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All signs point to Bridgestone as Nashville Predators arena sponsor, despite official "no comment"
by Dirk Hoag on Feb 8, 2010 4:27 PM EST
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Despite "no comment" responses from officials with both the Nashville Predators and Bridgestone about a potential arena naming rights deal in the making (as reported by Brandon Gee at the Nashville Business Journal earlier today), evidence continues to mount that Bridgestone will indeed take over as the naming sponsor for the Predators' arena (currently the Sommet Center) in the near future.
CoolSprings.com, which first broke this story last Friday, posted a series of internet domain registrations that have been made in recent weeks by Bridgestone, presumably reserving them for use relative to a new arena name. Over a dozen variations of "Bridgestone", "BridgestoneTire", "Arena", "Center", and "Centre" were all created and reserved by Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. at the end of last month.
It's understandable that the official parties involved can't say anything until all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed, but all signs point to a very positive development for the Nashville Predators here.
I checked a few other variations, and "Place" is also another word they've reserved. "Bridgestone Place", perhaps? "FirestoneArena.com" is not registered, so it doesn't appear that Firestone is likely to be part of the name.
What variations can you come up with that make sense here?
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5 Questions with a New York Islanders blogger
by Chris Burton on Feb 8, 2010 1:36 PM EST
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Before tomorrow night's game against the New York Islanders, Lighthouse Hockey's managing editor Dominik was kind enough to talk to me about the Islanders, John Tavares, Rick DiPietro, and more.
The Islanders are in the middle of a playoff chase, but have recently gone on quite a skid.
Continue below for the interview...
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Monday's news: Is an "investment" in Jordin Tootoo a wise choice?
by Dirk Hoag on Feb 8, 2010 10:42 AM EST
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The Nashville Predators head out for New York City where they'll take on the Islanders, Rangers and Devils this week; hey, if they can make it there, they can make it anywhere, right?
NASHVILLE RADIO UPDATE: Congratulations go out to the Thom Abraham Show, which is moving up to the "drive time" slot of 3:00-6:00 p.m. weekdays on 560-AM WNSR as of today.
After the jump, we've got your hockey news and notes to start your week - Barry Trotz says that the Jordin Tootoo contract extension is an "investment" in player he expects will improve, we have a review of Nashville's development system that includes surprising speculation about which rookie might make the Predators next season, and another trade that went through yesterday, even though almost a month remains until the Trade Deadline.
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Trotz on future captain | Predators Insider
An interesting topic for you to think over before the Super Bowl. Preds beat writer John Glennon asked Barry Trotz when we would see a lifetime Predator become team captain. Follow the link for his thoughts on the subject.
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Spend Super Bowl Sunday with SB Nation
by Dirk Hoag on Feb 7, 2010 10:54 AM EST
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No, this ain't hockey-related, but it is Super Bowl Sunday, and I, like zillions of others around the world, plan on loading up the snacks and hitting the couch for what we expect to be an epic game.
This one is especially fascinating to me because I lived in the Indianapolis area for 8 years and saw the first 7 seasons of Peyton Manning's career first-hand. Since my in-laws are all Purdue people, and my father-in-law has had season tickets for something like 40 years, I also had the pleasure of tagging along to see a good chunk of Drew Brees' college career up close as well.
Manning is easily the greatest NFL quarterback I've ever seen, and you could tell Brees was destined to be an NFL star as he led Purdue to a resurgence in the Big Ten.
Anyways, SB Nation's fine collection of NFL blogs has oodles of coverage for you. Stampede Blue (Colts) and Canal Street Chronicles (Saints) have both been credentialed for the big event, and Joel Thorman from Arrowhead Pride (Kansas City) has been covering it from the overall SB Nation perspective.
SB Nation also has a hub set up to aggregate all of the Super Bowl posts from across the network, and I'm told there will be a mega-Game Thread for live discussion once the game starts.
UPDATE: Here's the link to the Game Thread for the Super Bowl... have at it! Take note, there is an "auto-refresh" checkbox at the top of the comments, so you can decide whether you want the comments to pop in automatically (which could get pretty busy), or just when you refresh the page.
Enjoy!
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Predators can't recover from costly penalties, lose to San Jose 4-3
by Dirk Hoag on Feb 7, 2010 12:44 AM EST
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The Nashville Predators put in a great effort at times tonight against San Jose, but sensational work by Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov and two power play goals from Dany Heatley sent the Predators to defeat, 4-3.
Check the right sidebar for video highlights from the NHL widget, and further reaction below.
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Predators Game Thread #57 : San Jose@ Nashville
by Aditya T (smashville) on Feb 6, 2010 7:00 PM EST
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Weekend Notes: Wings unload Leino, Kovalchuk not a supreme talent?
by Chris Burton on Feb 6, 2010 1:00 PM EST
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So these aren't exactly Breakfast Links, but I've got an assorted, if somewhat abbreviated, offering of hockey news for you this morning/afternoon. We've got a good profile of Blake Geoffrion, some blogging by Tom Callahan, the top ten African American players in the NHL, a strange, strange take on the Ilya Kovalchuk trade, and a trade from this morning that could have more importance than at first glance.
So, continue below to get caught up on some interesting stuff in the hockey world...
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