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. ...
This off-season has been full of surprising twists and turns in the NHL world, from Shea Weber signing an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators’ matching of it, to the NHL owners’ one-sided proposal for a new CBA, or the continual ownership drama in Phoenix and the subsequent effect that has ...
With Shea Weber accepting an offer sheet at an upwards of $100M over 14 years from the Philadelphia Flyers, it has put the Nashville Predators in an incredibly tough spot especially after losing Ryan Suter to the Minnesota Wild. If they decide not to match (which is a real possibility) it’s quite clear that the ...
View this tweet at twitter.com The news broke late Wednesday night that Nashville Predators’ defenseman Shea Weber has agreed to a 14-year offer sheet worth upwards of $100 million with the Philadelphia Flyers. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, the Predators had been actively working on the trade front to deal the Norris Trophy nominee to ...
Before I get started I’d like to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Marc Madsen and I new to theHockeyWriters.com and will be a Nashville Predators columnist. You can find some of my other work on Unsportsmanlike.Ca. I’m always open to discussion/feedback or even the odd hate mail. So let me hear ...
Already in the midst of a December that has seen them play 6 of 9 games away from home, the Detroit Red Wings’ true test will come during their final 4 games of the year. With just 2 Western Canadian stops left (Vancouver & Calgary) before this difficult 4 game post-Christmas struggle, the Red Wings ...
Seasoned fans are only too aware that this is the time of the year when owners and GMs will assure everyone that old favorites are being sent out to live on a farm where they can be happy and run free. With the totality of every heart that beats in a sweater (be it NHL issued or an eBay knockoff) we want to believe that there is a hockey Nirvana where everyone gets to be Gordie Howe forever. The truth is that time, injuries and salary caps take their toll and names are removed from above the wooden benches in locker rooms all over the continent.
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent As we head into the final week of the regular season, roughly half of the NHL is scheduling family vacations and tee times while the other half is getting ready for the playoffs. April in pro hockey is bittersweet. Some players know this is possibly the last time they’ll wear their ...
After a hiatus of a couple weeks, the THW power rankings return. With the season coming to a rapid close, teams are either starting to peak in time for a Stanley Cup push, or wilt under the crucible of the postseason pressure. Where things stand through games of March 22: 1. (1) Vancouver (47-17-9): The ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent The week was pretty much one long homestand, but it was also rich in opportunities to do some armchair, well, actually rinkside traveling. From a nightmare trip through a tougher neighborhood in Los Angeles to the heady fun of St. Patrick’s day as celebrated in Ireland and Boston to Detroit, ...
