All Entries Tagged With: "barry trotz"
What To Do With Ryan Suter?
Last time, I examined the reasons why I thought Nashville and New Jersey should get together on a trade sending Zach Parise to Nashville- without Ryan Suter going the other way. This week has seen a flurry of discussion on what to do with Suter (and to a lesser degree, Weber). Primarily, the focus is [...]
Kick Start, or Kick in the Ass
This past week, Predators Head Coach Barry Trotz very publicly called out one of his players for his poor play. Rookie defenseman Mattias Ekholm was singled out after his play in the Vancouver game, a 5-1 loss by the Predators. Trotz called the play of Ekholm “horrible, absolutely horrible.” Trotz went on to refer to [...]
Predators Sign Bergfors and Some Perspective
The Nashville Predators announced today that they have signed forward Niclas Bergfors to a one year contract. This announcement comes on the heels of the Predators trading Cody Franson and Matthew Lombardi to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Here is the press release from the Predators: Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile [...]
Predators Name Horachek Associate Coach
The Nahville Predators today named Peter Horachek Associate Coach, a title previously held by Brent Peterson, who has moved to the front office.In the Predators hierarchy, the Associate Coach is the senior of the two assistant coaches. Here is the press release from the team. Nashville, Tenn. (June 15, 2011) – Nashville Predators President of [...]
Predators Name Lambert Assistant Coach; Re-Sign Mitch Korn
Lane Lambert will step behind the Nashville Predators bench next season, taking the place of Associate Coach Brent Peterson. Peterson will be moving to an administrative role with the Predators front office as the advance of his Parkinson’s disease has limited his ability to coach. Here is the press release from the Predators organization: Nashville [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 5/20/2011
The season is over. It’s time to both look back and to look forward. 2010 – 2011: A Season to Remember The Predators and their fans will always remember this season as a season of growth. The fans, and we in the media, were able to witness a team young in both history and players [...]
Vancouver vs Nashville- Game 4
Shea Weber has it right… Yes, the Canucks embellished a couple of calls in game 3 and were able to score two goals on those two calls. Yes, the officials missed a rather obvious Too Many Men call. That’s unfortunate. It’s unfortunate that this game was so affected by gamesmanship. It’s unfortunate for Predator fans [...]
Predators Down the Ducks 4-2, Take the Series 4-2
If the Nashville Predators were going to defeat the Anaheim Ducks, they were going to have to get scoring from their bottom 6 forwards, stay out of the box, and play very strong defense in front of Pekka Rinne in their game 6 match up at Bridgestone Arena. Mission accomplished. The Predators defeated the Ducks [...]
Friday Face-Offs- 4/22/2011: Anaheim-Nashville, Colin Campbell
It’s the morning of game five in the Anaheim-Nashville series as both teams prepare to take the ice tonight at the Honda Center. With the series tied at two games each, tonight essentially starts a best of three with Anaheim again having the home series advantage. They also get Bobby Ryan back in the lineup [...]
Now Is The Time- Trotz Should Win Adams
Now is the time, this is the year. Barry Trotz should win the Jack Adams trophy. This is coming from someone who wrote a very critical article three weeks ago that questioned whether David Poile and Barry Trotz are doing as good a job as typically espoused by the media. Of course, that’s not enough [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 3/25/2011
This week we have a little follow-up to last week’s Face-Offs and I finally put my $0.02 in on Mike Murphy’s comments from the GM meetings as well as Matt Cooke’s suspension. Follow-up: Are David Poile and Barry Trotz Doing A Good Job? Last week’s column prompted a lot of discussion on partner site HFBoards.com. [...]
Buffalo Victimized by Another Miracle From Nashville, Fall 4-3 in OT
The Nashville Predators staged an improbable comeback to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime at HSBC Arena. Improbable may not be strong enough to describe the outcome of this game. Blake Geoffrion continued his strong play of late, tallying his second goal in as many games as he banked a shot off Paul Gaustad’s [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 3/18/2011
Strap yourself in folks, this is going to be a long one… Are David Poile and Barry Trotz Doing A Good Job? This is a dumb question right? I mean, countless experts across the NHL keep saying that they do a phenomenal job. Like to see a sample? How about Pierre Lebrun on 3/15: The [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 2/25/2011
Just another ho-hum week for Nashville Predators’ fans. Since last week’s Friday Face-Offs, Nashville has gone 0-3-0, lost Suter for a game, lost Goc for the year, and let slip that O’Reilly is also out for the year. And, to top it all off, Nashville sees themselves in 9th place in the Western Conference this [...]
Western Conference Round Table
Over the Holidays I conducted a Q&A session with several bloggers covering Western Conference clubs for various websites. Engaging several points of view to gain a better understanding of the tougher of the NHL’s two conferences. The Panel Josh Sargent (@Josh_Sargent)- Minnesota Wild correspondent for NHLHotStove.com. Andy Ajer (@FightNightAtJoe) – Detroit Red Wings blogger. Runs [...]
Assessing the First Half
It’s certainly been an interesting season to this point, hasn’t it? Given the injury rate this season, I’m sure that I will develop carpal tunnel before this season is out and miss a few games myself. Minuses You have to start with all of the injuries. It began with Matthew Lombardi suffering a concussion in [...]
Catching Up
It’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog due to all sorts of things, so I wanted to try quickly touch base on several topics as the Predators head into the last game of this home stand against the Sharks. Predators On a Roll Since I last blogged, the Predators have gone on [...]
Analyzing One Predators Power Play Vs Carolina
Saturday night, Pekka Rinne played another solid game allowing the Predators to squeeze out a tough 2-1 shootout win on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes. Without two of their best defensive players in Ryan Suter and David Legwand, the Predators were able to limit the Hurricanes to 22 shots on net for the night. [...]
Too Many Pages In The Book
The Nashville Predators have an identity problem. They don’t have an energy line. They can’t kill penalties. They have one scoring line. Players are having issues with positioning. Rinne is having some struggles at a time when the team is experiencing so many other problems. Right now, the Predator’s depth is being over utilized. It [...]
Predators Pound the Ducks; Rinne Injured
The Nashville Predators pounded the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 in their season opener. The thrill of that victory was tempered by an injury to starting goaltender Pekka Rinne early in the third period. Rinne was injured when Troy Bodie of the Ducks and Francis Buillon collided with Rinne as Bodie drove the net. Several players piled [...]