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Rich Clune, Barry Trotz, And The Advertising Strategy

Rich Clune scored his third NHL goal last night on a penalty shot (“100 percent, no lie”). It’s the last thing Nashville Predators fans expected from him. In fact, it might be the last thing Rich…Read More

The Secret Life Of Shea Weber: Strip Five

Editor’s Note: It’s Monday morning, which means it’s the fifth installment of “Shea” by Bob Sham, a fictionalized look at the life of Nashville Predators captain Shea Weber. In Strip…Read More

Barry Trotz Becomes NHL’s Longest-Tenured Coach After Buffalo Fires Lindy Ruff

Nashville Predators Coach Barry Trotz has been doing his job for a long time. As of today, he’s been doing it longer than any other man in his position in the National Hockey League. The Buffalo Sabres…Read More

Barry Trotz Hates Turnovers, With Good Reason

With the first three games of the Preds’ 2013 season completed (and the first two with a less-than-stellar performance), I’d like to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart and probably Barry…Read More

What I Would Want in a World Without Weber

The end is nigh my fellow Predators enthusiasts. It seems that the stars of the NHL lack any sort of genuine affection for the Nashville franchise. Now isn’t the time for my typical theatrics. With…Read More

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Shea Weber – The Most Important Domino

For the last two years, Nashville has done all it can to show their top-end talent they’re serious…Read More

Post Mortem V: “Learning from the Champs”

One of the few games I took my family to during the 2009-2010 year was a game against the Kings in February.…Read More

Post Mortem IV: “Landing Spots for Ryan”

This is the post I didn’t want to write at all. But it’s a fact of life, we may be facing…Read More

Post Mortem: Part I “The Obvious Query”

For a moment, Let’s revisit the trade deadline day. Having already acquired Hal Gill, GM David…Read More

Suddenly, they look like the Predators again!

Smothering defense, scoring first, playing smart, and Pekka Rinne playing like he’s capable of…Read More

Alex and Andrei Sitting Out Game Three (and that may be OK)

By now, you’ve heard that Andrei Kostitsyn and Alexander Radulov will not be joining the team’s…Read More

I Would Walk 1,000 Miles Just to Be the One Who Gets to Yell At You. Lovingly.

Predators, it is roughly 1,100 miles from Boston to Nashville, and I am in the middle of my last week…Read More

Predators vs Coyotes Preview: Brothers from the Desert

I find it nearly impossible to hate the Coyotes. They’re a good team that’s been through…Read More

What NOT to do Today: Dumb Things

This weekend, I promised to have the breakdowns for a couple of goals from the six Preds-Wings games…Read More

A Moment Five Years in the Making

Well folks, it’s time for the real season to begin. It’s time for our little team that could…Read More

Matt Halischuk: Has he finally earned his spot?

Last night Barry Trotz showed his displeasure with the effort given against the Kings on the previous…Read More

David Poile proves worth at deadline, lands Kostitsyn and Gaustad

I’ve said on multiple times, there needs to be a statue of Poile and Trotz at the corner of 5th…Read More

Deadline Chatter – “The Other Guys”

Oh the dreaded trade deadline. Barter for Carter. Splash for Nash. Away from the forest (and away from…Read More

Trading Partners – Columbus and Calgary

  With the coveted Tim Gleason signing a new deal in Carolina, the pieces available at the trade…Read More

Anatomy of a goal: Halischuk’s 10/7/11 Winner

We’ve all heard the term “coach’s player”, the guys that are gritty, relentless,…Read More