Posts About "Alexandre Carrier"
Growing Fangs: Pettersson Pushing for NHL Call-Up
January 31st, 2019 'Growing Fangs' is a monthly article in which I write about the state of the Nashville Predators’ farm system and how individual prospects are performing. I wrote the first installment in November when I introduced some of the team’s most-touted prospects. Starting with this month, and continuing in subsequent months, the articles...
Predators Give Alexandre Carrier Entry-Level Deal
November 12th, 2015 The Nashville Predators have signed 2015 4th round draft pick (115th overall) Alexandre Carrier to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Thursday. The 19-year-old defenseman is currently playing for the Gatineau Olympiques in the QMJHL, where he has three goals and 12 assists through the season’s first 17 games,...
Canada's Carrier Highlights Preds Prospects at WJC Summer Camps
August 7th, 2015 Nations participating at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship do not have to set their rosters until December, but teams are already evaluating players for the highly anticipated annual tournament. The Nashville Predators had three prospects at summer evaluation camps. Defenseman Alexandre Carrier of Canada and goaltender Karel...
Canada Trumps Russia In First Summer Tune-Up
August 4th, 2015 Mitch Marner is pretty good at ice hockey. The Hockey Canada brass has a lot of decisions to make and questions to answer in the months leading up to the World Junior Hockey Championship, but whether Marner can hack it against high-end talent is not up for debate. Marner was the star of the first exhibition game put on by Hockey...
Nashville Predators: 2015 NHL Draft Review
June 28th, 2015 Nashville Predators general manager David Poile was significantly less active on the phones at the 2015 NHL Draft compared to last year when he made three trades on the draft floor. Two trades with the San Jose Sharks only involved picks, and the other was a blockbuster deal acquiring James Neal from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange...
5 Puck-Moving Defensemen Available in the 2015 NHL Draft
June 5th, 2015 You know the kind: they weave through the neutral zone effortlessly, puck on a string, and hit a streaking winger with a pinpoint pass as he's hitting the blue line. Or they hold the puck with poise, using their vision to wait until a lane opens up before hitting a forward on a home-run pass down the middle. They are the brains behind...
