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Getting Obama to "Rock the Red"
November 24, 2008 by
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From Sports Business Journal this morning, we have a profile and interview with original Nashville Predators, and current Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold. Besides digging into the current state of business in Minnesota and the NHL overall, Leipold shows a savvy for tapping into today's ...
Antti to the rescue!
November 24, 2008 by
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From the Nashville Predators PR staff: Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has recalled forward Antti Pihlstrom from the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. Pihlstrom is expected to play his second career NHL ...
Nashville Predators 1st Quarter Report: the skaters
November 24, 2008 by
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Expect your Nashville Predators to come home today with those 1st quarter report cards pinned to their shirts, please remember to read them and sign on the back before returning them to the teacher!
Winds of change coming?
November 23, 2008 by
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Last week's demotion of Patric Hornqvist and Ryan Jones has left the Nashville Predators with only 12 forwards on the active roster, and it's sounding more and more like this week is basically an audition for those current Preds to determine who is going to stick with the team...
Is Basillie close to a minority Predators position?
November 22, 2008 by
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Today's National Post provides an update on the Boots Del Biaggio bankruptcy proceeding, with an assertion that Jim Balsillie may be close to purchasing Del Biaggio's minority stake in the Nashville Predators: Sources say Mr. Balsillie, the 47-year-old co-founder of Reseach...
Listen to Leonsis
November 22, 2008 by
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PJ Swenson of the seminal hockey blog Sharkspage features a lengthy, insightful interview with Washington Capitals owner (and hero of the hockey blogosphere) Ted Leonsis, in advance of the Caps-Sharks game this evening. Taste a couple of juicy morsels: What I said would happen happened. We ...
Leggy on a leash
November 21, 2008 by
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David Boclair of the Nashville City Paper portrays a Predators front office frustrated with the production of David Legwand, who received a 7-year contract extension just months ago: Nearly one-quarter of the way into his 10th NHL season, the 28-year-old has to show that franchise...
Del Biaggio case moving along
November 21, 2008 by
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Today's Globe & Mail highlights the latest step in the Boots Del Biaggio bankruptcy, as L.A. Kings owner Phil Anschutz and former Preds owner Craig Leipold make their case for some relief: Both Anschutz and Leipold recently filed documents in a California bankruptcy court saying they have ...
The NHL's 1st Quarter MVP?
November 21, 2008 by
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So who is your MVP for the NHL's 1st quarter? In order to take a comprehensive look at which players have impacted team performance the most, I'd like to present my own take on the Top 30 skaters so far. This analysis combines even strength, special teams, durability and penalty ...
Crowning a Least Valuable Player
November 21, 2008 by
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We've had our fun identifying an MVP for the 1st Quarter of the NHL season (Alex Ovechkin, don't you know), so now it's only appropriate to focus the lens of statistical analysis on the opposite end of the league. Who has been the biggest disaster on ice so far? May I have the ...
Loonie business
November 20, 2008 by
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David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail looks at the plummeting Canadian dollar and its impact on NHL franchises north of the border. I think the Montreal Canadiens president, Pierre Boivin, however, goes a bit too far with the Chicken Little act with this line: "We'll have to...
Jones & Hornqvist down to the farm
November 20, 2008 by
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From the Nashville Predators: The Nashville Predators have re-assigned rookie forwards Patric Hornqvist and Ryan Jones to the team's AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. The moves reduce the Predators active roster to 21 players, 19 skaters and two goaltenders. It's likely...
How will the Deadbeat Devils skate without ice?
November 20, 2008 by
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Since moving into the Prudential Center last year, the New Jersey Devils have been mired in a dispute with the Newark, New Jersey Housing Authority over millions of dollars in rent. Now, apparently, other parties are claiming that the team isn't paying their bills: Councilman...
Plus/Minus stat is more minus than plus
November 20, 2008 by
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Plus/Minus is getting quite the rundown today as a junk hockey stat. First, Dave Staples of the Edmonton Journal got us started: The NHL's official plus/minus stat is one of the most discussed individual stats in hockey, but it's also one of the most flawed, misleading and...
ESPN, why?
November 19, 2008 by
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For all those clamoring to get the NHL back on ESPN, consider the following in light of the deal announced this week that adds college football's Bowl Championship Series to the ESPN/ABC lineup from 2011 to 2014: With this deal ESPN/ABC will now televise 29 of the 34 match-ups...
Peterson vs. Parkinson's a courageous battle
November 19, 2008 by
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To help put the game of hockey in a bit of perspective this morning, take a moment to check out this recent article from the Vancouver Province on Predators associate coach Brent Peterson's ongoing battle with Parkinson's disease: "It's progressing, but I'm still...
Are the Predators tough enough?
November 19, 2008 by
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The question making its way around the Nashville Predators fan base these days, in light of Monday's fight-filled 4-1 loss to San Jose, is one that has dogged them for a couple years now. Are the Preds tough enough? While no one doubts that Shea Weber can play a physical game on...
Cambellnomics brings the "new math" to NHL scoring
November 18, 2008 by
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Ken Campbell at the Hockey News updates his "Cambellnomics rankings" today, which are intended to isolate goals and assists which prove critical to the outcome of a given game. It puts a new spin on the typical leader board, and propels the likes of Tuomo Ruutu and Nikolai...
Sharks bite back in Nashville
November 18, 2008 by
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Remember how I mentioned this afternoon that, since I've been tracking rebounds and Penalty Plus/Minus recently, I'd make that a focus of tonight's Sharks/Predators tilt in Nashville? Well, those two aspects of the game proved critical as the Sharks paid the Preds back...
Predators Captain Injured
November 17, 2008 by
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Late in the first period in tonight's game with San Jose, Nashville Predators captain Jason Arnott took a hard, head-first fall into the net and has been taken off on a stretcher. Expect an update as information becomes available. Having started a power play with just a few seconds ...
O'Sullivan wears the Penalty Plus/Minus crown, for now
November 17, 2008 by
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We have a new leader in the Penalty Plus/Minus race this week, as Patrick O'Sullivan of the L.A. Kings has surged ahead of the competition to a +14 rating. Perhaps the highlight of his week was drawing three tripping penalties from the Dallas Stars in a Thursday night 3-2 road win. ...
Sharks seeking revenge
November 17, 2008 by
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Riding the momentum of a successful finish to their epic road trip, the Nashville Predators return home for a rematch with the San Jose Sharks this evening. Expect the Preds to focus hard on working for rebounds around the net and minding their Penalty Plus/Minus performance, because I've ...
California Dreaming
November 16, 2008 by
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A week ago at this time, the Predators looked like an embattled bunch, reeling from three straight road losses against Northwest Division opponents, and shuffling lines due to injuries. They limped out of Denver after a demoralizing 1-0 loss, and some openly wondered not just whether Barry ...
Statistical analysis growing in importance
November 15, 2008 by
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Baseball's Seattle Mariners are the latest team jumping on the statistical analysis train, as they prepare to establish an internal department focused on gathering and analyzing data in conjunction with the traditional scouting process. From this morning's Seattle Times (hat tip to ...
A different take on Surf n Turf
November 15, 2008 by
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Tuesday they preyed on Sharks, tonight Duck was on the menu. After starting this six-game road trip with three straight losses, the Nashville Predators have found redemption with back-to-back victories in unlikely venues San Jose and Anaheim. Unlike the robbery that Dan Ellis committed ...
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