Preds have decisions to make with RFA’s
Bobby Butler and Matt Halischuk are two restricted free agents the Predators will need to decide on in the next six weeks...
2012-13 Season Report Card: Offense
(Mark Humphrey/AP Photo)
Plain out and bluntly, the offense was horrible this season. Injuries, lack of true scoring talent and a shortened season are all factors of a poor offensive showing. Usually in a full 82 game season, the Nashville Predators start to gel and grow as players around the mid-way point. However, there was no room for error and the Predators couldn’t...
US coasts past France 4-2
The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday to take the lead in its group at the ice hockey world championships.
Stephen Gionta and Bobby Butler gave the Americans a 2-0 lead in the first period, and captain Paul Stastny and David Moss added goals in the third.
Kevin Hecquefeuille scored first for France in the second period and Yorick Treille added a late goal.
American goaltender...
Preds represented at World Championships
Bobby Butler, Roman Josi, Craig Smith and others from the organization will be participating in the World Championships...
Trotz to coach Team Canada in 2013 World Championship
Nashville Predators' head coach Barry Trotz will be joined with Dave Tippett (Coyotes), Lindy Ruff, and Doug Shedden on Team Canada's coaching staff for the 2013 Men' World Championship.
With Trotz being added to Team Canada's coaching staff, that makes five people and players in the Predators' organization who will be involved in the World Championship...
Jimmy Howard makes diving blocker save
About midway through the second period the Nashville Predators were down 3-2 and on the power play. After a point shot went wide the rebound deflected off the back boards to Predators forward Bobby Butler. Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard was out of position and dove across the crease to try and make the save. The puck hit his blocker and was a crucial save to keep the...
Four Preds named on USA's World Championship team
USA Hockey announced their 2013 Men's World Championship roster Thursday afternoon, which includes four Nashville Predators. Craig Smith and Bobby Butler will be on the ice for Team USA, while the Predators' equipment manager Pete Rogers will handle equipment duties for the US. Also, general manager David Poile will be one of many overseeing the Americans.
The following...
Preds win on Fan Appreciation Night
The Nashville Predators were able to hold off a strong Calgary Flames’ attack towards the end, after the Predators scored three unanswered goals on fan appreciation night. Fans at Bridgestone Arena left satisfied with a 4-3 win and Frosty’s to eat on their way home.
This was Nashville’s first win since April 2 against the Colorado Avalanche. Since then, the Preds have...
Game 46: Calgary @ Nashville – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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It’s the best of the worst as Calgary comes to town to take on Nashville in the battle of the non-playoff eligible. The Flames are 3 points ahead of the Predators, good for 12th in the Conference. The more Calgary plays spoiler to teams like the Red Wings, whom they beat last Wednesday, the lower their draft position becomes.
Nashville is...
Who's Hot, Who's Not?: April 17
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During a franchise record tying seven game losing streak, it is hard to find one player on the Nashville Predators' roster who has been "hot" as of late. However, there are plenty of players who are "cold".
Nothing has gone right as of late for the Predators. After losing Monday to the Vancouver Canucks,...
Stars light up in Music City
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Head coach Glen Gulutzan and the Dallas Stars were fed up with losing to the Nashville Predators this season, as they defeated their future Conference III opponent 5-2, despite being outshot 28-18. Nashville found themselves behind the entire game and it started early. "We're not happy where we are, but now we have to play...
Time for a "line change"
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Something wasn’t getting through the coaching staff’s head at the start of the third period down 1-0 against the St. Louis Blues. There was little offensive production and a mere ten shots on goal after forty minutes. The Nashville Predators were facing their second shutout loss in the three...
How much do the Preds want Danny DeKeyser? Trotz missed practice to join the effort…
Per Josh Cooper of The Tennessean, the Nashville Predators are set to make a pitch to premier college free agent, Danny DeKeyser of Western Michigan University.
How sought after is the Broncos defenseman? Predators Head Coach Barry Trotz was not at practice today so he could join General Manager David Poile, AGM Paul Fenton and select others in the Nashville brass to makewhat appears...
Butler’s Four-Point Week Justifies Waiver Claim
When the Nashville Predators claimed Bobby Butler off of waivers from the New Jersey Devils on March 4, it was a low-risk gamble.
If Butler managed to progress in Nashville’s system, the Predators would gain a role player essentially for free.
If he didn’t work out, they could just put him back on waivers and either let someone claim him or let him go to the AHL and join the...
First period frosties were on the menu as Preds break Jackets’ streak…
Coming into the night, the Columbus Blue Jackets — yes, those Columbus Blue Jackets — had a 12-game streak in which they had gotten at least one point in the standings. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Nashville Predators were coming in having not won back-to-back games since February 14.
On the strength of a 21 save performance by Pekka Rinne and five goals, the Preds...
Boychuk, Butler look for stability in ‘tough year’
Waiver pickups Zach Boychuk and Bobby Butler are trying to adjust to Nashville on the fly...
Saturday’s loss to Wild suggests Nashville’s offense on Friday was just an anomaly…
The Nashville Predators have had all kinds of problems finding the back of the net this season. In an effort to find some scoring without making drastic changes to the NHL roster, General Manager David Poile spent most of this past week making some moves. On Monday, he claimed Bobby Butler off waivers from the New Jersey Devils. On Tuesday, he went back to the waiver wire and plucked...
Game 25: Minnesota @ Nashville – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Courtesy of wild.nhl.com
The Minnesota Wild and with them, Ryan Suter, are coming for the first time this season to Bridgestone Arena for a tilt against the jilted Nashville Predators. This is the game many have been waiting for and a game many have circled in permanent red ink on the calendar. Nashville finally got the spark that Poile was hoping to ignite from the acquisition of...
Oilers-Predators Preview
The Nashville Predators aren't that far out of the Western Conference playoff picture, but they need to start moving in the right direction.
A matchup with the road-weary Edmonton Oilers could help.
Nashville will try to avoid a season-high fourth straight defeat on Friday night at Bridgestone Arena in the first of three meetings between these clubs over the next 18 days.
...
Betting on the Turn: Will Nashville’s Waiver Wire Additions be a Risk or a Reward?
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In a little over 24 hours, the Nashville Predators will get back to the grind starting with a back-to-back home series on Friday and Saturday against the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild, respectively. However, what is yet to be seen will be how the new waiver wire additions in Bobby Butler and Zach Boychuk will work out in the Predators lineup.
With Butler...
The roster shake-up continues as Preds recall Vic Bartley from Milwaukee…
He was one of the few Milwaukee Admirals invited to training camp to show what he could bring to the table were the Nashville Predators ever in need of another defenseman.
Wednesday morning he got the call.
Victor Bartley leads all Admirals blueliners in scoring (26 points) and is the latest addition to the Predators roster in an attempt to find some scoring. When he suits up for...
Nashville goes to the waiver wire for second time in two days, claims Boychuk from Penguins…
Monday it was Bobby Butler. Tuesday it was Zach Boychuk.
The Nashville Predators are making a habit of using the waiver wire to try and improve their loathsome offense. The Preds have scored the fewest goals in the league (47), have the worse goals-per-game average (1.96) and the worst shots-per-game average (23.9). In short, they need some goal scorers. But, considering they can’t...
Predators Go The Waiver Wire Route
from John Glennon of the Tennessean,
The Predators have made their second waiver claim in as many days, adding forward Zach Boychuk — a former first-round pick — on waivers from Pittsburgh.
The move comes one day the Predators picked up forward Bobby Butler on waivers from New Jersey. Butler has 39 points in 108 NHL games.
“The bottom line is that it’s just not...
Today in the Nation: March 5th, 2013
Today’s Links The Tennessean – Nashville Predators lose third game in a row The Tennessean – Los Angeles Kings’ Jeff Carter sneaks way to hat trick The Tennessean – Nashville Predators add forward Bobby Butler off waivers The Tennessean – Postgame quotes The Tennessean – Video: Preds strength coach on short-season conditioning Fox Sports Tennessee – Rinne, Preds get hammered ...
Predators make two moves as the calendar turns to March
In a normal season, as March beckons, teams that are in the playoff hunt scramble for talent while the others try to pick up assets for the future as they move players that no longer figure into the organizational plans.In this abbreviated 48 game season, the trade deadline will not occur until April 3 when the Predators have 11 games remaining.In the last few days the Predators...
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