Saturday’s Dump and Chase: Quit Playing Games With My Heart

August is too long.

In which we all miss hockey and realize how long August is...here’s your links, folks.

Nashville Predators News and Notes

Hometown Visit: Burnaby Winter Club Helped Shape Dante Fabbro
In which Dante Fabbro is serious and really likes to win championships. This kid is a stud.

Report: Nashville Predators, Rocco Grimaldi Roughly $350k Apart on Contract - On the Forecheck
Rocco Grimaldi's camp and the Predators are still a bit apart on his next contract. Bobby catches us up here.

Prospect Need to Know: Thomson’s call and WJSS reports - TheHockeyNews
In this piece from The Hockey News, Nashville’s very own Phil Tomasino is running (skating) around “causing offensive havoc.” I like it, I love it.

Around the League

Canucks' Travis Green on new additions, Boeser's contract, Eriksson's issues - Sportsnet.ca
Does anyone else think Travis Green looks like Mark Ruffalo?

Future Watch: top ten 2020 draft prospects to watch at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup - TheHockeyNews
It's Hlinka-Gretzy Cup time, folks!!!! Look for these kids to light the lamp.

Tkachuk expected to sign with Flames before training camp, GM says
That's a bold statement seeing as none of the big-name RFAs have inked contracts yet.

The 30 players taken in Vegas expansion draft: Where are they now? - Sportsnet.ca
For some of these guys, it's like Toby Keith's "How Do You Like Me Now?" For others, it's like "who is THAT guys?"

Expansion Plan: Projecting the Edmonton Oilers’ protection list for the 2021 expansion draft - TheHockeyNews
Edmonton, like many struggling teams, will likely protect their young talent and prioritize their building process.

In The Central Division, Middling Is A Death Knell - Hockey Wilderness
This is a great piece from our friends at Hockey Wilderness. In the Central Division, being average is just not good enough.

Have a great Saturday, folks!