On the Forecheck, a Nashville Predators community

Yesterday saw two big games on opposite ends of the hockey world.

Just when you thought the World Championships weren't worth paying attention to... bad news comes for Nashville Predators fans.

Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne discussed the frustration over his team's 2nd-round playoff exit, how much the whole Alexander Radulov/Andrei Kostitsyn affair affected the Preds, and which member of the Finnish national team he's keeping an eye on as they move on to the semifinals of the IIHF World Championships.

Today we have an interesting quote in the Russian press from Sergei Kostitsyn, in which he appears to criticize David Poile and Barry Trotz's handling of his brother Andrei and Alexander Radulov following their violation of team rules during the Phoenix series.

Hey, remember that Sergei Kostitsyn guy we were just talking about this morning? Well, there's good news and bad news from the IIHF World Championships...

The Nashville Predators are sending more representatives over to the 2012 IIHF World Championships.

The buzz for Craig Smith's rookie season was fed in no small part by his performance for Team USA at the 2011 World Championships, and on the heels of Nashville's playoff elimination, the Honey Badger is heading back overseas to wear the red, white and blue once again.