Will Eldredge
Will Eldredge covers the Nashville Predators for the Hockey Writers. Previously, he's studied the Sabres for Buffalo Sports Daily and SabresFans.com, and his nuanced take on Nashville was honed in by four years at Skidmore College and even longer discussing the sport on HF Boards. Will has plans of someday working in an NHL front office.
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Rinne Out Longer Than Expected: Should Nashville Make Moves?
November 7th, 2013 So I said back in the Shea Weber column that the Predators shouldn’t be looking for a replacement for Pekka Rinne just yet, because Carter Hutton was playing pretty solidly, and the timetable for the big Swede to get back between the pipes wasn’t a particularly long four weeks. Last night however, the Predators’ goaltending...
No, the Predators Should Not Trade Shea Weber, Stop Blogging About it
October 30th, 2013 By now you’ve probably seen - or at least heard someone mention - Adam Proteau’s inflammatory piece of clickbait for The Hockey News about how the Predators “have to” trade Captain Shea Weber because his rent is too damn high. In addition for being blatant grab for pageviews from angry Predators supporters and fans of 29 other...
Nashville Predators: First Ten Games (the Seth Jones) Edition
October 23rd, 2013 Between the collective buzzkill that was opening weekend and the euphoria that is watching Seth Jones destroy everything in his path, here are five of the most important things we’ve learned through the first ten games of the season: Roman Josi Has a Concussion I said in my season preview that the law of averages might swing the...
Barry Trotz Has Options for Opener
October 1st, 2013 Despite riding high on the first line during yesterday afternoon’s practice, newest Predator Simon Moser will not make Nashville’s opening night roster, the club announced. Barry Trotz’ last cut leaves the lineup as follows (per Preds PR department): Forwards (13): Gabriel Bourque, Rich Clune, Matt Cullen, Mike...
Can Unlucky Preds Find Order in 2013's Chaos?
September 3rd, 2013 The stats don’t read pretty for last year’s Nashville Predators squad. Pick your evaluation metric and the Preds will be hovering around the bottom, duking it out with the likes of Colorado and Florida in a battle for worst of the worst, a scrap that culminated in Seth Jones heading to Nashville at fourth overall. They scored...
Roman Josi's Extension: Bargain of a Benchmark
August 5th, 2013 Roman Josi’s 7 year, 28 million dollar extension has been a guiding light for every GM this summer with a good young defenseman to re-sign, and – despite the slew of restricted free agents culled from the market since – has remained one of the best contracts under the new CBA. For starters, the extension is such a...
