Posts About "Pekka Rinne"
Predators' Top-5 Storylines of 2018
January 3rd, 2019 The 2018 calendar year was an eventful, and for the most part, a good year for the Nashville Predators. From Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, they went 53-23-8. They won at least 50 percent of their games in every month but December and lost two or fewer games in January, February and April. Ryan Johansen paced the team with 15 goals and 64...
Predators' Mid-Season Check-Up
December 27th, 2018 Okay, so it's not exactly the mid-way point for the Nashville Predators' 2018-19 season. They've played 37 games, four shy of the halfway mark. However, the Christmas break remains a convenient time to perform a check-up of the team because enough time has passed to know what they are and aren't and what changes ought to be done the rest...
Predators Quarter-Season Check-Up
November 24th, 2018 American Thanksgiving, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, is traditionally the first point in the season when we look at the standings and begin to take them seriously. Since the 2005-06 season, 77.3 percent of teams in a playoff spot at American Thanksgiving went on to play postseason hockey, so playing strong hockey to...
Nashville Predators May Have NHL's Best Goalie Combo On, Off Ice
November 14th, 2018 NASHVILLE — Pekka Rinne is off to an even better start than last season when he finally won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goalie, and backup Juuse Saros ranks among the league's top 10 for victories. With both goalies now signed to contract exten...
Rinne Extension Provides Predators with Plenty of Positives
November 11th, 2018 On Nov. 3, the Nashville Predators announced a two-year extension for longtime netminder, Pekka Rinne. The deal, which goes into effect next season, carries a $5 million cap hit, a sizable decrease from his current $7 million hit. The new contract, like his current one, has a no-movement clause and modified no-trade clause that includes...
NHL Rumors: Duchene, Point, Rinne, More
October 19th, 2018 In today's rumor rundown, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Brayden Point are going to hold off chatting contracts for a while, Matt Duchene and the Ottawa Senators are doing the opposite and the Nashville Predators are exploring different ideas with goaltender Pekka Rinne. There's one team we know isn't interested in William Nylander and...
