All Entries Tagged With: "J.P. Dumont"
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Kings Choke the Life Out of the Predators 4-2
The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Nashville Predators 4-2 at the Bridgestone Arena. With the loss, the Predators failed to move into a playoff spot. This is not the way the Predators needed to start perhaps the most important week of the season for this team. Some thoughts from tonight’s game… I thought the first [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 2/18/2011
So, Mike Fisher has two games under his belt. Nashville has played three of the four games in this current home stand. The trade deadline is now 11 days away. Examining Further Nashville Trade Rumors Last night was the second game of the scheduled three games in which Montreal plans to scout the Nashville Predators. [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 1/21/2011
Today starts a new, regular column from me called Friday Face-Offs. As I can’t watch/attend every game, I don’t do many post game wraps or game previews (and Mark does such a wonderful job with those anyway for HockeyIndependent). Besides, it’s much more fun to open myself up for all sorts of ridicule from my [...]
Predators Defeat the Desert Dogs 5-2
The Nashville Predators had dropped three games in a row in Jobing.com Arena and had been vexed by the Phoenix Coyotes and their stellar netminder Ilya Bryzgalov. Tonight, they reversed their fortunes with a 5-2 win, allowing them to leapfrog over the Coyotes in the Western Conference standings by a point. The game opened with [...]
Third Period Meltdown Dooms the Predators in a 6-3 Loss to the Blackhawks
As good as the Nashville Predator’s win over the Blackhawks was on Saturday, their re-match in Chicago was horrid. A third period meltdown cost the Predators a chance to sweep the back to back contests with their division rivals, as the Blackhawks turned a close game into a blowout, defeating the Predators 6-3. The Predators [...]
Predators Lose Ugly to the Blackhawks 4-1
Another lackluster effort, another loss for the Nashville Predators as the Chicago Blackhawks had their way in a 4-1 win at the United Center. This loss was the first of the season to the Blackhawks, and it follows a pathetic 6-1 effort against Los Angeles in their last game. The Nashville offense was listless at [...]
Predators Clip the Wings 3-2
The Nashville Predators have shown that they have had an inability to close out teams teams in tight contests. Tonight, the Predators found themselves in another such contest against Detroit at the Joe. Leading 2-1 going into the third period, the conventional wisdom was that the Predators would not hang tough and get a much [...]
Predators Stink Up the Joint in a 5-4 Loss to Toronto
There are losses and then there are losses. Tonight, the Nashville Predators stunk up a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with their worst period of hockey in the history of the franchise, giving up four- count ‘em FOUR- power play goals to blow a game in a 5-4 loss. The Predators jumped all over [...]
Predators End Losing Streak With a 3-2 SO Win Over the Blues
The Nashville Predators showed much better spunk and fight in a 3-2 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues to end a horrid five game losing streak. With the win, the Predators run their record to 2-1 against the Blues in their season series. This game was more like the style of hockey that wins [...]
Penguins Pilfer Points From Predators in a 4-3 OT Win
The Nashville Predators dropped their third consecutive overtime game to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 4-3 as Kris Letang scored at 3:49 of the extra period to allow the Pens to sneak away with a win. Nashville fielded a mix and match lineup as Ryan Suter, Matthew Lombardi, and Marcel Goc were out [...]
Washington Ekes Out a 3-2 OT Win Over the Predators
The Washington Capitals defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime in a game that had some brutal officiating to go along with end to end action. The Predators lead 2-0 going into the third period and gave up two goals in that stanza to take the game to overtime. Brooks Laich redirected an Alexander Ovechkin [...]
Predators Best Blackhawks 3-2
So you want to play the defending Stanley Cup champs in your first road game of the year. And you want to do it with two rookie goaltenders. Certainly doesn’t sound like a formula for success, does it? Even without starting netminder Pekka Rinne, who stayed back in Nashville nursing an injury, the Predators prevailed [...]
Five Predators to Watch this Season
The impending hockey season holds questions for every team. Foremost in every fan’s mind is the question “who will step up?” We all wonder which player will pleasantly surprise with their performance; who will continue to improve; and who can turn around their game. For the Predators, these questions are especially pertinent as some new [...]
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 [...]
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda…Predators Playoff Post Mortem
The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Nashville Predators 4 games to 2 in their first round matchup of the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the Predators, this series will be looked upon as one of missed opportunities that cost them a shot at a first round upset. There is no doubt that the Blackhawks are a powerful [...]
800 Pound Gorilla Off Their Back, Predators Get First Road Playoff Win 4-1
The Nashville Predators opened the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in Chicago with a 4-1 win over the heavily favored Chicago Blackhawks.With this win, the Predators have notched their first road win in five years in the playoffs and have stolen home ice from the Blackhawks in this first round matchup. After a [...]
