Tuesday's notes: All that and a bag of oats
by Dirk Hoag on Aug 9, 2011 7:59 AM EDT
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The Titans didn't sell-out ANY game, yesterday
MANY 1,000’s of tickets left………for various reasons.
The Preds have a golden opportunity to gain some new fans and ticket-buyers, if the potential fans do have any discretionary entertainment funds available to spend.
We’ll see.
We need to keep growing the paid fan-base to keep the small market subsidy.
Go Preds !
LSG
My professor just asked us about our opinions on Scandinavians. I was tempted to tell him they were big and tended to be hockey goalies.
by E-Sco on Aug 9, 2011 11:06 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I LOVE MY LSGs!!!!!
PS. I’m not sure it has been mentioned in the press yet today, so just to be very clear: Pekka is tall. Anders is tall. :D
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
I've got it!
The giraffe, Big Bird and Cookie Monster are Peks, Anders and Magnus. Mitch Korn can be Elmo. My daughter’s the one who did this, so I’ll have her make the revision in after she finishes her summer reading. : )
Also all over the map...
…. Weber overrated, says a Red Wings fan?? Say it ain’t so!
Countdown to JJfromKansas arriving onsite in 3…….2……….1………….
Mostly agree with him...
I don’t think Weber is overrated, but I do believe Suter is way underrated and a bit better overall then Shea.
Gonna miss you Joel Ward...
Go Predmirals!
Don’t want him to go to the Wings anyway, so it’s all good. (Though I don’t want Suter there, either).
Did I just agree with a Wings fan?
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
care to elaborate?
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
i’m at work, so i don’t have the number in front of me. weber was around 2 assists behind suter who is the preds top pp qb. weber has 10 or so more goals. people give suter more room since he is not known as a shooter. weber sees tighter coverage because of his shot. weber has many more hits and blocked shots. these matter since these are defenseman not forwards. towards the end of the regular season, suter rivaled sob for time in the box. holding and interference which usually mean bad position and not the speed to make up for it.
Sorry, long lunch
I’ll take whatever jabs you want to throw at me around here. The guy is rated as one of the five best defenseman in the league, but anybody who would rate him as worth mortgaging the future to get gives him too much credit.
by J.J. from Kansas on Aug 9, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s probably why there’s been such a strong reaction to this deal here. I think we kinda were expecting a hometown discount and when 7.5 happened instead, some folks felt like that was mortgaging our immediate future. given our budgetary constraints and all. It may have died down some by now, but there’s been a pretty strong “he’s not worth all this” reaction going on in PredsNation.
I agree that Suter gets overlooked (hidden in the shadow of Shea’s beard?) but there are few here who don’t know his worth. And if it convinces any team to underestimate him and let him sneak around doing damage, I’m okay with it.
And you can’t have either one. Or Pekka. Ever.
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
Honestly...
I agree with tons of things you said:
A. I refuse to do the wave. Fans entertaining themselves should only happen during boring sports (aka baseball).
B. I couldn’t agree more about “selling the farm” for one player, especially a defenseman.
C. Overall, Suter is probably a little better defenseman. Weber is flashier and meaner, but Suter is that sneaky awesome that casual fans don’t appreciate.
There is NO wave in hockey! EVER!
The water is frozen!
What happens on the ice...stays on the ice...
Lebda not listed on our roster anymore!
Hillen was added, Sloan is not there. Sloan must be starting in Milwaukee.
http://predators.nhl.com/club/roster.htm
Hockeymetricians, they're ever so pious. Are they doing real science or confirming their bias?
I saw that and I wondered about it, cuz none of the kiddos that Poile’s been selling are on there. I wondered if it’s just a marketing thing (“just get something up on the website”) or if it means some sort of decision has been made.
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
Dirk says the buyout window if there was one, should be over now. I wonder if we’re waiting for him to be signed by a KHL or some Euro hockey team?
Hockeymetricians, they're ever so pious. Are they doing real science or confirming their bias?
This is getting more and more bizarre. Waive him and then…..what? Complete silence? Something interesting will probably happen while I’m away tonight.
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
You mean...
a move to get Stamkos?…..JK…you know we love ya like a fat kid loves cake…Nom..nom.nom..
by HardCorePredFan316 on Aug 9, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Even that can't bother me right now :)
I’m in a good mood today from watching Klein beat up Corey @#$% Perry. That was glorious. That and Obie’s scoreboard taunt. :) Good times…good times.
DTP!
"I'm a firm believer that in life, if you're happy then happy things will happen for you."--Bernie Parent
Part Predator, part Lightning.
Haha
Yup! Game 2 tonight.
"Next time someone tells you Nashville’s not a hockey town, tell ‘em to come try some of the home cookin’." - TSN Broadcaster
by Go_Titans_Preds_USC on Aug 9, 2011 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder whether any of the teams’ sbnation sites are putting up GDTs for these replays. Doubtful, but possible…
That sounds like a good idea, I’ll do that for the rest of them…
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Yup, please do!
I felt lonely talking to myself haha, and didn’t want to make a fanpost and talk to myself there.
"Next time someone tells you Nashville’s not a hockey town, tell ‘em to come try some of the home cookin’." - TSN Broadcaster
by Go_Titans_Preds_USC on Aug 9, 2011 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Good catch, both of you. May not mean anything at all. Not surprised the kids aren’t there. Interesting that Hillen is there, and Sloan is not. I don’t know much about Hillen, but I’ve seen a lot of Sloan. I think he can help.
Good interview with Elliotte Friedman, by the way. Agree with his read on the Weber situation, and not surprised he broke the story. This “window of opportunity” GMDP talked about at Skate of the Union now has some shape. Two years. At least with the current cast.
oops my bad, was responding to something way up there, with the Preds roster on the website … but while i’m here taking up more space, Patten and cisar, thanks for making me laugh lots yesterday … dare you to find a way to use “isthmus” in a hockey blog again
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