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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Watching the Predators take on Vancouver was a bit like living in the hockey equivalent of a grad student’s attempt at writing the Dickens novel that Chuckie D. never wrote because it’s 2010 and he has been dead for 140 years. The range [...]
Old habits die hard and it is difficult not to assume that any time the Preds visit Calgary, it’s going to be a game of inches. Iginla, who is usually a powerhouse, was a mathematic promise to break his long dry spell. There would be the fearsome presence of Ollie “Crazy Eyes” Jokinen, who looks [...]
Change doesn’t always have to be for the worst. There comes a point in many players’ careers where the options diminish and the only outlet is a new club. Your former teammates, coaches and city become history while different challenges wait. Whether it be more money, greater playing time or just a matter of not [...]
Everyone has a season preview. In fact, I’ve done thirty of them over the past month. There’s even a Nashville Predators one. So how exactly are we supposed to mix things up so that this isn’t just “one of the rest”. We have fun with a few lines of course. So without further adieu, the [...]
Flipping a coin is gambling in the simplest and purest sense. While the odds are always the same, what’s at stake usually varies. How does this affect a hockey player? Heads: The talent is undeniable; you have the ability to make the audience stare in astonishment over your canniness. An outcome can solely depend on [...]
As the Nashville Predators enter the offseason, the biggest questions surrounding the team are up front. ‘Who’s staying and who’s going?’ is the first question many will ask. ‘What are they going to do about the lack of scoring?’ is another that will pass through some lips. Some may just settle for “Are the Predators [...]
Three points. Two games. One extra win for the good guys, and one extra loss for the bad Maybe that’s all it would’ve taken, and the Nasvhille Predators would have been back to the playoffs for the fifth straight year. Instead, the Predators slipped to tenth, joining the ninth-place Minnesota Wild as onlookers to the [...]
As the playoffs inch closer and closer, the bottom half of the Western Conference playoff picture remains as muddled as ever. The Columbus Blue Jackets seem to have a strong hold on the sixth seed with 90 points, followed up by the Anaheim Ducks with 88 points. Two points behind them are Central Division combatants [...]
The idea of a “quality team” is an interesting one: What exactly makes a quality team? The argument itself has been the topic of discussion amongst fans, analysts, and fantasy poolies everywhere, but there’s never been a solid answer—at least until the clinching game of the Stanley Cup finals, but that means the answer changes [...]
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