All Entries Tagged With: "David Poile"
Predators Hire Muller to Coach AHL Affiliate
The Nashville Predators today announced the hiring of Kirk Muller to be the Head Coach of the AHL Milwaukee Admirals, the primary development affiliate of the team. Muller replaces Lane Lambert, the Admirals former Head Coach who was promoted to be an assistant coach with the Predators. Here is the press release from the [...]
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 [...]
Preview: Predators’ Offseason
The coaching staff is now likely set assuming the team picks up the option on Peter Horachek. With the re-signing of Mitch Korn and promotion of Lane Lambert, Poile and Trotz can now turn the majority of their attention to filling out their roster for next season. (Jeremy Gover has kindly provided a list 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 [...]
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. [...]
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, 3/4/2011
This week saw the trade deadline come and go with Nashville making no moves. It also saw Nashville rebound a little bit from their dismal performance the week prior. Onto a shorter Face-Offs today… Final Thoughts on the Trade Deadline Now that the dust has cleared, David Poile decided to move forward with the team [...]
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 [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 2/11/2011
The big news for Predators fans was yesterday’s trade that brought Mike Fisher from the Ottawa Senators to Nashville for their 2011 1st round draft pick and a conditional 2012 draft pick. Predators Import Mike Fisher from Ottawa My first reaction to the trade was that it was “horrible” (twice actually). Was I overreacting? To [...]
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 [...]
Predators Sign Sergei Kostitsyn
Nashville Predators General Manager David Poile announced today that the team had signed forward Sergei Kostitsyn to a one year contract for $550,000. The Predators had acquired the rights to Kostitsyn from Montreal in exchange for the rights to forward Dustin Boyd and goaltender Dan Ellis. Kostitsyn, a talented but troubled 23 old, has played [...]
And So It Begins…
It’s been an interesting past few days for Predators’ fans. Right now, David Poile has a number of options available to him at the moment as well. But first, let’s review the recent actions to date. First, David Poile re-signed Francis Bouillon for two years at a $1.375 million cap hit. Given my attempts at [...]
Being David Poile
In my last blog, I detailed the tough job that this offseason will be for David Poile. In order to understand my thought process, as wacked as one might think it is, please read that entry if nothing more than to confirm your suspicions. In this missive, I’m going to pretend I’m David Poile and [...]
Now What?
Firstly, congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks for a well played series. I’d like to wish them good luck and good health on their series with the Vancouver Canucks. With the offseason ahead of them, David Poile and Barry Trotz must now turn their focus toward improving this team for next season. They’ve got their work [...]
Pity Party
You are cordially invited to a Pity Party on 501 Broadway in Nashville, TN. This is a recurring party held the day after every loss by the Nashville Predators. Thanks to Dirk Hoag, The Forechecker, I read a piece by Minnesota Star Tribune columnist Michael Russo today- Sunday Insider: A Nashville State of Mind. Russo’s [...]
