Wednesday's notes: Who would Nashville Predators fans welcome back?
In an email discussion this morning, one OTF reader talked about seeing the Nashville Predators play in Ottawa a few weeks ago, and how Mike Fisher received such a welcoming reaction from Senators fans (including several in Nashville jerseys with Fisher's name on the back).
My question to you this morning, is which former Pred do you think would warrant such a welcome at Bridgestone Arena? Steve Sullivan? Scott Hartnell?
Ponder that while reading your morning hockey notes...
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You nailed it...
with Scott Hartnell. Oh, what a boon he would be to this squad. Sad to see him leave in that disaster fire sale way back when…
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by Smashville HockeyCat on Feb 22, 2012 10:31 AM EST reply actions
Kimmo, too.
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by Smashville HockeyCat on Feb 22, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
If you are saying come back to the team:
Hartnell.
If you are saying fan reaction when they come as opposing team: Sully.
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long list
The list of players I think most Pred fans would welcome back in to the arena is a long one at this point. I think the shorter list are the previous Preds players we wouldn’t welcome back. Arnott, and….um… Zidlicky….uh…. yeah. That’s about it for me.
All the rest (Mason, Zanon, Nichol, Sully, Hartnell, Kimmo, Ellis, Ward, Goc, O’Brien, etc, etc) would get a solid welcome back. Not all necessarily tribute video worthy, but I’d cheer them in the starting lineups.
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You can ad Hamhuis to the "no" list.
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by davisca on Feb 22, 2012 2:04 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 2 recs
I bet rads would get a pretty big reaction his first game back in Nashville.
by Joel Ward is my Homeboy on Feb 22, 2012 10:52 AM EST via mobile reply actions
That Radulov post at the top of this morning's news...
is the most compelling statement I’ve heard from him in a long time. It sounds like he’s really starting to hunger for the Stanley Cup, and I like what I hear. Will this be the year? Imagine if we can pick up a producing forward in a trade AND Radulov in the same playoff push?
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by Smashville HockeyCat on Feb 22, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
i say if we get rads, no need for any further movement
We will essentially have:
10-12-74
47-33-27
22-15-57
13-11-24
(im waiting for trotz to realize that smithson needs to be scratched…everyone else gets scratched when they play poorly, why is he immune?)
But those 4 lines to me look pretty damn solid…
by JBoogie22 on Feb 22, 2012 11:43 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
not sure i agree with the diving accusation for the tripping penalty by the nucks fans
If anything it looked accidental
by JBoogie22 on Feb 22, 2012 10:57 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
He wrote a freaking book about that call and conveniently ignored the nucks player holding the stick of our guy that led to a hooking call on us.
by Joel Ward is my Homeboy on Feb 22, 2012 11:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
That’s because the Canucks never do anything wrong. They don’t dive, they don’t lead with the elbow and leave their feet when checking an opponent’s head, they don’t hold the stick or chicken wing it in order to draw penalties. They’re perfect. The whole world is out to get them. And Burrows doesn’t bite. He had a glove shoved between his teeth. Poor Burrows.
Nucks fans calling out the Preds for diving is rich. The Ducks GM biotched about the Smithson penalty which looked a lot like elbowing rather than high sticking which was called. There’s no conclusive proof that Smithson dove or didn’t dive.
Anyway, every time we play the Canucks all I hear is whining from that side of the aisle. From their players (because the Preds manage to shut them down) or from their fans who accuse the team of constantly using the trap, even though anyone who actually knows what a trap is can clearly see that the Preds don’t engage in it any more than any other team.
Sometimes I think all Canuck fans know how to do is whine, complain and act inappropriately. Definitely the most immature fan base I’ve been exposed to online. In person I’ve met some great Canuck fans… outside of Vancouver, but online… sheesh!
Well spoken
And you can say it again. My most fervently heart felt desire last night was that Shea would continue on to beat the living s**t out of Burrows. I really thought that the little biting creepoid deserved even more than what Bret Lebda got back on February 28, 2009. Then I remembered the five minutes that would come with it and was happy Shea was satisfied with just showing up the little s**t for the sniveler he is.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Feb 22, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, drawing penalties and taking lousy ones are just part of the game sad to say. At the end of the day when you are blaming officiating in on a loss your are 95% of the time not looking in the mirror. You got beat, stop scapegoating. It is really an arrogance thing, as if your perfect team would never have lost if the officiating was so hell bent on putting them down. It is designed to actually not give the opposing team any credit for beating you. The other 5% is stuff like “Hull was in the crease!!!” , or clock malfunctions, etc. Yeah, they have a legitimate beef, all the other nonsense is just that, nonsense.
/homerism
In all honesty, officiating on stuff like that is awful in the league as a whole. There’s a handful of plays every game that either team can b!tch about. It’s something the teams have to realize they can’t change, and just deal with the cards as dealt. If it keeps a fan from going into cardiac arrest, I’m ok with it.
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Very true
And I’m guilty of bitching here and there about officiating too, but I try to save my diatribes for the really egregious calls that seem to change momentum or have a significant impact in the game. Kesler chicken winging Weber’s stick in OT during the playoffs last year. Bad call that lead to the game winning goal. That was significant. I complained for sure.
I don’t think anyone in the arena felt like that tripping call on Smith was legit. It was more incidental, however, I have seen similar calls go against the Preds.
Assuming you mean a warm reception (ovation, etc.) when he comes to town with his new team.
Steve Sullivan, no question. Love that guy. We already did Ward. Did Hartnell get any recognition when he came back the first time? Shane O’Brien got some cheers, yeah?
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
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Hartnell and Timonen both received tributes on the same night and both acknowledged the crowd. Something Scott Walker didn’t do.
After the video tribute for Walker, a camera got a shot of him on their bench, and he looked up at the ‘tron and back down again with that "I’m focused on the game" look and didn’t smile, wave, acknowledge the crowd or anything. Many people thought he should have done something.
Sullivan
without a doubt Sullivan would get a huge standing ovation. Vokoun already got one, Walker got one, sullivan deserves one too if he comes back. Walker kinda snubbed the fans though, bitch.
Talked to Scott Walker last summer when he came back for Skate of the Union. He said he’s really proud of his role as an Original Predator and maintains quite a few friendships with Nashville fans. Maybe he didn’t know about the tribute before it came and wasn’t prepared for it?
by Hockey Hillbilly on Feb 22, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll never forget that he played his first preseason game as a Hurricane in Nashville. He took a penalty early in the game…then skated to the Predators penalty box.
Yeah, that was awesome.
World Wide Weber.
There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
~Joe Strummer
Haha, I remember that!!
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by davisca on Feb 22, 2012 2:06 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Sullivan and Dumont
I love those guys and what they gave to our team.
Sully yes, Dumont no
by Dave_is_a_killer on Feb 22, 2012 12:01 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I was happy to see Andrew Brunette return every time
until he signed on with the Blackhawks
by Hockey Hillbilly on Feb 22, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions
Off topic- and not trying to put the cart before the horse but...
what are the odds we can keep Gill around after this season? Anybody have a guess?
by The Pred that Rides on Feb 22, 2012 11:57 AM EST reply actions
he’s not a pricey defenseman: 2.25 mil per, plus he’s 36 so a new contract would probably be a bit lower. I would be thrilled if we sign him a 2 mil per for 2 yrs if he keeps playing the way he is.
In the name of the Pekka, the Rinne, and the Holy Octopus. Amen.
thanks- thats what I was kinda thinking too. Kinda hoping we can get it done because I was at the game last night and it was nice to literally see the frustration on Kesler’s face. That was worth 2.25 million in and of itself to me!
by The Pred that Rides on Feb 22, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
I HOPE...
Pekka breaks his hand in a goalie fight so Dirk can officially lose his mind.
Surely, you jest!
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by Smashville HockeyCat on Feb 22, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Because Poile likes me better, that's why.
#imdaddysfavorite
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
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Radulov!
That’s who I’d welcome back the most.
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is where the Stanley Cup can be found.
by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Feb 22, 2012 12:20 PM EST reply actions
Hear hear!!
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by davisca on Feb 22, 2012 2:08 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Hears to his team laying down like a cheap (you know what I mean) in the KHL playoffs!!!
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What is the situation with him after the KHL ends? Can he come back and join us for the last 2 months or so of the season plus playoffs and would that satisfy the last year on his contract?
If so I think I would rather have him come back in the offseason so we can have a whole year of him.
by Joel Ward is my Homeboy on Feb 22, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Technically
I think he would have to clear waivers if he comes back mid season
by musamonster on Feb 22, 2012 3:14 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
someone on puck daddy chat said they only have to clear waivers if they were in the league long enough to be considered a UFA
Rads technically still retains RFA status, right?
by JBoogie22 on Feb 22, 2012 3:34 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Waivers don't apply here.
Dirk mentioned it a week or so ago.
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from what I have heard from some folks at the gala who are associated with the team is that if he came back this season and played one regular season game that would satisfy his entry level contract. He does not have to pass through waivers. That is the question I asked. According to him that would not be the case with him.
My List
1. Hartnell
2. Kimmo
3. Hamhuis
4. Goc
5. Zanon
6. Jones
7. SOB
(in that order)
Never in a million years
1. arNOTt
2. Zidlicky
3. Nichol
4. Dumont
5. Sully
6. Ward
i think u put hamhuis on sully on the wrong lists
by JBoogie22 on Feb 22, 2012 12:24 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Why would I put someone on the list that had no interest in playing defense and was part of the trio that ran Rads out of town?
The question isn't who do you want on the team, though.
Mike Fisher received such a welcoming reaction from Senators fans . . . which former Pred do you think would warrant such a welcome at Bridgestone Arena?
Who gets an ovation when they come back as a visiting player? Is this your ovation list or your “come back and play” list?
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
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"I saw it, I called it, I still don't believe it!"--Pete Weber
I understood
but to me if I wouldn’t want them on the team again then I would want to give them an ovation.
i dunno, im having a hard time figuring out who u would welcome back and who u wouldn't, by the way u listed it
Maybe its just the mobile app im using. Obviously Hamhuis should be booed outta town
by JBoogie22 on Feb 22, 2012 3:37 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I direct you to a previously reported incident on The Deuce
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Scotty Nichol still lives in Williamson County so your chances of seeing him in the off season are pretty good. Besides he held in auction in San Jose for Nashville flood victims, so I’m not sure he belongs in your “never in a million years” category.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Feb 22, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
I'm glad that he did that, but
that should be the norm for players that have put down roots here. Being a professional athlete or entertainer should mean you are active in the community. It shouldn’t be an exception to the norm. Guys on 1 year deals I can see not being active, but a professional that signs a multi-year big league deal should be involved in community endeavors.
Where's all this Arnott hate coming from?
The guy came here as a free agent, got put into a bad situation through the firesale, and still put up big numbers, and then got traded.
by musamonster on Feb 22, 2012 3:16 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Lolligagged on the ice, divisive presence in the locker room, got traded because he demanded to be traded.
by Patten on Feb 22, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
aaand boom goes the dynamite
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by Shawn Kehoe on Feb 22, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't get the hate, either
Best production a Preds center has ever put up.
Took on the captaincy and led the team to a 2008 playoff berth nobody predicted coming out of the 2007 fire sale.
Came back early from a concussion and played like a beast down the stretch in 2009 as the team fell just short of the playoffs.
Dared to call out management to bring in offensive help at the 2009 deadline.
As I recall, it was Poile who came forth with the “changing the core of the team” line, which led to the talk of trading him.
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They played a clip from Holland’s talk with the Powerplay after Pete this morning on XM Home Ice and he talked about the dead wings d-men next year. While I know he can’t tamper and mention a player on another team, he talked pretty convincingly about
Kronwall, White, Erickson, Quincey, B. Smith, and trying to re-sign Stuart and Lids. Doesn’t sound like they have the room for Suter, but know they would find a way to make it work.
Welcome Back Wardo
Quick someone photoshop a meme with Wardo as Freddie Boom Boom Washington, Trotz as Cotter, Tootoo as Epstein, yeah you get it…
TO Me Ward is the only true Pred. Possibly Sully but he’s too old. Rest is good riddance to mediocre garbage.
PS – Don’t forget Rich Peverley
I disagree
With your contention that Tomas Vokoun, Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell are “mediocre garbage”.
wellll...
how many Cups have those guys won since they left? Oh yeah… urm. As many as the Preds. Vokoun’s old, liked Kimmo can’t say I miss. Never a fan of Hartnell’s game. Put him on a line not with Giroux he’s pretty mediocre.
Haha, well he already has Rich Peverley…what about Brett Lebda – he won a Cup too!
"We want to keep beating them...to break their pride and break their season...is a huge thing for us." - David Legwand
and Forsberg
how’s the ankle these days anyway?
Are you going to ask Kariya about how his PCS is doing too? Sheesh.
"We want to keep beating them...to break their pride and break their season...is a huge thing for us." - David Legwand
Mediocre.
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by davisca on Feb 23, 2012 2:05 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Vokoun
Basically any player that left here when it wasn’t his decision to do so.
I loved Karlis.
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by davisca on Feb 22, 2012 2:10 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Think it was Dreger
that said Edmonton wants a roster player for Hemsky. Do we do that?
Bob McKenzie tweets
that Ruutu is about to sign a 4 yr extension in Carolina. Another option off the table.
Me thinks we need Dallas, Buffalo, or possibly Anaheim/Colorado/Minn to lose some ground in the standings this weekend.
Of course GMDP could go get the AK to play along side SK74.
2 tits may be a handful…
In the name of the Pekka, the Rinne, and the Holy Octopus. Amen.
by Predadave on Feb 22, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sergei has more points than Andrei right now. I’d rather get someone who is producing more than that….
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by davisca on Feb 23, 2012 2:07 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Other than being cute to have them both, I see no reason to get the other Kostitsyn. The Preds have the better one.
Yes! Agreed!
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by davisca on Feb 23, 2012 2:07 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I know this is a little long, but the errors, the errors.
From Yahoo
The Columbus Blue Jackets are one of the few teams in the NHL that are absolutely out of the playoff hunt. With the worst record in the league, the team sits nine points behind the next lowest team in the Eastern Conference, the Edmonton Oilers. So it seems clear that Columbus will make some deals before the trading deadline hits on Monday. And the continuing word is that one of those casualties is team captain Rick Nash.
According to TSN, the San Jose Sharks “are emerging as a strong contender” for Nash. The site’s sources say that the team “initially targeted Logan Couture,” but the Blue Jackets said they wouldn’t trade him.
So… Columbus and Edmonton are in the Eastern Conference, and Logan Couture plays for Columbus.
World Wide Weber.
There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
~Joe Strummer
Dropped some of the quote, here it is
According to TSN, the San Jose Sharks “are emerging as a strong contender” for Nash. The site’s sources say that the team “initially targeted Logan Couture,” but the Blue Jackets said they wouldn’t trade him.
World Wide Weber.
There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
~Joe Strummer
and they just traded vermette to PHX
by JBoogie22 on Feb 22, 2012 3:38 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Radulov!
But how long until that happens? Other than him, I’d love to have Zanon, Arnott and Brunette back. SOB would be #4 on my list.
Preds fan from Hamilton, Ontario!
Dumont. I wouldn’t welcome him back to the team, but to the ‘Stone? Hell yeah. The first couple of years in Nashville were good. He was in Nashville every summer. I met the guy at the airport with his family once. He obviously had his hands full, but we asked him for a picture and autograph, he said sure, but the security line was moving to fast (I know! It was a small miracle) and we got separated. After security, I was sitting there putting on my shoes and I look up and the guy is headed toward me. He made the effort to track us down even though he had his family with him. I just think he was really good for Nashville. As was Sully. Martin Gelinas is still with the team, but he also put out that "I’m here for the fans" vibe. Actually, every hockey player I’ve ever met was like that. Could you imagine Vince Young tracking a fan down after security to give them a photo op?
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass............and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Re: Vince Young
Hahahahahahaha.
No.
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by davisca on Feb 23, 2012 2:10 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Jason Arnott
On sort of a tangent, does anybody else think maybe Arnott would have gotten a more positive response if he wasn’t made captain? As a player, I think we got our moneys worth, but as a captain, I feel like he left a lot to be desired.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass............and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Yo Peeps, what gives..
don’t see any references to Paul Kariya. He seemed to be a quiet reserved personality to some degree, but he was a fabulous hockey player. 161 points in 2 seasons w/ the team. how easily we forget…
by predsbelonginblue on Feb 23, 2012 12:25 AM EST reply actions
I freaking love Paul Kariya! I can’t believe he slipped my mind…. I met him once. He was a really cool guy.
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