod. The television anchors beam. The advertisers clap. And the citizens — the actual audience — sit at home wondering if they’ve accidentally tuned into satire.
