All Entries Tagged With: "nashville"
Sky’s the limit for award-laden Nashville blue line prospect Ryan Ellis
After a distinguished four-year major junior career in which he put his name in the conversation of all-time best Ontario Hockey League defenceman while earning just about every award imaginable, 20-year old blueliner Ryan Ellis only took a brief rest this past summer before resuming his training program. This week, Ellis continues his journey to [...]
One year after World Hockey Summit: Player transfer agreements – Part 2
Part 1 of this retrospective article on the one-year anniversary of the Molson Canadian World Hockey Summit quickly reviewed the nature of NHL – European league Player Transfer Agreements and the refusal of the Russian Hockey Federation to enter into such agreements. The acrimony surrounding the movements of Evgeni Malkin from Russia to North America and [...]
LA Kings Weekly Report
The ten items you need to know to start the week – includes updates on Brayden Schenn, player sent to AHL, goalie masks, injuries, trade rumor, Winter Classic possibility and the NHL player tweet of the week.
Interview with Nashville’s Marcel Goc
The Nashville Predators have found ways to win games and total enough points to make the playoffs five of the last six years. Through numerous injuries to key players over the last two seasons, one bright spot has been Marcel Goc – who has posted career highs since signing as a free agent. In this interview he talks about the Preds, the Kings, coach Barry Trotz, goaltending, Marco Sturm, etc.
Then, Along Came Jonathan Bernier (LA Kings)
The Nashville Predators owned the LA Kings for quite some time. Then, along came rookie goaltender Jonathan Bernier – who has picked up three wins in three starts against them. Also featured in this article…post game news, notes and numbers.
The Two Line Pass: Breaking it down with Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo
“Right now we just gotta focus on continuing to do the little things and make sure we don’t get stuck in a funk like that again.”-Carlo Colaiacovo
The Two Line Pass: Week 1
“I don’t think Eric Brewer will ever be able to endear himself to the fans…It’s a situation where he is wrong no matter what he does.”-BlueNote Zone founder Jeff Quirin
Training Camp Thoughts and Impressions
On Thursday, I was able to speak with Coach Barry Trotz for just a couple minutes after the morning skate at Bridgestone prior to him heading over to Centennial Sportsplex for the afternoon practice. (Being the noobie that I am, I forgot to record the conversation for your listening pleasure. Sorry. I’ll do better next [...]
Interview with Bobby Ryan
Bobby Ryan checked in with The Mayor to talk about the Kings-Ducks rivalry, his friendship with several players on the Kings, the player that “flabbergasted” him at the Olympics, laying a late hit on Oscar Moller…and Drew Doughty’s retaliation. All of this…plus, his thoughts on Canadian hockey fans!
Minor Penalty- Too Many Men On Ice
As of Tuesday, July 06, 2010, the Predators will have 24 players on one-way contracts if you count likely contracts for the yet-to-be re-signed restricted free agents Patric Hornqvist, Ryan Parent, Cody Franson, and Mark Dekanich (or some other backup goalie). That excludes Nick Spaling, who spent 28 games in Nashville last season and was [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Kovalchuk to the Predators?
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
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 [...]
Midseason Grades
This has been an exciting season for Predators fans- perhaps the most exciting rollercoaster in the country. The rollercoaster has reached heights that many across the league didn’t think possible in consistently staying around the 5th or 6th seed in the Western Conference. For Nashville fans, a lot of the ride to this point has [...]
A Month in Review (October 2009)
To mark the end of the first month of NHL hockey, I’d like to take this time and write a little something about each team, and my general thoughts heading into November. October has proven to be an eventful month full of shocks, surprises, excitement, and disappointment. I’m sorry that all teams won’t get equal [...]
Hard Times
It’s been a difficult time in Nashville, Tennessee for sports fans. I can’t remember a time when there wasn’t a successful active team in the city between football and hockey. Among the NFL’s Titans, the NHL’s Predators, University of Tennessee football, and (recently) Vanderbilt University football there was always one, and usually many more, that [...]
Sabres outlast Preds- BUF 1, NSH 0
The Buffalo Sabres and goalie Ryan Miller recorded their first shut-out of the season, blanking the Predators 1-0 at Sommet Center in Nashville, TN. This game was again a battle of defense and goaltending, and waiting for the first goalie to flinch. Both netminders performed in stellar fashion, with Miller blocking all 25 Nashville shots [...]
A Conversation With The Grim Reaper
Stu Grimson was known as one of the most fearsome fighters in the NHL, patrolling the ice for eight different NHL teams and playing 729 regular season games during his career. The Grim Reaper, as Stu was known, was not just a fighter, however. He was a solid hockey player and a leader, both on [...]
Predators Preseason Thoughts
The Nashville Predators have concluded their preseason schedule, posting a 4-2 mark and giving a lot of young players the opportunity to lock down a roster spot. After today, when Nick Spaling was sent down to Milwaukee, the Preds roster stands at 29 players. As of this writing, there have been no further roster moves. [...]