Monday's News: Turning for Home

Today's Nashville Predators news and open discussion thread: 

• A look at the massively important week ahead for Nashville. [POTG]
• How many points will the Preds need to make the playoffs? [Section 303]
• Predators' center Cal O`Reilly is targeting a return date of early April, which would be before the regular season ends. [Tennessean]
• Good stuff with Predators CEO Jeff Cogen. [Preds]
• Martin Erat has been a huge reason for Nashville's recent success. [Hockey Night in Nashville]
• Sam mentioned in our game recap, but that goal Joel Ward scored on Saturday? We've seen it before. [RLD Hockey]
• Making lemonade out of lemons, Joel Ward-style. [Examiner]
• Jordin Tootoo was told to settle his differences with Ryan Wilson "as men." Awesome. [City Paper]
• Want to meet Shea Weber (of course you do)? He'll be at the Cool Springs Wal-Mart today at 3:30. [Facebook]
• Tim Thomas might consider checking his rear-view mirror. [NHL Leaderboard]
• Blah blah blah Weber leaving Nashville article blah blah blah. [Edmonton Journal]