Do You Still Believe in Miracles? – A Review of Wayne Coffey’s The Boys of Winter Rebecca Dobrinski | August 7, 2011 The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. By Wayne Coffey. (2005, New York: Three Rivers Press. Softcover. Pp.…
Saying Kaddish in Nashville: The Predators Departed, 2011 Edition Jas Faulkner | August 4, 2011 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.
NHL Arbitration Dates Mike Colligan | July 19, 2011 Salary arbitration hearings begin on Wednesday and go through August 4. Many hearings never come to fruition as teams and players are free to negotiate a new contract right up until the hearing takes place.
The Predators Join the NHL’s Million PALA Challenge Drive Jas Faulkner | July 18, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent According to a report released by the Trust for America’s Health, Tennessee ranks 4th in the United States when it comes to the number of individuals…
Steve Sullivan Signs One-Year Deal with Penguins Mike Colligan | July 1, 2011 PITTSBURGH – General Manager Ray Shero said he was turning his focus to his own team after removing a one-year, $2m offer to Jaromir Jagr from the table this morning.…
Predators GM David Poile Faces the Press Jas Faulkner | July 1, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent In the hallway where Predators GM David Poile was scheduled to meet the press, the general energy was business as usual. Just a few feet…
Nashville’s Summer of Amber and Aspic Jas Faulkner | June 10, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent The waiting, the waiting… At the postseason press gathering in May, Shea Weber was quoted as saying something to the effect that he wanted to…
What’s Left of the WCS: Character Counts Jas Faulkner | May 8, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Last night I got a flash of what I hope to see as I am ensconced in my living room with a coterie of…
Predators Get Some Luck ; 4-3 The Hockey Writers | May 8, 2011 The Nashville team had their best game since Game 2. There is simply no way that should have been enough. Some luck, some lapses by the Canucks, and we are…
What to Take From the Nashville/Anaheim Series Tim McQuade | April 26, 2011 Goaltending was a key factor in this Western Conference, Quarterfinals series.
WCQ Round 1 Game 6: Never, Ever Give Up! Jas Faulkner | April 25, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent History Was Made On Sunday Night It was one of those moments that was so sweet it made your chest hurt. Along with the usual…
WCQ Round 1 Game 5: You Have To Watch The Babyfaced Ones… Jas Faulkner | April 23, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent I still want to punch Jarkko Ruutu in the junk. I’m sure Martin Erat (not to mention Mrs. Erat) has a greater claim to Ruutu…