Posts About "Eric Nystrom"
Mason Raymond, Eric Nystrom to Be Bought Out
June 29th, 2016 According to multiple sources, the Calgary Flames will buyout forward Mason Raymond and the Nashville Predators will buyout left wing Eric Nystrom. Both have been placed on waivers Wednesday with the intention of a buyout officially coming Thursday. Raymond got a nice three-year deal from the Flames after scoring 19 goals and 45...
The Nashville Predators 2016 NHL Draft Guide
June 24th, 2016 The 2016 NHL Draft is here and the Nashville Predators face questions like any other team. Who should General manager David Poile take in the first round? Will Eric Nystrom be traded to for another pick? Nashville sits at 17, and there is some good talent out there. The top three of Auston Matthews, Patrick Laine and Jesse Puljujärvi...
Cody Bass Will Play Important Role in Predators, Ducks Series
April 15th, 2016 In a series that is bound to be a physical grind, the Nashville Predators are preparing for the undisciplined Anaheim Ducks who led the league in penalty minutes in the regular season. Anaheim has six players with over 60 penalty minutes compared to Nashville's mere two. Kevin Bieksa ranks highest among the Ducks with 99 then is...
Predators Line Go Fourth Despite Injuries
November 20th, 2015 The top two lines of the Nashville Predators (with the exception of James Neal) have had a bit of a struggle in finding their way. However, the defense, goaltending and fourth line have kept the team in contention in the very tight Central Division. I wrote about how effective that fourth line was earlier in the season with...
Preds Use Emergency Recall for Marek Mazanec
November 9th, 2015 The Nashville Predators have recalled goaltender Marek Mazanec of the Milwaukee Admirals to the NHL club, the team announced Monday. Nashville used an emergency recall to bring up Mazanec, with Elliotte Friedman reporting that the recall is needed due to an injury to Carter Hutton. The 24-year-old Mazanec has played five games...
Nashville's Fourth Line Playing Like Top Dogs
October 30th, 2015 One of the big concerns the Nashville Predators had was the lack of scoring punch in their in bottom six. GM David Poile brought in many a few different players to try and take some of the burden off of the top two lines. Cody Hodgson and Steve Moses were signed to try and spark them, but Hdogson has struggled out of the gate and Moses...
Like Father Like Son: Nashville’s Eric Nystrom
October 17th, 2015 For the younger audience out there not familiar with Bob Nystrom he was a winger on the New York Islanders dynastic teams of the early 1980s and it was his game-winning overtime goal in the 1980 Stanley Cup Final that kicked the dynasty off. He’s not in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but the Islanders retired his no. 23 jersey and...
Hockey News: NHL May Consider Putting Quebec Team in West
July 27th, 2015 More rumblings about the future expansion of the NHL. This and more in today's hockey news: The NHL is considering placing a future Quebec City team in the Western Conference. Should the NHL split into two separate leagues? Eric Nystrom may not be a regular in the Predators' lineup. Lou Lamoriello publicly thanked Devils...
Preds End of the Year Report Card: Eric Nystrom
June 8th, 2015 The Hockey Writers Nashville Predators staff writer Colin Fitts will evaluate the performance of each player on the 2014-15 Predators roster every weekday in alphabetical order. You can follow Colin on Twitter, @FittsTHW. Eric Nystrom Position: Left wing Age: 32 Height/Weight: 6-foot-1, 193 lbs Stat Line: 60 GP, 7 G, 5...
Predators Lose in 6, Despite Being Better Team
April 27th, 2015 The Nashville Predators' potentially historic year came to a close on Saturday night. In the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Predators lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games. Though losing in the first round is disappointing in itself, what makes it more frustrating is that the Predators were the better...
Nashville Predators Start with a Bang
October 15th, 2014 The Nashville Predators were fortunate enough to begin the season with three straight home games. With an opportunity to enter the year on a high note, the Predators would take full advantage at Bridgestone Arena. Two wins and a shootout loss is something to be excited about in the beginning of the Peter Laviolette era in the Music...
Bust for Your Buck: Evaluating Nashville's Free Agency After 29 Games
December 6th, 2013 Nashville spent its summer rounding out its lineup through unrestricted free agency, splitting upwards of 11 million between four bottom six forwards – Matt Cullen, Viktor Stalberg, Eric Nystrom, and Matt Hendricks. While these moves did add depth to a forward group that leaned heavily on Milwaukee call-ups last spring, they...
Misreading the Marketplace: Nashville's Confusing Spending Spree
August 1st, 2013 Fourteen years for four guys. That was the price of doing business for the Nashville Predators when free agency opened on July 5. Actually, it was fourteen years and $36.4 million. The issue? The typically thrifty Predators poured big money into players who may only give them small returns. Did a lack of patience and a...
