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Puck Headlines: Hopefully not symbolic of the Capitals' season (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08 Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
Facing Off with Nashville Predators D Greg Zanon (PA SportsTicker) 10/06/08 PA SportsTicker recently obstructed Nashville Predators defenseman Greg Zanon and held him long enough to ask the following questions:
Predators Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08 The Predators spent a lot of money in the summer in free agency, but they spent the money on retaining their own players rather than adding new faces. That means that coach Barry Trotz is going into the season with basically the same team that needed a late season spurt to earn a playoff spot.
David Poile, president of hockey operations/general manager, has no problems with a roster whose only new faces will be prospects that have earned spots, especially on the forward lines.
"This team grew a lot last year, especially in the second half of the season, when everyone was doubting if we would make the playoffs," Poile said. "I think we find ourselves in a similar situation this year. "I think some people are questioning whether the Predators are going to be a...
Whitney, Staal score in Canes' preseason win (AP) 10/05/08 
Ray Whitney and Eric Staal both scored to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Sunday in the final preseason game for both teams. Whitney gave Carolina a 1-0 lead with 12:41 left after he got to a rebound of Patrick Eaves' shot in the slot and sent the puck past Dan Ellis, who stopped 26 of 27 shots.
Tootoo caps Predators' three-goal rally (AP) 10/03/08 
Jordin Tootoo scored on a power play to cap a three-goal rally early in the third period and the Nashville Predators beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-4 in a preseason game Friday night. Nashville's scoring burst came against Atlanta goalie Ondrej Pavelec, who replaced Johan Hedberg after two periods. Rich Beverly scored at 2:16 of the third period and David Legwand tied it two minutes later.
Staal scores twice, Hurricanes storm Predators 4-2 (AP) 10/02/08 
Eric Staal scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 Thursday night in a preseason game. Brandon Sutter and Ryan Bayda also scored for Carolina. Joel Ward and Vernon Fiddler had the Predators' goals. Carolina jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, scoring twice in less than a minute against Dan Ellis.
Power Poll: Gotta go Red Wings for preseason No. 1 (SportingNews.com) 10/02/08 There's a temptation to pick a team other than the Detroit Red Wings as the preseason No.
Puck Headlines: Blaming Marian Hossa for everything (Yahoo! Sports) 10/02/08 Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
Report: Balsillie wants back in Predators picture (PA SportsTicker) 10/01/08 Jim Balsillie is ready to make a play on William "Boots" Del Biaggio III's minority share of the Nashville Predators, according to a published report.
Radulov contract ruling favors NHL, not like it matters (Yahoo! Sports) 10/01/08 So the International Ice Hockey Federation has announced that defected Nashville Predators winger Alexander...
Predators' Radulov wrong to sign with Russian club (AP) 10/01/08 Russian forward Alexander Radulov was wrong to sign with a club in his home country while under contract with the Nashville Predators, ice hockey's world governing body ruled Wednesday. But the International Ice Hockey Federation said it had no legal basis to suspend him because there is no agreement in place to regulate international transfers.
Canadiens top goalie confidence index; Thrashers ranked No. 30 (Yahoo! Sports) 10/01/08 Friend of Puck Daddy Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News had a piece in the Sept. 16 edition that ranked the NHL by...
Puck Headlines: Can Balsillie still steal the Preds from Nashville? (Yahoo! Sports) 10/01/08 Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
Puck Headlines: Senators opt for Darth Gerber over Khabibulin (Yahoo! Sports) 09/30/08 Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
Predators acquire C Tarnasky (PA SportsTicker) 09/29/08 The Nashville Predators added some grit Monday, acquiring center Nick Tarnasky from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional draft pick in 2009.
Season Preview: Vancouver Canucks, Class of '08-'09 (Yahoo! Sports) 09/29/08 NHL previews are often superfluous collections of popular opinions that, in the end, usually have no relation...
Puck Daddy chats with blogger Paul Kukla about the new Korner (Yahoo! Sports) 09/28/08 For Web-savvy puckheads, there have been two major site redesigns recently. NHL.com is trotting out a beta...
Fight Video: Legendary Jon Mirasty drops the gloves in NHL debut (Yahoo! Sports) 09/28/08 For hockey fight aficionados, the last two Columbus Blue Jackets exhibition games have been like seeing your...
Weber, Hornqvist supply the power for Nashville (AP) 09/27/08 
Shea Weber and Patric Hornqvist each scored a power-play goal and assisted on another as the Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 Saturday night. Hornqvist scored the first goal of the game midway through the first period. He fired a shot from low in the left circle that beat Columbus goaltender Fredrik Norrena low to his glove side.
Can Lightning strike again? (Yahoo! Sports) 09/27/08 Tampa Bay could either be the surprise of its division or sink, but the Lightning will have a new look either way.
St. Louis allows fans to name their own price for tickets (Yahoo! Sports) 09/26/08 How would the elephantine prices and outright gouging of NHL tickets be affected around the League if more...
Voracek has goal and assist for Blue Jackets (AP) 09/26/08 
Jake Voracek had a goal and an assist and Kristian Huselius added the decisive goal to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 preseason victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. R.J. Umberger and Andrew Murray also had goals for Columbus (1-2), with Kris Russell adding two assists. Martin Erat had a goal and an assist and Geoff Peters and Shea Weber also scored for the Predators (0-2).
Season Preview: St. Louis Blues, Class of '08-'09 (Yahoo! Sports) 09/26/08 NHL previews are often superfluous collections of popular opinions that, in the end, usually have no relation...
St. Louis has reason to be blue (Yahoo! Sports) 09/26/08 Losing Erik Johnson to injury is just the beginning of what will likely be an early end to the season for the Blues.
Thrashers open preseason with win (AP) 09/25/08 
Grant Stevenson scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in the preseason opener for both teams. Garnet Exelby and Junior Lessard also scored for Atlanta, while Kevin Klein and Ryan Jones scored for Nashville. Stevenson played in 47 regular season and five playoff games for the San Jose Sharks in the 2005-06...
RotoWire's Keeper League Prospect Rankings (RotoWire) 09/25/08
Video: David Backes may be the hottest St. Louis Blues player, but older gentlemen find Paul Kariya just dreamy (Yahoo! Sports) 09/24/08 The Fan Show was a program in CW11 in St. Louis that, alas, was recently cancelled. But not before intrepid...
Stars say Stephan will be No.2 goalie behind Turco (Yahoo! Sports) 09/24/08 The Dallas Stars know a thing or two about developing young goalies, having sent Manny Fernandez, Roman Turek,...
Puck Headlines: Commodore's verbal smackdown of Pierre McGuire (Yahoo! Sports) 09/23/08 Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
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