Pickler was a runner-up on American Idol is best described as the country music version of Jessica Simpson is dating Predators badboy Jordin Tootoo. Tootoo has many friends around the NHL, most notably Mike Modano. "I am this country bumpkin and he's an Eskimo," says Pickler, who plans to visit   more...
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Where's the tradition & the "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out?" There've been fewer Gordie Howe hat tricks lately since before Gordie Howe! Will the band "Five for Fighting" have to find a new name? This "new NHL" seems like it's on it's way to banning "the fight!" What do you think   more...
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It's time to get rid of the goons!
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My take, and I'll try to be as objective as possible since I'm not a Jordin Tootoo fan, is this: Tootoo's hit on Daniel Winnik was clean, dangerous maybe because of the attention to hits to the head, but clean nonetheless. Winnik had his head down and Tootoo led with his shoulder and followed   more...
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After the Boulerice suspension...will shots to the head vanish? I don't know. One thing I do know is something else needs to be done besides what is being done now.
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Nashville Predators GM David Poile tells John Glennon of The Tennessean that he intends to sign the club's top restricted free agents before they hit the open market.
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Detroit out played Nashville in both ends of the ice. The Predators played strong for about the first half of the first period and then started turning over the puck. The Predators were having trouble getting the puck out of their zone and when they did manage to gain the Detroit zone cycled very   more...
Original Story: http://www.skate2stick.com/2008/04/10/re....