Posts About "Peter Laviolette"
Sharks 2020 Offseason Outlook
June 4th, 2020 After a dismal showing during the 2019-20 season, the San Jose Sharks must use this offseason effectively. General manager Doug Wilson will look to use this time to improve his team. After a down year from players like Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic, they will need to show that their play has truly not taken a step...
Devils Need to Target Gallant, Gronborg in Coaching Search
May 29th, 2020 With the NHL's 24-team, return-to-play format beginning to move forward, the New Jersey Devils' 2019-20 season is over, meaning it's time to begin focusing on next season. Ownership has two significant tasks at-hand: hiring a new general manager and head coach. And the latter seems it's beginning to shape. In his latest edition...
Predators: Evaluating Matt Duchene's First Season in Nashville
April 8th, 2020 Matt Duchene’s first season with the Nashville Predators was not what general manager David Poile had hoped for when he signed the 28-year-old forward away from the Columbus Blue Jackets last summer. Duchene was without question the second-best unrestricted free agent on the market, after Artemi Panarin, and he was rewarded with a...
Islanders' 5 Best Head Coaches
March 25th, 2020 The New York Islanders are one of the NHL's most storied franchises, making their mark on the league during their brisk ascension in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After their four straight Stanley Cups and 19 consecutive playoff series wins, the Islanders found themselves on a bumpy road as they fought to stay relevant in a growing...
Predators Had to Fire Peter Laviolette
January 9th, 2020 After a disappointing 19-15-7 record, a 3.27 goals-against average, a 74 percent penalty kill rate, and 16.8 percent power-play efficiency, the Nashville Predators made a decision seldom seen in the Music City: they fired their head coach, the first time they have done so mid-season. Peter Laviolette was relieved of his duties on...
THW's Goalie News: Laviolette's Goalies, Varlamov Faces Avalanche
January 7th, 2020 A massive coaching firing in the NHL leaves major questions about what caused the move. Today, we'll look at what role the Nashville Predators' goaltenders played in their longtime head coach's firing. Then, we'll check in on a goalie's first appearance against his former squad. Laviolette, Rinne, and Saros "Show me a good goalie...
31 Reflections of the NHL's First Quarter
November 23rd, 2019 With most teams at or past the quarter pole in the NHL, we figured it was a good time to bring everyone up to speed on what's going on around the league. As is usually the case, there are no shortage of storylines. One coach was fired. Could others be following soon? We are going to give you one sentence on each team at the quarter...
Why the Predators Are on Brink of Elimination
April 22nd, 2019 Things have not gone as planned for the Nashville Predators in the first round of the 2019 NHL Playoffs. After taking a 2-1 lead on the Dallas Stars, the Predators lost Games 4 and 5 in convincing fashion and now find themselves in a must-win situation heading into Game 6 in Dallas. With their season on the ropes, what have the...
Predators' Laviolette Wins 600th Game
January 22nd, 2019 On Jan. 21, Nashville Predators head coach Peter Laviolette won his 600th regular-season game in the National Hockey League. It was also his 211th victory in his 379th game as head coach of the Predators. In a league that has been, and remains, filled with quality head coaches, one might think that winning 600 regular season games is...
Isles Counting on Trotz to Be a Winner
August 10th, 2018 Will Barry Trotz become the New York Islanders' most successful coach since Al Arbour? That's what Lou Lamoriello had in mind when he signed Trotz to a five-year deal in June, and that is certainly what the fans are hoping will happen. With all the coaching wins he has under his belt, along with a Stanley Cup victory in his back pocket,...
Winnipeg Jets' Powerless Power Play
May 9th, 2018 All the ingredients were right there in downtown Winnipeg Monday night for a celebration of epic proportions. There were 15,000 fans inside Bell MTS Place and over 20,000 packing the surrounding streets, rooting for what would have been a series-clinching Game 6 win against the Nashville Predators. It was a gorgeous night — plus-30 —...
Who Is to Blame for Predators' Atrocious Defense?
February 20th, 2018 The Nashville Predators, unquestionably, field the most talented collection of defensemen in today's NHL. Other teams may boast a bigger star or one electric pairing but no one offers the depth of that in Music City. More than any of its forward lines, Nashville's defense demonstrates the impressive abilities of general manager David...
P.K. Subban Deserves Some Norris Love
February 5th, 2018 Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban won his first Norris Trophy during the lockout-shortened season of 2012-13. He was awarded the trophy as the league's best defenseman after he posted 11 goals and 38 points in 42 games. He was still a Montreal Canadien that season and tied for the seventh-youngest player to win the award, doing...
