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Shane O'Brien Cools Jets in Nashville

VANCOUVER -- Shane O'Brien can still be counted on for a good quote, but not necessarily a good time. "It's a different Shane O'Brien," he said. "I'm waiting for the offseason to explore Nashville a little bit more." He made the comments as the Predators visited Vancouver for his first game against the Canucks since they...

NHL Notebook: Put Fans in CBA; Rating League's Best Coaches

With thousands of empty seats in NHL arenas almost every night, perhaps the league and the Players Association will think of the fans this time before agreeing to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. They can start by writing in a minimum of 15 mandatory, annual personal appearances in the Standard Player's...

Predators Name Shea Weber Captain

Over their 11 years in the NHL, the Nashville Predators have done a lot of things right. They've made the playoffs five times, which isn't bad at all for an expansion franchise, especially one that has never been known for making a big splash in free agency or spending a lot of money on payroll. Overall, the Predators have...

They Don't Know Jack (Adams)

There was a curious line this morning in Jack Todd's celebration of Montreal's regular season conference championship: "Claude Julien has every reason to coach for revenge, and he should give Guy Carbonneau a battle for the Jack Adams Trophy." The curiosity doesn't come from Julien's name being associated with coach of the...

Predators to Keep Trotz-ing Along

Are we going to ever see some heads roll?Barry Trotz, the only head coach the Nashville Predators have ever had, looks to be safe from the firing line, despite a third straight first round playoff exit.The Nashville Predators' third-straight exit in the first round of the playoffs hasn't shaken general manager David...

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05/11/12 Sergei Kostitsyn's future in Nashville unsure - Sergei... Source: Rotoworld.com Kostitsyn had only 43 points this past season after a career-high 50 the previous season.
05/11/12 Climer: Dont blame coach for Predators playoff collapse Source: Tennessean.com - Nashville TN In their dogged pursuit of the Stanley Cup next season, the Predators are preparing to let Ryan Suter skate, tell Shea Weber to get lost and send Pekka Rinne to Milwaukee.
05/10/12 Preds' Radulov Banged Up Source: CBSSports.com The big question for Game 4 between the Predators and Coyotes is if Alex Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn will play.
05/09/12 Barry Trotz is mostly satisfied with the Predators'... Source: Kukla's Korner "The first 20 games, we were not a good hockey team. We were real young in some areas. We weren't very detailed; we didn't know how to win. And then we became a real good hockey team. And then, at the appropriate time, the ownership stepped up and added some pieces that we thought would be necessary to go deep into the playoffs."
05/09/12 Trotz believed Predators had pieces for Cup run Source: The Leaf-Chronicle - Clarksville TN Barry Trotz called the Predators a bad hockey team on Tuesday.