PREDATORS RUMORS & GOSSIP
PRESS RELEASE: Preds ink Mark Van Guilder to two-year deal
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Mark Van Guilder to a two-year, two-way contract.
Van Guilder played his fourth season for the Admirals in 2012-13, ranking fifth on the team in goals, and tying for fifth in points (14g-18a-32pts). The Roseville, Minn., was also named the Admirals Man of...
Predators sign Van Guilder to Two-Year Contract
From the Nashville Predators PR Department:
“Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Mark Van Guilder to a two-year, two-way contract worth $550,000 at the NHL level and $80,000 at the AHL level in 2013-14, and $550,000 at the NHL level and $85,000 at the AHL level in 2014-15.
Van Guilder,...
Mark Dekanich Heading To KHL by Steven Ellis
Medvescak Zagreb, a team competing in the KHL, have signed Mark Dekanich for the upcoming season. Dekanich was selected by the Nashville Predators in the fifth round (146th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. During his draft year, Dekanich was named the recipient of the ECACHL’s Ken Dryden Award for Goaltender of the Year after leading the conference with [...]
Josi wins silver and MVP honors, Smith takes home bronze…
As horrible as the 2013 campaign was for the Nashville Predators, since their season ended, things haven’t really been all that bad. On April 29, the Preds retained the fourth pick of the NHL Draft by way of the Colorado Avalanche winning the Draft Lottery, they locked up Patric Hornqvist for five more years and now they have a bronze medalist, a silver medalist and a tournament...
Josi, Smith made big impacts for their countries at Worlds
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All three Nashville Predators who went to Scandinavia to play for their respective countries were rewarded with a medal Sunday afternoon. A Roman Josi led Switzerland team played an excellent tournament, but fell to one of the host countries, Sweden, 5-1 in the gold medal match.
Meanwhile, Predators forwards Craig Smith and Bobby Butler fell...
PRESS RELEASE: Preds to host open house today!
PREDS HOST OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY
-Skate where the Predators play! Open House highlighted by public skate on Bridgestone Arena ice-
Nashville, Tenn. (May 16, 2013) – Stop by the Nashville Predators Open House this Sunday, May 19 from 1-4 p.m. to scout out seats for the 2013-14 season, tour the Predators locker room and skills room and skate on Bridgestone Arena ice...
Help Wanted at Fang Faction
HELP WANTED!
Fang Faction and Bloguin is looking for an aspiring hockey writer who would like to cover the Nashville Predators. This opportunity will allow you to acquire experience in the field of sports writing/blogging. Your writing will be featured on sites like YardBarker and more.
Past writers include Jake Old, who now writes for The Tennessean, and Ryan Shannon, who...
2012-13 Season Report Card: Goaltenders
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In hockey, goaltenders are the last resort for their team, the final hope. Nashville Predators goalies Pekka Rinne and Chris Mason were often their team’s last resort and came up big. Too often the players up front were leaving Rinne and Mason out to dry this season.
Pekka Rinne had a wild year. His stats aren’t glowing, except in the shutout...
Preds have decisions to make with RFA’s
Bobby Butler and Matt Halischuk are two restricted free agents the Predators will need to decide on in the next six weeks...
Preds' key offseason moves likely to come via trade
Goalie Pekka Rinne's hip surgery and subsequent need of four months' recovery time wasn't the only injury-related news involving the Predators on Thursday.
Center Colin Wilson had a procedure on his left shoulder, similar to the one performed on his right shoulder a few weeks ago. General manager David Poile said the injury was a "subluxation," or dislocation...
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Poile gives update on injured players
Nashville Predators General Manager David Poile addressed the media on Thursday afternoon and began by giving an injury update on the numerous amount of players that had suffered an injury.(More here)…
Predators goalie Rinne out four months after hip surgery
The Nashville Predators announced on Thursday that goalie Pekka Rinne, one of the teams foundational players, underwent hip surgery on Wednesday and will be sidelined for the next four months.That recovery time ought to have Rinne back and ready for the start of training camp in early September, if all goes according to plan. In 2011 and 2012, Rinne was voted as one of three finalists...
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Pekka Rinne has surgery on his left hip
Pekka Rinne's summer has already been a busy one. The Nashville goaltender required arthroscopic surgery on his left hip and will need the next four months to recover and rehab before he's back to full health. It's not clear when he actually went under the knife, but four months out from the date of the report would mean he'd be ready to go around the middle of September...
Nashville Predators hope to improve from within
Injuries undermined the Nashville Predators’ playoff bid this season. But the high body count did allow the organization to speed the development of several younger players, creating the potential for a big bounce back season in 2013-14.The Predators took a long look at eight players who started the season with Milwaukee of the American Hockey League.The real gem might be defenseman...
Hornqvist re-signs with Preds for 5 years, 21.25M
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2009, the Nashville Predators began their rebuilding process Tuesday by agreeing to a long-term deal with forward Patric Hornqvist.
Hornqvist signed a five-year, 21.25 million contract to stay in Nashville, where he has spent his five-year NHL career and has emerged as one of the Predators' top offensive...
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