All Entries Tagged With: "Mike Santorelli"
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-5-2 with 16 points through 14 games. After 14 games last season, the Bolts were 8-4-2 with 18 points. The Lightning are in second place in the Southeast Division two points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After 14 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team and the NHL in goals with ten. and [...]
Top-20 best bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
Yesterday I had a look at the worst goal scorers in the NHL compared to their 2010-11 actual salary, and without any surprise Scott Gomez was ranked number one at $1,142,857 per goal (7 goals for $8,000,000) more than $400,000 per goal than Matt Stajan who was ranked second. The list was not unanimous, as [...]
Dale Tallon’s Report Card
Hello again Panther Fans, today we are going to look at Dale Tallon and his role thus far as General Manager. In only nine months Tallon has revitalized a thin farm system and positioned the team for future success. Let’s take a look at some of his major moves thus far in our first ever [...]
Balancing Act
The Nashville Predators are a team behind most other teams when it comes to talent and skill. At least that’s what most forum jockeys and media members will attest since the Predators have an internal budget roughly $8 million below most other teams (meaning a budget at the midpoint of the salary cap). Given the [...]
The Hottest Team in the NHL- the Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators ran their home ice record against the Columbus Blue Jackets to 12 straight wins with a 4-3 shootout victory over their division rivals on Saturday night. With the win, the Predators are now 9-2 in their last 11 contests and have now won five consecutive games. Columbus took the early lead on [...]
Dumont Returns; Predators Reassign Scatchard
The Nashville Predators will welcome their leading scorer back to the lineup tonight when they take on the St. Louis Blues at the Scott Trade Center. J. P. Dumont returns after missing three games due to an upper body injury and is expected to be reunited on the top line with center Jason Arnott and [...]
Predators Give Away the Game to San Jose
Playing the best team toe to toe- or skate to skate, if you will- the Nashville Predators had a chance to emerge from the Shark Tank with a rare victory over one of the hottest teams in the NHL. Up 3-2 midway of the third period, it was time to clamp down on D, get [...]
It’s Never Easy, but the Predators Win
A big lead. Play tough defense and shut down the other team, right? In what is becoming an annoying hallmark of the Nashville Predators, a big lead evaporates and they find themselves scrambling to get back in the game. Ahead 2-0 at the end of the first period last night against Minnesota on goals by [...]
Jones Out, Santorelli Recalled
The Nashville Predators today announced that forward Ryan Jones has be reassigned to their AHL afiliate in Milwaukee, and that forward Mike Santorelli had been recalled. Santorelli began the season with the Predators and was reassigned to Milwaukee after five games. Santorelli was scoreless during those five contests. Jones has played in eight of Nahsville’s [...]
Dumont Back; O’Reilly Recalled
The Nashville Predators have announced the forward J.P. Dumont will return to the line up tonight against Chicago. Dumont was injured in the first game of the year against Dallas when he was checked head first into the boards by Stars defensemans Stephane Robidas. He has been suffering from concussion like symptoms since that hit. [...]