Nashville Predators News
Preds Practice Ponderings: March 6
Ryan Ellis (!!!) participated in practice, as did newcomer P.A. Parenteau. Lineup changes coming?
Injured Ryan Ellis to join Predators on road trip
Man, I can’t tell you how much of a relief this is. Ellis has been so huge for this team.
Predators mailbag: Which players are on the roster bubble?
Juuse Saros goofiness, plus a discussion on the “middle six”, which could see some changes.
Other Hockey News
NHL GMs thinking outside the box to improve hockey’s future – Sportsnet.ca
Some of the proposed ideas at today’s NHL meetings:
- taking away both faceoff dots in the offensive zone and having just one right in the middle
- instead of a center circle, a center rectangle
- changing the points system back to the way it was
- making it illegal to leave your feet while blocking a shot/
That last one begs the question: what about shot attempts? Could Viktor Arvidsson still leap into the air like he does?
Playoff race primer: Metropolitan Division
My prediction on how the Metro will finish: Capitals, Penguins, Blue Jackets, Rangers, Islanders, Flyers, Hurricanes, Devils
Golden Knights make Reid Duke first player
Lots of “Knights sign a Duke” jokes on Twitter yesterday. Hope the kid makes the team!
Canadiens GM hides from media behind a plant during GM meetings – SBNation.com
There were also a lot of Twitter jokes about this guy.
Father Time Visits Joe Thornton
I’ll concede that he hasn’t been as good this year, but he still has 40 points on the season. His 35 assists would be 2nd on the Preds by quite a bit.
Buffalo Sabres are wasting Jack Eichel
I mean, did you expect anything else? The kid will need to find a new team if he plans on collecting any hardware.
Ducks’ Logan Shaw stays sharp by mixing hockey with education – LA Times
If Logan Shaw is taking microeconomics, I wonder what Corey Perry is taking?
Flames help 11-year-old blind girl watch hockey for first time
This is pretty amazing. Nice job, Flames.