A Preds video I made to keep me entertained during this hockey drought. Great work here, so I'm moving this to the front page! - Dirk

I've seen some talk about whether the Nashville Predators should trade for Jay Bouwmeester as a potential top-pairing replacement for Ryan Suter. Here's some insight on the guy's game, from someone who's been on the ice playing against him.

While we've talked about Pittsburgh coming on strong as a contender for Ryan Suter's services, are the Ducks ready to make a big splash? The Lubomir Visnovsky trade leaves them with over $30 million in salary cap space!

A little something for those New Jersey Devils fans who may not be familiar with the high-wire act that is Marek Zidlicky. Personally, I liked the guy quite a bit as a Nashville Predator, but I know those costly turnovers haven't been forgotten by many around here.

The mood's been a bit dark around here lately, so let's talk about the kids!

I know some of you will want to throw rotten tomatoes at me for this one, but the guy's an icon.

Fun stuff here by Matt Ufford and Dan Rubenstein on how the Devils & Kings playoff beards are shaping up.

A fantastic idea here by the SB Nation video crew, and a great way to tie in what it means to be a sports fan with a celebration of our armed forces this Memorial Day Weekend.

Shea Weber's PSA for the You Can Play project debuted this morning.

Setting aside the lineup decisions for Game Four or the rest of the Phoenix/Nashville series... will David Poile want to bring back Alexander Radulov and/or Andrei Kostitsyn this summer, after their late-night adventure on the eve of a playoff game?