PREDATORS RUMORS & GOSSIP

It’s time for your Preds and Senators LEFTGOVERS…

Ottawa Senators 4, Nashville Predators 3 Scotiabank Place; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 9, 2012 *** LEFTOVER THOUGHTS: * Thursday was the first game Mike Fisher has played in Ottawa since being traded to the Preds from the Senators 364 days ago. * Alex Auld started for the Sens. Craig Anderson had started 16 games in a row. * Auld won his first game since December 16. ...
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Spezza, Phillips leads Sens past undisciplined Preds

The Nashville Predators are normally a disciplined hockey team. They weren’t tonight, and it cost them.Led by Jason Spezza (3 points) and Chris Phillips (2 goals), the Ottawa Senators beat the Preds, 4-3. Spezza and Phillips scored two goals each in the back-and-forth contest, as Mike Fisher’s return to Ottawa was spoiled. The Preds surrendered a pair of power play goals in...
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In 1000th career game, Phillips leads Senators over Predators

The Ottawa Senators were looking to turn their season back around when the Nashville Predators visited Canada’s capital city to face Mike Fisher’s former team. Bourque celebrates after scoring in the first period Thursday night Ottawa were losers of seven straight games entering Thursday night’s contest. The Senators struck first when Jason Spezza scored just 4...
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Predators No Longer Poachable

It wasn’t very long ago the Predators were supposedly the prime example of why the NHL shouldn’t be in non-traditional hockey markets. Media folks (mostly those north of the border) saw a team with a winning record, poor attendance and pounced. Every hockey “expert” it seemed was calling into question Nashville’s viability as a hockey market. Fast forward...
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Conversation with Brandon Yip

On January 19th, the Nashville Predators claimed forward Brandon Yip off waivers from the Colorado Avalanche. Yip, 26, has a fresh start in Nashville and even cancelled a trip to Mexico over the All-Star break to collect his belongings from Colorado and get settled in Nashville. In five games as a Predator, Yip has two points and has been effective in limited action.Earlier this...
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Predators Becoming Less Likely To Deal Ryan Suter?

The trade deadline is getting closer and closer by the day, meaning trade rumors are picking up. Since the season began, one of the more intriguing names out on the market has been Nashville’s star defenseman Ryan Suter. Suter, next to Shea Weber makes up, arguably, the best defensive pairing in the National Hockey League. Suter has turned in another impressive year, with 30...
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Preview #55: Mike Fisher returns to Ottawa

Season Records Nashville Predators 32-17-5 Ottawa Senators 27-22-7 Mike Fisher returns to Ottawa on Thursday night when the Nashville Predators visit the Senators. “I’m looking forward to it. It’s been a long time and I’ll be seeing lots of family and friends. I’m sure it will be weird but it will be fun,” Fisher said about his homecoming of sorts after the...
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Predators Insider: Preds pile on the points even in defeat

Bad news first for the Nashville Predators. They lost to their old playoff nemesis, the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday. The good news? The Predators were down by two goals after the first period, and once again came back to get a point. So far this season, the Predators have come back from two goals down to win seven times. You can't add this game to that stat...
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One more thing: Rinne’s franchise-record streak ends

As the old saying goes, all good things come to an end.Before last night’s 4-3 shootout defeat at the hands of Vancouver Canucks, Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne had not lost a game since Jan. 5 – over a month ago. Since that decisive loss to Dallas, Rinne won all 11 of his starts and put the team on his back. In the process he set a franchise record for most consecutive wins...
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VIDEO: Shea Weber and Dierks Bentley do a little Jordan vs. Bird…

If you’re a child of the 80′s than you probably remember the “Jordan vs. Bird” McDonald’s commercials. In a clever piece of marketing, the Nashville Predators and Dierks Bentley’s label Capitol Records Nashville teamed up to shoot a pretty clever video inspired by the old Jordan vs. Bird campaign. In celebration of Bentley’s seventh studio...
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Poile: “we want to commit” but Suter “is enjoying the dating process”

If you missed Nashville Predators General Manager David Poile on NHL Live yesterday, you missed some things. Poile talks about the Ryan Suter negotiations, how the Preds are the youngest team in the league, Head Coach Barry Trotz’s longevity and how Nashville is a buyer at the trade deadline on February 27. Thanks to NHL.com and hosts Deb Placey and Ken Daneyko, here’...
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Predators Insider: Preds make easy work of tough Central

There's something about the Central Division that sets off the Nashville Predators. Nashville once again beat up on its middle-of-the-country brethren with a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. The victory moved the Predators to 12-2-2 against the Central, far and away the best mark within the division. With the victory, the Predators also continued their climb in...
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Erat credits good health as key to success this season for Nashville

Entering Tuesday night’s contest against the Vancouver Canucks, the Nashville Predators are 12-3-0 since the turn of the calendar year. While a lot of attention has been given to Nashville’s Vezina Trophy nominated goaltender, Pekka Rinne, who is riding an 11-game winning streak, up front it is Predators forward Martin Erat who quietly leads the way. Erat has 39 points...
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CARRY A BIG STICK

Video: KHL player hits coach with stick

Former NHL player Alexander Radulov might find himself in some hot water after video of him smacking his coach with a stick surfaced on Wednesday. 

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Suter's contract brings cloud over Preds

When the Nashville Predators resume their season tonight in Minnesota following the NHL All-Star Break, they do so with the knowledge that the sky is the limit for their season. They also do so with a bit of a cloud hovering overhead. With 64 points, the Predators are just three points out of the top spot in the Western Conference. Only three teams in the entire league have more...
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