Posts About "Pekka Rinne"
'Nashville Predators Only' NHL Awards
May 30th, 2018 The Nashville Predators were the cream of the NHL's crop during the regular season but ultimately fell short during the playoffs. That doesn't diminish their regular-season prowess, where many players stepped up. Some Predators deserve to be recognized for their career years, and while they may not win any NHL awards, we should take a...
The 2018 THW Year-End Awards
May 20th, 2018 Welcome to the seventh annual installment of our Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every National Hockey League regular season, we ask all active writers to submit their picks for the following categories. Voting was conducted by e-mail between April 9 and May 10, while voters were instructed to provide...
Best Goalies of the 2017-18 Regular Season
May 5th, 2018 Historically, there are three statistics that are looked at to evaluate and compare a goaltender: wins, goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (SV%). While they all have some merit, wins and GAA are more indicative of a team statistic. Even SV% can be skewed depending on the quality of goaltender’s team. Every statistic has...
Fisher Reveals Votes for NHL’s Major Awards
April 11th, 2018 For the first time in history — or at least in a long time — members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association will be revealing their votes for the NHL’s annual awards this season. I don’t get a vote there (yet) but, here at The Hockey Writers, Ryan Pike compiles our ballots for his spin on the year-end awards to be...
Predators Dominate Despite Mixed Analytics
April 9th, 2018 Game 82 of the season has come and gone and the Nashville Predators are the best team in the NHL. The Presidents' Trophy is coming to Tennesee and it was a wild ride. There were ups and downs, blockbuster trades, and incredible goaltending. While things weren't always peachy, there was always a sense that everything would be ok, and that...
Predators' Saros Will Push for Playoff Playing Time
April 7th, 2018 After being the last team to clinch a playoff berth in 2017, the Nashville Predators took the league by storm this season. They were the first team to qualify for the playoffs, set a franchise record for points and wins, won the Central Division for the first time in team history, and are the Presidents' Trophy winners. They have the...
