Posts About "Mike Ribeiro"
Predicting PTOs: 62 Potential Tryouts
August 24th, 2017 Tis the season, with September fast approaching and training camps not far off, that NHL teams will start extending tryouts to the remaining unrestricted free agents. Affectionately known as PTOs — professional tryouts — in the world of hockey lingo. And there are many leftovers worthy of consideration this year, with only a...
Predators Rebuilding Center Corps
February 7th, 2017 The 2016-17 season has been a significantly rockier road than many expected the Nashville Predators to have coming in. An abysmal beginning to the campaign coupled with the highest player turnover in the NHL have turned the Predators into a team transitioning on the run -- a league-high 37 different players have hit the ice in a...
Roman Josi Activated, Jason Spezza Out & More
February 4th, 2017 The Nashville Predators have activated defenseman Roman Josi from the injured reserve, the team announced Saturday. Josi has been out of the lineup for the Predators' last nine games after being placed on the injured reserve with an upper-body injury. https://twitter.com/PredsNHL/status/827963252260872193 Josi has five goals and...
Predators Roster Experiments Proving Successful
January 31st, 2017 The 82-game NHL season is an expansive voyage, full of ups and down, twists and turns, turmoil and triumph. To keep the ship sailing in the right direction, a franchise must be constantly retooling its roster. There will be injuries and under performance, balanced with new talents rising to new levels, earning the right to carry more...
Laviolette's Benching of Ribeiro Could Extend to Game 4
May 4th, 2016 The Nashville Predators made a surprising move ahead of a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks in Game 3 Tuesday by scratching center Mike Ribeiro. Ribeiro's been the target of criticism these playoffs for untimely penalties and lack of scoring. Despite having 50 points in 81 regular season games, Ribeiro has just an assist through...
Filip Forsberg Coming Alive at the Right Time
February 26th, 2016 The script has flipped for Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg in 2015-16. Forsberg is on a tear as of late, scoring 12 points in his last 10 games, and his nine goals in the month of February paces third among all NHLers behind Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins and Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals. These...
Weekly Roundup - Ribeiro Ripe for the Picking
December 30th, 2015 This is the eighth edition of weekly roundup. In this article we take a look at the last seven days of hockey in the NHL. The article will focus on players who have been putting up solid numbers and are likely still available in fantasy pools. We also look at the stars of the game who aren’t getting on the score sheet for their...
Predators Have Become the Prey
November 24th, 2015 The Nashville Predators hit a franchise low in a 3-0 loss to the New York Rangers Monday. For the first time in team history, Nashville has been shutout for three consecutive games with the first two coming in 4-0 losses to the Columbus Blue Jackets Friday and Minnesota Wild Saturday. It has been 213:47 since the Predators have lit the...
Preds Poll: Grading Nashville for October
November 6th, 2015 The Nashville Predators got off to a very good start in October. The Preds finished the opening month with a 7-1-2 record in the very tough Central Division. Nashville has played to its strengths in the first month of the season with defense and goaltending, but it also showed that its power play was much improved from the unit that...
Fantasy Fluctuation: This Week's Biggest Risers & Fallers
October 22nd, 2015 Welcome to a new weekly feature here in the fantasy hockey hovel at The Hockey Writers. Each week this column will take a look at the three players whose ownership levels have risen the most and three whose ownership has fallen the most.1 The idea here is that looking at guys whose ownership is moving in a hurry can give you an idea...
Preds Poll: Can James Neal Bounce Back?
September 12th, 2015 The bookends to James Neal's début season with the Nashville Predators were fantastic. Neal started his season with a hat trick as he provided all three goals in Nashville's 3-2 win over the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks. He ended the season strong with four goals in the Predators first-round series against the...
Nashville Predators Projected 2015-16 Forward Lines
September 10th, 2015 The long awaited start of the 2015-16 season is nearing arrival as teams around the league are welcoming their players back to town in lead up to training camp just days away. For the Nashville Predators, training camp opens on September 17, and the team will play six preseason games stretching from Sep. 20 through Oct. 3 in...
3 Pivotal Issues Facing Nashville's Centers
September 9th, 2015 There’s no doubt that play from centers Mike Ribeiro and Mike Fisher helped get the Nashville Predators into the postseason for the first time since the 2011-12 season. Ribeiro exceeded expectations and supplied 62 points in a bounce-back year as first-line center. He helped Filip Forsberg shine in his first year in the National...
