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Michael Finazzo

Mike Finazzo has written for 411mania.com and writes for Freethesporstman.com under a pen name of R.C. Sutton. Mike currently covers the Central Hockey League for ArmChairReport.com. He also has 20 years experience with watching the NHL. Mike's primary role with the Hockey Writers is as a Nashville Predators correspondent..

Nashville Predators Breakdown: Winning Hides Many Faults

Michael Finazzo | December 20, 2011

In an article last week I broke down what I thought was ailing the Nashville Predators.  At the time of publication the team was 14-11-4 and mired in the bottom…

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Nashville Predators Breakdown: What’s Wrong with this Team?

Michael Finazzo | December 12, 2011

The Nashville Predators have played over one-third of their entire season already.  If the season was viewed at in the same context as one game, the first period is over.  In…

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Nashville Predators Better Plan for the Realignment

Michael Finazzo | December 6, 2011

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…

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Nashville Predators Happy to be Home?

Michael Finazzo | December 4, 2011

I recently wrote about a daunting stretch of games the Predators faced that included five cities in 8 days, wrapped around Thanksgiving that included some of the NHL elite (November…

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Should the Nashville Predators Trade Shea Weber for Bobby Ryan?

Michael Finazzo | November 30, 2011

The hockey world became a flutter upon notice that Bobby Ryan was being shopped by the Anaheim Ducks.  The young, talented goal scorer was on the minds and in the…

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Leadership is Lacking for Nashville Predators

Michael Finazzo | November 28, 2011

Dwight D. Eisenhower famously said that “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”  and it is time…

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Nashville Predators Face Daunting Eight Day Stretch

Michael Finazzo | November 22, 2011

During the course the NHL season each team has a series of obstacles, turmoil and adversity it must overcome at some point if it is to be successful for the…

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Predators Must Not Pay Overtime

Michael Finazzo | November 20, 2011

The Nashville Predators lost an overtime game on Saturday night to the Columbus Blue Jackets.  Losing to the NHL’s punching bag on home ice is a bad night for any…

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Nashville Predators are More Than Dollars and Cents

Michael Finazzo | November 18, 2011

 (Icon SMI) So much has been written in regards to the Nashville Predators finances the last few weeks, that many are missing the fact that Nashville has fairly quietly gone…

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