If you were Predators GM David Poile, you would have a sense of urgency too. The Predators were arguably the biggest buyers at the seemingly quiet NHL trade deadline today, bringing in forwards Paul Gaustad and Andrei Kostitsyn in two separate deals. Kostitsyn was acquired from Montreal in what was the first announced trade of ...
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor “That’s the hard part of the business,” Predators GM David Poile said when asked about sending Nashville’s first home-grown player to Montreal in exchange for Hal Gill. Poile continued that club on the other side of the table also played a part in his decision to send the young forward ...
Who was it that said hockey could not survive in the South? That person has obviously never been to Nashville, Tennessee during hockey season. I was lucky enough to see firsthand how much the NHL is thriving in the Music City this past Saturday when I saw the St. Louis Blues take on the Nashville ...
The shocking realignment announced on Monday has put the Nashville Predators behind a very big rock. I have not seen information on the real vote, but if the Predators voted for this alignment, they should have their intelligence checked. The conference that Nashville will be in also has Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Dallas, St. Louis, Columbus ...
When I first joined The Hockey Writers earlier this year, number six on my Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in the Nashville Predators 2011-2012 Season was “That one post that turns out to be the worst bit of journalism in history that sets Nashville fans ablaze for weeks.” I don’t presume to speak ...
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist With the third lowest salary cap commitment in the league, the Nashville Predators are a team that has certainly made a habit of living successfully on a frugal budget. General Manager David Poile is widely considered to be one of the savviest executives in the game, and Nashville’s track record ...
Magnus Hellberg‘s name was nonexistent prior to the 2010-11 season. He was skipped over in his draft year (2009), along with the following year (2010). After being skipped two years running, Hellberg made sure his name would be called in 2011. His name was left off Central Scoutings Midterm Rankings, but by January of ...
The Nashville Predators have finalized their official roster, bringing training camp and the preseason to a close. The press release from the team: NASHVILLE PREDATORS SET OPENING NIGHT ROSTER -Kyle Wilson sent to Milwaukee; Bouillon and Fisher put on IR – Nashville, Tenn. (October 4, 2011) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David ...
Greetings, THW readers! I’m pleased to be joining the slate of contributors here, bringing you insightful and (hopefully) funny takes on one of the NHL’s whipping boys — my boys — the Nashville Predators. There’s more about me at the bottom of this post, but here’s what I most look forward to this year: Jerred ...
In the Coen Brothers’ 1987 film, “Raising Arizona”, an ex-convict named Hy is given marching orders by his wife to get some diapers for their newly stolen (by them) baby. While he is in the store, Hy has a lapse and goes from being a doting adoptive dad to his former identity as a petty thief. Pulling a pair of pantyhose over his head, he hitches up his trousers, musters up every last reserve of inner badass energy and walks up to the clerk where he demands all of the cash and a package of Huggies. There is a pause as the clerk eyes him coolly and then drawls, “Son, you got a panty on your head.”
This scene stands as an apt metaphor for Predators GM David Poile’s summer.
