All Entries Tagged With: "Ryan Suter"
Do the Blackhawks Have Too Much Swagger?
Sometimes a team with a lot of talent tends to cheat a little on their chores. Whether that chore is to dump it by a Ryan Suter or back check a Zach Parise, their confidence can’t become their downfall. That isn’t hockey hair you’re seeing grow out at this time, it’s the inflated melons [...]
Predators Lose Wilson and Game to the Wild
The Nashville Predators and the Minnesota Wild met at the Bridgestone Arena, and the game was another typical Predators/Wild contest. It was like watching paint dry. Once again, the Wild claimed a 2-1 shootout victory over the Predators. Pekka Rinne and Niklas Backstrom dueled in net, with each giving up a goal in regulation. Rinne [...]
Predators Fall to the Wild In OT 2-1
The Nashville Predators dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center. The Predators were down a man in the extra period on an absolutely horrible call against Paul Gaustad. The officials deemed that Gaustad closed his hand on the puck in a defensive zone face off, thus sending him [...]
Hockey Indie’s Divisional Predictions – Western Conference
Hockey Independent’s divisional predictions continue on today, this time with a look at the Western Conference. Will some of the changes that took place this offsesason shift the balance of power in any of the divisions? Read on to see what members of the Hockey Independent writing staff think. Northwest Division – Alex Muscat (@AlexMuscat73) [...]
A Conversation With David Poile
I had the opportunity to join several of the outstanding bloggers that cover the Predators for a round table with Predators General Manager David Poile for a wide ranging discussion of various topics that covered the gamut from player development and negotiations on contracts to the impending expiration of the collective bargaining agreement. Poile answered [...]
Hockey Independent Summer Reads
Until this past week, it’s been a pretty dull off-season for hockey fans. The free agent frenzy was more of a fizzle. After Zach Parise and Ryan Suter opted for the Minnesota Wild, it took another three weeks for anything interesting to happen. The Philadelphia Flyers surprised the hockey world, extending a mega-offer sheet to [...]
Perceptions and Expectations
During the waiting game that was the Predators deciding weber or not… uh, whether or not to match the offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers for Shea Weber, there was a perception among some of the hockey cognoscenti that the Predators would be unable or unwilling to come up with the funds to keep Weber. [...]
Will Top Talent Play in Nashville?
The Nashville Predators and their fans are still stinging from being spurned by Ryan Suter as he took his bromance with Zach Parise and his talents to Minnesota. Being rejected by Suter, the talented defenseman drafted and developed by the Predators, and seeing available free agents sign with other clubs has left a palpable sense [...]
Zach Parise Leaves New Jersey Devils for Wilder Pastures
We are now in day two of the post Zach Parise era for the New Jersey Devils. And you know what? While it stinks as a fan, you can’t cry over spilled milk, what’s done is done, etc. You just have to accept it and move forward. But, before I do move forward, I’d like to take [...]
Lightning Ink Defenseman Matt Carle – Six Years, $33 Million
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent defenseman Matt Carle to a six-year, $33 million contract with a $5.5 million cap hit per year. The defensemive domino’s began to tumble after free agent Ryan Suter signed a big money contract with the Minnesota Wild, earlier today. Suter was the most sought after free agent blue-liner and [...]
Wild Win Suter Sweepstakes
The kabuki dance that was the Ryan Suter free agency courtship has finally ended, as Suter has decided to join the Minnesota Wild and his good friend Zach Parise, signing a 13 year, $98 million dollar contract. The fans of the Predators and of the potential Suters…uh…suitors of the prized defenseman expressed some degree of [...]
While I Was Sleeping
Well, well, well… Look what the cat dragged in… It has been more than a minute since I last made an appearance in the old blogosphere but, despite my many efforts to convince myself that I was done forever, I am back. So where the hell have I been? Before we get to that, some [...]
Free Agent Frenzy: Tampa Bay Lightning – Day One
The NHL’s Free Agent Frenzy started today at noon and the Lightning got busy, making four moves. Tampa Bay signs forward Benoit Pouliot Tampa Bay signed pending UFA Benoit Pouliot to a one year $1.8 million contract. Pouliot was acquired from the Boston Bruins in a trade at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh in [...]
Hockey’s Christmas: 10 Predictions For 2012 Free Agency
In many ways, July 1 and the opening of unrestricted free agency is much like Christmas for hockey fans. Puck heads wake up early and rush to their living rooms early in the morning. But instead of checking underneath a Christmas tree, they’ll make a beeline straight towards the nearest computer. As the clock strikes [...]
Hockey Independent Offseason Predictions: Where Will Ryan Suter Land?
Members of the Hockey Independent crew have come together again for another series of offseason articles for your reading pleasure. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey Devils), Alex Muscat (Detroit Red Wings) and myself, Benjamin Woodward (Boston Bruins). Each of us have taken on [...]
All In or All Over?
At the trade deadline, Nashville Predators GM David Poile pronounced to the hockey world that the Predators were “all in” in their pursuit of the Stanley Cup. Trading draft picks for trade deadline acquisitions and the successful completion of tortuous negotiations to bring Alexander Radulov back to the NHL were taken as proof that Poile [...]
2012 Hockey Independent Mock Draft: Selections 11-15: Here Come The Europeans
The Hockey Independent crew has come together again; this time to piece together a 2012 NHL Mock Draft for your reading pleasure. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey Devils), Alex Muscat (Detroit Red Wings), Bill Philp (Tampa Bay Lightning) and myself, Benjamin Woodward (Boston [...]
2012 Hockey Independent Mock Draft: Selections 1-5; The Future Stars
The Hockey Independent crew has come together again; this time to piece together a 2012 NHL Mock Draft for your reading pleasure. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey Devils), Alex Muscat (Detroit Red Wings), Bill Philp (Tampa Bay Lightning) and myself, Benjamin Woodward (Boston [...]
Are the Blackhawks pursuing Ryan Suter for the wrong reason?
CHICAGO (FOX Chicago News) – On July 1, 2008 The Blackhawks made a huge splash in the hockey world and signed free agentdefenseman Brian Campbell. The cost for Campbellwas steep, an eight year contract with an approximate $7.1 million salary cap hit per season. This was a bold move and was done for a couple [...]
Bolland on Trading Block – Hawks Will Pursue Suter??
Chicago (FOX Chicago News) – Blackhawk fans looking for some real change may enjoy this summer. For the first time since the 2010 Stanley Cup parade there appears to be a solid chance a core player will be dealt. If my source is correct, and he has been frequently in the past, third line center [...]
