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Predators’ Road to Central Division Title Filled With Challenges

December 29, 2020 by Wray Perkin
Roman Josi Predators

The Nashville Predators have a real fighting chance of winning the new Central Division in the 2020-21 season. As any championship team will say, however, there is always adversity to …

Read morePredators’ Road to Central Division Title Filled With Challenges

Categories Nashville Predators, Previews and Predictions Tags Central Division

NHL’s New Central Division Has Toughest Defensive Corps

December 27, 2020 by Pete Bauer
Victor Hedman Tampa Bay Lightning

The new divisions for the 2020-21 NHL season will each feature their own “personality.” It’s easy to think of the North Division as “The Canadian Division,” but one could also …

Read moreNHL’s New Central Division Has Toughest Defensive Corps

Categories Commentary, Previews and Predictions Tags Central Division, NHL Realignment

Blackhawks Banter: Injuries, Goalies & New Divisions

December 27, 2020 by Shaun Filippelli
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With the holiday season upon us, comes the reality of never really knowing which day of the week it is at any given time. Well, our Chicago Blackhawks writing team …

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Categories Chicago Blackhawks, Column Tags Alex Nylander, Central Division, Corey Crawford, Tony Esposito

Panthers Face New Division with New Challenges

December 23, 2020 by Andrew Mulville
Aleksander Barkov Florida Panthers

On Dec. 20, the NHL and NHL Players Association announced that they have officially agreed to start the 2020-21 season on Jan. 13. The season, which will include 56 intradivisional …

Read morePanthers Face New Division with New Challenges

Categories Florida Panthers, Previews and Predictions Tags Central Division, NHL Realignment

Predators Are the New Central Division Favourites

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by Wray Perkin
Ryan Ellis,Roman Josi

The Nashville Predators were recently given 6/1 odds at winning the National Hockey League’s new Central Division, which the league formed for the 2020-21 season slated to begin on Jan. …

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Categories Editor's Choice, Nashville Predators, Previews and Predictions Tags Central Division, NHL Realignment

Avalanche’s Offense the Best in the Central Division

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 by Nick Haydon
Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Samuel Girard Nathan MacKinnon

The Colorado Avalanche boast one of the most explosive offenses in the NHL. Led by two of the most dynamic forwards, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen, the Avalanche have taken …

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Categories Colorado Avalanche Tags Central Division

Stars Setting Sights on Central Division Lead

November 22, 2019 by David Harris
Anton Khudobin Dallas Stars

In the course of the last three weeks, the Dallas Stars have taken their coach off the hot seat, increased points production, reduced the amount of goals allowed per game …

Read moreStars Setting Sights on Central Division Lead

Categories Dallas Stars Tags Central Division

Colorado Avalanche vs. Central Division: Who Will Dominate?

October 2, 2019October 1, 2019 by Colleen Flynn
P.K. Subban Nathan Mackinnon Vladimir Tarasenko

Narrowly making the playoffs after finishing fifth in the Central Division last season, the Colorado Avalanche have their work cut out for them. Although the Pacific Division produced the two …

Read moreColorado Avalanche vs. Central Division: Who Will Dominate?

Categories Colorado Avalanche, Previews and Predictions Tags Central Division

Is the Jets Contending Window Shut?

July 29, 2019 by Rob Mahon
Winnipeg Jets Executive Vice President and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff

It’s been a turbulent summer for the Winnipeg Jets, right at a moment where they’ve needed a good one perhaps more than ever. After a confidence-eroding second half and early …

Read moreIs the Jets Contending Window Shut?

Categories Winnipeg Jets Tags Central Division, Neal Pionk, Patrik Laine

Central Recasting: Division Rivals Ready to Challenge Blues

July 3, 2019 by The Canadian Press
St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup

The NHL isn’t a copycat league. It’s a response league.
After the big and gritty St. Louis Blues muscled their way to the Stanley Cup, division rivals have responded in different ways.
The Nashville Predators inked top free agent centre Matt Duchene ; …

Categories Commentary Tags 2019 NHL Free Agency, Central Division

Burning Questions for the Central Division

September 24, 2018 by Trevor Beggs
Pekka Rinne Predators

Do you have questions about your favourite team after the puck dropped for the preseason? For teams that are already playoff-bound, the preseason doesn’t really answer questions. If you’re cheering …

Read moreBurning Questions for the Central Division

Categories Commentary Tags Central Division, Jake Allen, Patrik Laine, Pekka Rinne

NHL 19: Top 10 Player Ratings By Team – Central Division

September 18, 2018September 13, 2018 by Brandon Share-Cohen
P.K. Subban Nathan Mackinnon Vladimir Tarasenko

With NHL 19’s official release right around the corner, it seems appropriate to start looking through each team’s roster and seeing which teams appear to be the strongest and which …

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Categories Commentary, Video Games Tags Central Division, NHL 19, Top Story
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