All Entries Tagged With: "Ryan Suter"
Predators Crush Columbus 4-1
There are things that are certain in this life: the sun comes up in the East; taxes; and the Nashville Predators beating the Columbus Blue Jackets. That trend continued tonight at the Bridgestone Arena as the Predators defeated the Jackets 4-1. This was the last meeting this season for the two teams, and Nashville took [...]
Predators Blow Past the Jackets 3-0
The Nashville Predators looked to continue their mastery over the Columbus Blue Jackets as the Central Division foes met at Nationwide Arena. The last two games between these teams required some late game magic by the Predators to secure a victory, and the Predators were hoping to avoid finding themselves in such a situation again. [...]
What To Do With Ryan Suter?
Last time, I examined the reasons why I thought Nashville and New Jersey should get together on a trade sending Zach Parise to Nashville- without Ryan Suter going the other way. This week has seen a flurry of discussion on what to do with Suter (and to a lesser degree, Weber). Primarily, the focus is [...]
Predators Continue Winning, Defeat the Islanders 3-1
The Nashville Predators ventured to Nassau Coliseum for their only meeting of the year against the New York Islanders in an afternoon matinee. The Predators looked to continue their hot play of late, as they have won 13 of their last 17 games their last 4 games. The Predators went with (surprisingly since there is [...]
Predators Get a Humongous Win Over the Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers made a rare visit to Nashville to take on the Predators in a barn where they last won in the year 2000. The Predators continued the Flyers misery in the Music City with a 4-2 victory in front of a sell out crowd that had a number of Flyers fans in attendance. [...]
Match.com- Nashville and New Jersey
New Jersey and Nashville are two teams that are both coming to a similar crossroads. Both teams have a core player that will be unrestricted at the end of this season and neither has re-signed their player due to different reasons. Can these two teams solve one another’s problems? I think so. But it might [...]
Predators Hand the Stars a 4-1 Victory
The Nashville Predators handed the Dallas Stars a 4-1 victory at the Bridgestone Arena in front of the 7th consecutive sellout for the home team. “Handed?” Sour grapes? No. Consider that in a 1-1 game, the Predators made two egregious mistakes that wound up in the back of their net and allowed the Stars to [...]
Predators Win Over the Wild in a Shootout 2-1
Watching the Minnesota Wild play hockey is a bit like watching (if it were possible) your arteries harden. You know those clogged arteries are going to be a problem, you just never know when. The Nashville Predators took on the Wild at Bridgestone Arena and were able to do just enough against the sclerotic defense [...]
Predators Early Deficit Leads to Defeat at Dallas
The Nashville Predators, fresh off their amazing come from behind victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, ventured to the American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Stars in their second game in two nights. Once again, Pekka Rinne got the start for the Nashville Predators, while the surprisingly feel good story in the form [...]
Predators Wow the Home Crowd With a 6-5 Victory Over the Jackets
Wow! That sentiment, along with a few others, can only begin to capture what happened in the Bridgestone Arena as the Nashville Predators faced the Columbus Blue Jackets in a Central Division tilt. The Predators won the game 6-5 in spite of making it extremely difficult on themselves. Heck, they didn’t make it difficult on [...]
Resilient Predators Dump Detroit 4-3
Persevere, verb “to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of obstacles, difficulty,or discouragement” The Nashville Predators faced the Detroit Red Wings at Bridgestone Arena in a contest that required the Predators to persevere, fight, and claw their way to a 4-3 win for their fourth straight win and even their season series [...]
Top 25 NHL defensive defensemen so far in 2011-12
One-third into the 2011-12 season, enough hockey has been played to give us a good idea of the best players so far this season. Now let’s have a look at the best defensive defensemen in the NHL this year. Those rearguards are often forgotten when we look at their team’s overall success, but they are [...]
Predators Down the Ducks 3-2
The Nashville Predators were looking to string together some wins and especially to reverse their fortunes on home ice, where they had the worst home record in the NHL. What better opponent to face than the struggling Anaheim Ducks. Nashville once again had workhorse Pekka Rinne in net, while the Ducks went with former Nashville [...]
Realignment and the Nashville Power Play
Realignment Thoughts For a Nashville Predators’ fan, what’s not to like? Travel is much better for the team. For the fan, there will be far fewer away games that start after 8:30pm CST. Nashville fans get to see every team in the League at least twice with the home-and-home games. Divisional playoffs will breed all [...]
Should Predators Stick Toe in Bobby Ryan Pool, Or Would It Get Stomped?
After a flurry of great posts from Jeremy, Ryan, Seth, and James regarding potential packages to acquire Bobby Ryan, Dirk opened the morning continuing a great question raised by Willy Daunic last night on 102.5 The Game. The question is whether the Predators should pursue a star quality forward at all. Now, I’ve written several [...]
Red Wings Win Fifth Straight, Contain Predators 4-1
Valtteri Filppula scored two goals with an assist and Henrik Zetterberg added a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings extend their winning streak to five games with a convincing 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators at the Joe Louis Arena. Jimmy Howard stopped 18 shots and is now tied for the league [...]
Predators Give Away Another Game, Lose to the Wild 3-2
The Nashville Predators traveled to the great white North to take on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center in a game that saw the Predators seeking redemption for the putrid effort the night before in Nashville. Pekka Rinne once again got the start for the Predators as the Wild went with Josh Harding [...]
Predators Suffer an Embarrassing Loss to the BJ’s in OT 4-3
The Nashville Predators suffered a 4-3 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Bridgestone Arena that was in a word, embarrassing. Throughout the game, the Predators were unable to get through the neutral zone and turned the puck over more times than I can count. Rather than skate the puck through the zone or [...]
Predators Win Ugly, Drop the Leafs 4-1
Sometimes, you win ugly. The Nashville Predators were the embodiment of ugly in defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bridgestone Arena by a 4-1 margin. The score belies the fact that at times, Toronto looked dominant and controlled the play for stretches at a time. Indicative of how the night went, the Leafs out [...]
Speculation From Rinne’s Contract
Pekka Rinne’s new contract is signed, sealed and delivered. It’s spans seven years and pays the goaltender $7 million each year. My knee jerk reaction was that it was either too much salary or too much term- based upon market value. How does it really stack up when compared to the top ten goaltender contracts [...]
