1. Nashville Predators: 10 Game Unbeaten Streak Has Team Climbing Standings

    The Nashville Predators have re-invented themselves. Well, sort of. A team that was marred by injuries to key players in the first quarter of this 2010-11 NHL season, the Predators ...

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  2. NHL Trade Rumors: 5 Teams That Would Sell the Farm To Get Alexander Semin

    There isn't any doubting Alexander Semin's skill set. The 6'2", 210-pound right winger was the Washington Capitals first-round draft selection in 2002, taken 13th overall...

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  3. NHL Trade Rumors: Will Tomas Kaberle Decide If Tomas Kaberle Is Dealt?

    It seems that this is the million dollar question that has been hanging over the Toronto Maple Leafs for what seems an eternity. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs deal Tomas Kaberle? Seems like a simple enough question...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 1,634 reads 13 comments

  4. Pekka Rinne Loss Allows Anders Lindback Chance to Shine for Nashville Predators

    As the Nashville Predators will be without the services of their top goalie Pekka Rinne for at least two weeks, Anders Lindback has been given the opportunity to play a more consistent role with the hockey club...

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  5. NHL Power Rankings: The NHL's 25 Hottest Players Right Now

    With the NHL season roughly a quarter of the way complete, now would be a great time to look at the 25 hottest players right now. There will be some familiar names in this list, some new and a few surprises...

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  6. Video: NHL's 25 Hardest Hits of the Season

    If you've ever laced up the blades and played hockey, chances are you've been hit. Sometimes the hits come from incidental contact while everyone is chasing that little rubber puck around...

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  7. Nashville Predators 2010-11 First Quarter Report Card

    The Nashville Predators are 20 games into their 2010-11 National Hockey League season, the first quarter mark if you will...

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  8. Nashville Predators Center Cal O'Reilly Making Most of His Opportunity

    Cal O'Reilly has certainly made the most of his opportunity this season with the Nashville Predators. Going into this season, the Preds were a team that had traded away its captain ...

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  9. 2010-11 NHL Three Head Coaches Sitting on the Hot Seat

    Fact of life for an NHL head coach is that if you're not winning, you must be losing. Most experts say that parity is good for the NHL game, the ability for any team to win on any given night is exciting to the fans...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 2,413 reads 30 comments

  10. 2010-11 Predators: Team Begins Yet Another Road Trip, This Time Through the East

    Bits and Bites Great to see Bridgestone Arena sold out for Saturday's 4-3 win at the expense of the divisional-rival Blackhawks , because Preds fans won't able to see there boys play at home until St...

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  11. NHL All-Star Game 2011: Power Ranking the Potential Captains

    The National Hockey League has announced that 100 players comprised from all 30 NHL clubs are on a ballot to be voted on by the fans...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 2,636 reads 25 comments

  12. NHL All-Star Game: Just Go Ahead and Scrap the Whole Idea

    Just go ahead and scrap the whole idea of an All-Star game please. I admit I like some of these ideas, I don't like the timing or the process. The NHL hockey operations staff wants to take the power away from the fans...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 621 reads 5 comments

  13. Nashville Predators: Is It Time for a Coaching Change in Smashville?

    Is it time for a coaching change in Nashville? Likely not, but it seems that the message isn't all that clear to the Preds players as they continue to slide after an unbeaten start to the season...

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  14. Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Others: The Best Retired Numbers in the NHL

    When you look at the history and tradition that is the National Hockey League, it is surprising the number of players who have played in the league over it's 90 plus year history...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 3,971 reads 18 comments

  15. Nashville Predators: Sergei Kostitsyn Needs To Become Sergei Consistent

    Ok... Maybe it doesn't quite roll off the tongue the way it should, but Sergei Kostitsyn needs to show more consistency in his game if Preds coach Barry Trotz is going to use the talented Belorussian in more offensive situations...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 503 reads 3 comments

  16. Banged Up Predators Squad Hits The West Coast: Add Erat To List Staying Home

    You have to love the upper body/lower body injury news that we continue to hear as we progress through another NHL season. Unfortunately for the Nashville Predators, the M.A.S...

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  17. 2010-11 NHL: Dollars And Sense: The Vengence Of The NHL Salary Cap

    The New Jersey Devils are one of the most respected professional sports franchises in North America. They have solid ownership, own their own arena and a dedicated fan base that stretches pass the state limits of New Jersey...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 1,429 reads 18 comments

  18. NHL 2010-11: Let's Not Forget These Training Camp Invites

    As mid-September is upon us, it's that time again when NHL training camps are open for business. As players, coaches, and management gather together with the assistance from training staffs and equipment folks, it certainly seems like an exciting time...

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  19. Free Agent Jason Missiaen Works Towards Pro Contract at Traverse City Tournament

    We all know that things happen life.Ever since we can all remember, our parents would tell us that, well "things happen" and life moves on.For Jason Missiaen life has certainly moved on, but not the way the 20 year old goaltender thought it would...

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  20. NHL: Jordan Staal, Chris Pronger, and Other Important Summer Surgeries

    We are starting to get close to that time when players start to report to their respective teams for the opening of NHL training camps...

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  21. 2010-11 NHL: Top 10 Defensemen in New Sweaters This Year

    It's at this time of year that we begin the anticipation of another NHL season. While most of us are experiencing the hang over that summer provided, most NHLer's are putting the final ...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about over 2 years ago 8,595 reads 18 comments

  22. NHL Rumors: 10 Offseason Questions Still Facing the New York Rangers

    One of the biggest cities in North America, New York City is called the “Big Apple." For more than 80 years, the Rangers have called New York home providing NHL hockey to their loyal and faithful fans...

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  23. NHL Free Agents: Three NHL Teams With Cap Room and Their Needs

    The NHL has announced that the salary cap for the 2010-11 season will be $59.4 Million dollars and that each team must spend $43.4 Million (cap floor). It's hard to believe that 23 teams have already spent, at least, the cap floor amount of $43...

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  24. 2010 NHL Draft: The Things A GM Must Think About On Eve of Draft Day

    Do you ever wonder what must be going through the mind of an NHL GM prior to the draft? Its like cramming for an exam the night before, or something pretty close to it...

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  25. Five Things the Montreal Canadiens Need

    It seems hard to believe that a team that made it's way to the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2009-10 season needs a lot of re-tooling, but there are certainly a few things the Montreal ...

    Mike MacDonald Written by Mike MacDonald about almost 3 years ago 1,074 reads 4 comments