Greetings From Smashville! “Is that a Warrior Stick or are you happy to see me?” Edition Jas Faulkner | February 17, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Another week, another five days of unseasonably warm weather broken up by a day or two of lightly iced car windows and dealing with that…
Greetings From Smashville! TGIF Edition Jas Faulkner | February 10, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Next week will be better. Not that the past week was entirely grim. The Predators had a very good night at home entertaining St. Louis.…
Losing Streak Ends At 7, Senators Beat Predators The Hockey Writers | February 9, 2012 Paul MacLean can breathe a sigh of relief, because his Ottawa Senators have finally ended a seven game slump, with a home win over the Nashville Predators. Jason Spezza outplayed…
Hockey is Alive and Well in the South Jeff Ponder | February 6, 2012 Who was it that said hockey could not survive in the South? That person has obviously never been to Nashville, Tennessee during hockey season. I was lucky enough to see…
Greetings From Smashville! (Who Dat Streakin’? Edition) Jas Faulkner | February 3, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Does anyone know what week it is? Does anyone really care? The ASGs are behind us and we are now headed to the first trade…
Nashville: The Boys From Beulah Land March to the Playoffs Jas Faulkner | January 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Watching the Predators work their way through a set list of conference rivals is a bit like watching the prettiest girl at the cotillion razor…
The Calder Race: 10 Rookies Chasing Down Nugent-Hopkins Carl Maloney | January 22, 2012 Each year the Calder Memorial Trophy is handed out to the league’s top rookie. Past winners include now household names like Malkin, Ovechkin, Forsberg and Bure. Only a few games…
NHL Rumors Galore part 2 Fred Poulin | January 18, 2012 With only 5 weeks before the February 27 NHL trade deadline, rumors are swirling all over the Internet, and especially on Twitter, as fake insiders try to get the attention…
Batman, Superman and Wolverine Walk Into A Bar… Jas Faulkner | January 14, 2012 commentary by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Sticktaps to Charlie Jones for catching the SNAFU regarding the illustrations. Believe it or not, I can tell Paul Kariya and Ryan…
Mid-Season 2012 NHL Mock Draft Brendan Ross | January 8, 2012 The National Hockey League season is at its midway point and with the Under-20 World Junior Championship recently completed scout’s notebooks are containing a little more information on the upcoming…
NHL 2011 Year In Review David OConnor | December 26, 2011 The year of 2011 is coming to an end. For some, it couldn’t have gone by any slower. Others don’t want it to end so soon. Either way, it’s still…
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…