Monday morning news & notes

by Dirk Hoag on Jun 1, 2009 10:04 AM EDT

SB Nation rolled out a number of dynamite new features this morning, and one of those helps me more easily gather interesting news & notes from around the web. So here's some recommended reading for you this morning:

First of all, with the calendar flipping over to June, be sure to check out and install Smashville's Preds-related desktop wallpaper for this month, which features two guys we'd all like to see in the lineup this fall - Joel Ward and Steve Sullivan.
The FanPost Editor Gets An Upgrade. Lots of new tweaks to the FanPost editor allow you to autotag your posts for greater visibility, as well as send out an update when you publish a post, straight from your Twitter account.
John Glennon is taking a week's furlough at the Tennessean as the Gannett newspapers continue to struggly financially. He wonders if he might miss a big story, though - "with my luck, Alexander Radulov will fly into town on Monday and have lunch with Jim Balsillie at Tootsie’s."
Before punching out, Glennon starts the countdown to July 1 by reminding us that there's still plenty of time for prospective free agents to be re-signed by the team.
In Lou We Trust, SB Nation's New Jersey Devils blog, has been casting a covetous eye around the league looking for free agent defenseman, and this morning Anaheim's Francois Beauchemin is the subject. We'll get to the subject of who the Predators should consider on the open market later on this month, but Beauchemin is one of the most underrated blueliners in the NHL.
mc79hockey has a great quote from new Edmonton Oilers coach Pat Quinn, taking a verbal shot at one of his former Northeast Division rivals.
Mirtle looks at the fallout from Detroit's victory in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final last night, which included a "fight" between Evgeni Malkin and Henrik Zetterberg in the closing seconds.
Washington's Peerless Prognosticator points us to some interesting history on teams that win the first two games at home in a SC Final. Just after they noted on NBC that only 1 team has overcome such a 2-0 deficit to win the Cup, Pierre McGuire jumped right in to say that he didn't think Pittsburgh was in trouble yet. Sorry, Pierre, but the Pens are assuredly in some hot water right now.

Finally, there's this odd note from the KHL that I just received. While they angle to entice more NHL players over to Russia to play in their league, two teams are in danger of being folded (check out Mirtle for much more on this):

KHL BOD to Decide Participation of Khimik and Vityaz in Upcoming Season

Automobilist Ekaterinburg Files for Participation

The question of the future participation of the Khimik and Vityaz hockey clubs in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) will be considered following the KHL Board of Director’s review of settlement documents related to arrears salary payments to players and coaches, as well as overall financing plans for the clubs moving forward.

The KHL Board of Directors expects to make a ruling at the next Board meeting in late June. As a result of the clubs’ status with the KHL being in limbo they have been barred from participating in the KHL junior entry draft on Monday, June 1.

Meanwhile, the Automobilist hockey club from Ekatrinburg has filed an application to participate in the KHL’s 2009/2010 season. Pending formal approval, Automobilist will be participating in the June 1 entry draft with their selections being the final ones of each round.

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One more, the Preds are featured in the NHL '10 ad!

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Jun 1, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

That is awesome... thanks for including that!

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by Dirk Hoag on Jun 1, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

That new SB Nation Clipper tool is pretty cool!

Can you see where to put the section of a front page post? It’s not in the same location as before, and I can’t find it!

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Jun 1, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions

Are you talking about the split between the Header and the main content? In the new setup, it’s divided in the WYSIWYG editor as above or below the line that says, “After the jump”.

More fun than a stick to the face!
On the Forecheck is SB Nation's blog covering the Nashville Predators.

by Dirk Hoag on Jun 1, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Never mind

I was talking about the section the story goes in when I post stories directly to the front page of Music City Miracles. The sections you have right now are
    * Appearances & Interviews
    * Fantasy Hockey
    * Statistical Analysis
    * Twitter
It was just at the bottom of the post site, instead of the top.

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Jun 1, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions