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METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints have placed linebacker Stephone Anthony on injured reserve, coach Sean Payton said Tuesday, ending a disappointing season for the 2015 first-round draft pick.Anthony, who started every game at middle linebacker as a rookie and led the Saints with 112 tackles, was demoted this year and barely played, even when healthy.He appeared in only 10 games with a total of 16 tackles; he was inactive last week with an unspecified knee injury that is not believed to be major.This sets up 2017 as a make-or-break year for the former Clemson standout, who was acquired with the 31st pick in last years draft as part of the trade that sent Jimmy Graham to the Seattle Seahawks.The Saints (6-8) could use as much young talent as they can get on a defense that has ranked among the NFLs worst over the past three years -- though it has finally started to climb out of the cellar over the past two months.Payton was candid last week when he talked about the read-and-recognition issues that have held Anthony back.Hes explosive, hes disruptive and yet his key-and-diagnose and his instincts at times are off, Payton said last week. Its run, and hes dropping back in a pass mode. Or its pass, and hes at the line of scrimmage. His ability to see and diagnose some very simple reads, for instance, are the keys for him getting better. ...Thats been the thing thats kept him back. And quite honestly, its kept him back on special teams [too]. Because a player like him who is on special teams, if hes covering a kick or covering a punt, generally a guy that can run and hit shows up. And hes been, I would say, just OK in that area.Anthony said last week that Paytons criticism is fair.I think every player goes through, I guess, a growth stage. Sometimes every linebacker can have a misread. But its just the little things I gotta get better at, Anthony said. So I think Coach Payton was right on.The Saints tried moving Anthony from middle linebacker to strongside linebacker this offseason so he could feature his athleticism without being in the position to relay in the play calls or make adjustments at the line of scrimmage.Anthony struggled at the unfamiliar Sam linebacker position, though, and played better in Week 14 against Tampa Bay when he was thrust back into the starting middle linebacker role as an injury replacement for Craig Robertson.Payton said the Saints are not yet sure what position Anthony will play in the future.I think its something that, obviously, the sooner, the better we can sort out, Payton said. I was encouraged with the [Week 14 performance]. Thats what he has to keep working on.The Saints used the vacant roster spot to sign receiver Corey Fuller off the Detroit Lions practice squad.Fake Balenciaga 2020 . 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He has also been one of his teams best players of late so his personal safety will not be an issue after he inadvertently shot the puck past his own goaltender to score the overtime winner for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-2 loss on Friday night in Denver.The Danish-born forward and his teammates flew back home Saturday morning to get ready to face the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday afternoon at the MTS Centre.Ehlers already had two assists but few people remembered them after his errant pass -- made while he was battling against the boards with two Avalanche forwards deep in his own zone -- caught Michael Hutchinson by surprise and slipped between his pads instead of going to the intended target, defenseman Toby Enstrom.I thought I had two guys right by me and I just tried to throw it in the middle and get (our) two guys going, he told the Winnipeg Free Press.The silver lining is the single point moved the Jets (7-7-2) into third place in the Central Division with 16 points. The Minnesota Wild are one point behind but have four games in hand.The Kings come to Winnipeg on a two-game losing streak, having fallen to the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday and the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Thuursday.dddddddddddd.Los Angeles is fourth in the Pacific conference with a record of 7-8-0.The Kings are hoping their captain, Anze Kopitar, is a fast healer. He left Fridays game because of an apparent injury to his left arm after taking a hit along the boards from Senators defenseman Marc Methot.Kings coach Darryl Sutter told the Los Angeles Times hes optimistic Kopitar will suit up against the Jets.Hes the kind of guy who is going to try to play, Sutter said.Sutter isnt sure whats wrong with goalie Jeff Zatkoff, who made his first start since Oct. 18 on Friday night, but pulled himself out of the game after the second period despite working on a shutout.Early indications are Zatkoff sustained a lower-body injury. He previously was nursing a sore groin. Peter Budaj replaced him and gave up two goals to take the loss.The Jets have more than their fair share of players in sick bay, too.Forward Mathieu Perrault was put on the injured reserve list Saturday, necessitating the recall of Quinton Howden, while recently-healed defenseman Tyler Myers left Friday nights game because of a lower-body injury in the third period.On the bright side, defenseman Jacob Trouba, who recently ended his contract hold out, returned to the lineup for the first time this season and ate up a lot of minutes. ' ' '