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by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Using the US Govt’s inflation calculator and some informed guestimation, Poile will be paying roughly twelve times the 2010 equivalent of the 1910 two thousand dollars that short story author O. Henry’s Bill Driscoll and Sam Howard demanded of Ebenezer Dorset for the safe return of his rambunctious red-haired progeny. Translated [...]
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent If you’ve managed to survive the 400+ pounds of D-Man keeping Pekka Rinne company, you’ve still only won part of the battle to get the puck between Nashville’s pipes. Nashville’s wingers provide a great combination of toughness and hockey smarts. The fans adore these guys with good reason; but no [...]
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Admit it. like many of us, you’re counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the puck drops. So, lets meet the team! This time I’m working from the crease to center ice. Goalies: Before the announcment of each game’s lineup, one of the hottest sources of speculation is [...]
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent This is a short list of key players. You’ll meet more of the people behind the scenes as the season progresses. The Predators Owner Group and Other Wonky Executive Types Hockey owners and GMs are a colorful lot. They range from the type of person who makes you check your [...]
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent As Nashville’s Men in Black and Blue begin to make their way south in preparation for training camp next month, anticipation grows with each new announcement from Preds Czar, David Poile. The latest addition to The Pride of Sabre-Toothed Cats is 2009 third round draft pick Taylor Beck. According to [...]
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent The denizens of Predsnation let out a collective sigh of relief this afternoon as PFO GM, David Poile, announced that the organization had signed one of Nashville’s favorite right hand men, Patric Hornqvist, to a three year, nine and a quarter million dollar contract. The Return of Big Tuna The [...]
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent This report starts with Day Two because the first day, which is reported to consist of orientation, getting-to-know-you type stuff and team building activities (yay.) is closed to the public. So what happens at development camp? I entered Centennial Sportsplex hearing the low roar of sixteen pairs of skates speeding [...]
While fans of some teams would be panicking if their boys had the kind of streak Nashville has had for the last couple of weeks, those of us who have followed the Predators since 1998 know it’s just the circle of life and there are good things to come once the Olympics are over. For [...]
Tom “Invisible Airwaves Crackle With Life” Callahan, Pete “No, I’m not Shea’s Dad” Weber, Terry “Will Pundit For Rink Time” Crisp and Jay “Fanger” Levin have all weighed in on their picks for the best at midseason. Have to say that it’s hard to argue with their choices. Not that anybody asked, but here are [...]
Hello from the land of howling winds, .75 on an inch of snog sneu snoe snot snow and an IR list that has more changes and rumored changes than the teams listing on Marian Hossa’s wiki page. As everyone in Nashville rushed to denude the grocer’s shelves of milk, toilet paper and bread before that [...]
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