Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsWhile everyone is talking Collective Bargaining Agreement, I thought it might be fun to go against the grain and talk about the next Winter Classic. We all know that this season’s Winter Classic is scheduled to take place in Detroit (well, Ann Arbor) on January 1, 2013, but that schedule is very much subject to ...
While St. Louis’ Patrik Berglund will be playing for no salary in Sweden, he’ll see some familiar faces: NHL Central Division rivals Patric Hornqvist and Roman Josi. All three men will be playing in the Swedish Elite League, though for different teams. Hornqvist will be on the roster for the Hockey Allsvenskan team Djurgardens IF. ...
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it— W.C. Fields There’s no way to know whether or not Seattle native Chris Hansen has an affinity for the alcohol-besotted former movie star, but the grinding, pound-of-flesh approach exacted by Seattle politicians likely drove him to ...
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor BEGIN TRANSMISSION: terrestrial timestamp: 12/12/7.22 The topic everyone, I mean ev-ery-one brings up when they see me these days is the lockout. Is there going to be a season? Gary Bee can be hip if you know how to slap him and… Really, I don’t know. My educated guess ...
What makes a strong division? Is it solid goaltending, balanced scoring or stingy defense? How about all of the above?
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double -The Clash Conundrum. Paradox. Double-Edged Sword. Lockout. For the Nashville Predators, the word lockout, much like the term offer sheet, is one with negative ...
Re-signing Mike Fisher and inking Scott Hannan to a one-year deal are just two moves the Nashville Predators made during a strong 2012 off-season.
This is the 3rd part in a series discussing NHL performances since the ’04-’05 lockout. Please read about the team by team performances as follows: Click here for the Western Conference. Click here for the Eastern Conference. After researching and writing about NHL team performances since the lockout, a few surprising trends and notes came ...
Whenever the NHL gets underway this season, the Predators defense will look radically different. For the first time in six years, Shea Weber will look over to his left and see someone other than Ryan Suter next to him on opening night. While Suter’s departure will assuredly alter the makeup of the Predators’ blue line, ...
Everywhere you look, Nashville is blowing up. Whether it’s The New York Times serving up the emerging cuisine of East Nashville or GQ renaming the city “Nowville,” it’s clear that Nashville is one hip place to live and work. Bloomberg ranked Nashville 28th on its list of top 50 best places to live in the United States. ...
