Posts About "Paul Gaustad"
Sabres All-Time Best Trade Deadline Deals
February 7th, 2017 The trade deadline is always a hectic event for teams around the National Hockey League. Bottom dwellers look to move veterans on expiring contracts. Stanley Cup-contending teams look to trade mid-round draft picks in exchange for these players to gear up for a strong playoff run. For some teams, the deadline marks the transition from...
Paul Gaustad Expected to Announce Retirement: Report
September 2nd, 2016 While some NHL free agents are opting for professional tryouts or short-term contracts, it looks like Paul Gaustad will not be one of them. Gaustad will reportedly announce his retirement from the NHL "in a couple of weeks," according to Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal. The 34-year-old center spent the last four-plus seasons...
Paul Gaustad Not Being Re-Signed by Nashville
May 18th, 2016 According to Justin Bradford, the Nashville Predators will not be re-signing veteran forward Paul Gaustad this offseason. Gaustad played parts of five seasons with the Preds after he was traded to Nashville from Buffalo along with a fourth-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft (Juuse Saros) in exchange for the Predators first-round pick in...
Colton Sissons: The Next Paul Gaustad
February 29th, 2016 The Nashville Predators will not have to look too far to find a fourth-line center next season. Paul Gaustad, 34, is an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, and despite his excellence in the face-off dot, he is not expected to be re-signed by the Predators. His replacement? The 22-year-old Colton Sissons signed a...
3 Roles That Your Team Will Overpay for at the Deadline
February 25th, 2016 It happens almost every single trade deadline. A team is hurting badly in one area of the game. That team will go out and make ridiculous overpayments for players who fill that role and nothing more. It's that deal that makes you go "I get why they did it, but they gave up that for THAT?" It almost never fails. We may have already seen...
Jarret Stoll Changing 4th Line Philosophy in Minnesota
January 26th, 2016 A common complaint about the arrival of Jarret Stoll in Minnesota was that his presence indicated a change in the direction of the team's roster construction philosophy. In previous years there have been solid possession players deep in the lineup with offensive upside like Erik Haula, Justin Fontaine, Jordan Schroeder, Kyle Brodziak and...
Nashville Predators Penalty Kill is Feeling Ill
December 18th, 2015 One thing the Nashville Predators have prided themselves on is having a solid defense. One would think a team with a stout defensive unit would have no trouble killing penalties. However, that's not been the case the last couple of months. The Predators sit in 28th place when on the penalty kill as of Dec. 17. Nashville has given up...
Preds Poll: Grade Nashville for November
December 8th, 2015 The month of November started off with a ton of promise for the Nashville Predators. Nashville was coming off of a solid opening month of October with great defense, timely scoring and good goaltending. November started off the same way with a couple of seven-goal performances and were doing their best keeping pace with the red-hot...
A Black (and Blue) Friday Week for the Nashville Predators
November 30th, 2015 Last week was Thanksgiving week and the end of that week was Black Friday, where people try to get the best possible deals for the upcoming holiday season. The Nashville Predators had a different sort of "Black Friday" week where they were hit with a variety of injuries that will really test their depth. Injuries to Paul Gaustad,...
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 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...
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...
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...
