Nashville Predators News & Notes
Nashville Predators F Ryan Johansen gets $5K fine for elbowing Point | TSN
Kind of strange that the max they can fine a player making $8 million a year is five grand, but regardless I’m glad Joey isn’t getting suspended. For the record, I have zero problem with the major penalty and him getting the boot for this hit.
At the end of the day, intent shouldn’t matter when you splatter someone’s face with an elbow like that.
Predators Reassign Forward Mathieu Olivier to Milwaukee | Nashville Predators
Goodbye Olivier, we barely knew ye. I still think you’re better than Salomäki. So you’ll always have that.
Milwaukee Admirals Musings: Trenin Keeps Rolling | On the Forecheck
Yakov “The Goal Gawd” Trenin just keeps dominating the opposition in the AHL. Have to wonder if Poile has any interest whatsoever in calling him up at some point this year. He’s kind of earned it.
Other Hockey News & Notes
John Hynes is not a bad coach, but he had to be fired by the New Jersey Devils | The Hockey News
John Hynes signed a three-year extension with New Jersey one year ago. Today he is unemployed. Life comes at you fast.
Senators’ Mark Borowiecki stops attepted robbery | ESPN
An NHL defender who also moonlights as a vigilante…. there’s a movie here if someone really wanted to make one.
Ex-NHLer Patrick Sharp grateful for coaches who ‘set the tone’ for stellar career | TSN
“If you don’t feel safe or comfortable in a hockey dressing room, then there’s an issue,” Sharp told TSN.ca. “That should be a safe space for everybody. It was for me, not just at the pro hockey level but throughout my entire career.”
NHL fines Sharks’ Evander Kane for elbowing Capitals’ Radko Gudas | Sportsnet
Evander Kane gets the Ryan Johansen treatment for his hit on Radko Gudas. I think his was a little more egregious than Joey’s, but the DoPS only hit him with a fine because he did it to Radko Gudas.
I’m kidding, obviously, but only just a little bit.
Why the Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck should be considered a Vezina Trophy frontrunner | The Hockey News
Yuck… No thanks.
Canadiens captain Shea Weber plays invaluable role in halting skid | Sportsnet
Miss you, Dad.