The Summer of Smashville Jeff Yerger | June 29, 2017 July 1 marks the beginning of free agency in the NHL. For fans around the league, it’s like Christmas but instead of getting toys, your team gets a fancy new hockey player…
2017 NHL Draft: Predators Pick Eeli Tolvanen #30 Overall Brandon Share-Cohen | June 24, 2017 With the 30th Pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, the Nashville Predators Have Selected Eeli Tolvanen From the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. About Eeli Tolvanen Eeli Tolvanen is…
Predators Take Final Bow Jeff Yerger | June 13, 2017 There’s a scene at the end of the movie Goodfellas where Henry Hill, the notorious gangster played by Ray Liotta, speaks directly to the camera and laments the sudden end to the life…
2007 NHL Draft: The 16 Defensemen Selected Before PK Subban Brandon Share-Cohen | June 11, 2017 This post was re-written based on an article published in 2012 by Fred Poulin. We’ve re-written it to better reflect the present and all stats are accurate as of the…
Stanley Cup Final Far From Over Dave Holcomb | June 11, 2017 As Yogi Berra first uttered 40 years ago, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” Some fans might find it difficult to tune into Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final…
James Neal Trade Revisited Andrew Forbes | June 8, 2017 Normally when the Stanley Cup Final is in full swing the hockey world is focused on the outcomes of games and news surrounding the two clubs involved. Instead, we decided…
Off the Crossbar: Golden State Warriors Challenge Cup Winner to Game on Ice Jeff Seide | June 8, 2017 With a perfect 15-0 postseason record, the dominant Golden State Warriors are well on their way to winning the 2017 NBA championship and could do so with an unprecedented 16-0…
Stanley Cups Are for Closers Jeff Yerger | June 7, 2017 It’s amazing how quickly the tables can turn within a week of hockey. We hockey writers like to dig our hands into stories that play out on and off the ice. That’s…
Kit of the Day – Nashville Predators Always Entertaining Peter Ferrell | June 5, 2017 Perhaps the greatest sin a sports team can commit is to be boring. Witness this year’s Ottawa Senators, a team stocked with a balanced attack, the world’s best defenseman and…
Predators Shouldn’t Panic Chris Gere | June 2, 2017 “The series doesn’t start until the home team loses a game.” NBA analysts will spew this age-old adage any time an away team falls down 0-2 in a playoff series.…
Predators Need to Be Perfect Jeff Yerger | June 1, 2017 Smashville has to feel duped. For the first two games of the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final appearance, the Nashville Predators have looked nothing like the team they were a…
Stanley Cup Final Filled With Inconsistencies Brady Smith | June 1, 2017 The NHL playoffs, where the calls are made up and points don’t matter. At least that’s how it has seemed at times since the puck dropped in Game 1 of…