Nashville Predators

The 2013 NHL Awards winners will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final. At 7 p.m. on the day of Game 2 of the Final, the winners of the Hart, Calder, Norris and Vezina trophies, along with the Ted Li...
The 2013 NHL Awards winners will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final. At 7 p.m. on the day of Game 2 of the Final, the winners of the Hart, Calder, Norris and Vezina trophies, along with the Ted Lindsay Awar...
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Nashville Predators News Brent Peterson's legacy grows after Parkinson's surgery | The Tennessean A great interview. Check it out. Nashville Signs "Tootoo-ish" prospect Leipsic | PuckScene.com Hey, we got Tootoo back! So excited!!! ...
Nashville Predators News Brent Peterson's legacy grows after Parkinson's surgery | The Tennessean A great interview. Check it out. Nashville Signs "Tootoo-ish" prospect Leipsic | PuckScene.com Hey, we got Tootoo back! So excited!!! Smashville 24/7 - STPM: #5 vs. #13 Don't be ridiculous. It's Pekka all the way. Pekka cleaning his garage would be a 7-seed in this tourney. Around the Wide Wide World of Hockey The Blackhawks Are Pushed To The Edge In 2-0 Shutout - Blackhawk Up Cheer up, guys...it's baseball season! I haven't looked at the standings, but I'm positive the Cubs are right near the top. Kings dominate Sharks to move a win away from advancing - Fear The Fin Best game the Kings have played in the series. Listen to a linesman drop an F-bomb on John Tortorella | Backhand Shelf NSFW, depending on where you work, I guess. Tortorella scratches Richards for Rangers' Game 4-NY Post At least he's only under contract for 7 more years. Seguin, Toews, and Jagr can’t score a goal in the playoffs, which must mean they’re terrible | Backhand Shelf Jagr gets a pass because he's a senior citizen. The other two...not so much. My Year as a Florida Panthers Season Ticket Holder | CAVE Magazine An awesome story. I really wish I had thought of this. A New Storm Launches June 4 - Carolina Hurricanes More new uniforms? Sweet. Is this the new Dallas Stars logo? | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports But these are disappointing. No cowboy hats, cattle, nothing. The 13 Most Unusual Achievements In Sports-Buzzfeed The Legwand Hat Trick is the toughest to repeat, just because of the timing involved. Major props to the Lemieux Cycle though. Snow Cone Vendor Taking A Dump With Snow Cones In Stall [VIDEO] - Busted Coverage Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
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Scandinavian scouts Janne Kekalainen and Lucas Bergman have unearthed some quality finds for the Nashville Predators, including goaltender Pekka Rinne and forward Patric Hornqvist.
Scandinavian scouts Janne Kekalainen and Lucas Bergman have unearthed some quality finds for the Nashville Predators, including goaltender Pekka Rinne and forward Patric Hornqvist.
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NASHVILLE PREDATORS SIGN WHL SCORING CHAMPION BRENDAN LEIPSIC Nashville, Tenn. (May 23, 2013) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed 2012 third-round dr...
NASHVILLE PREDATORS SIGN WHL SCORING CHAMPION BRENDAN LEIPSIC Nashville, Tenn. (May 23, 2013) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed 2012 third-round draft pick Brendan Leipsic (BREHN-duhn LIGHP-sihk) to a three-year entry-level contract. Leipsic, 19 (5/19/94), was co-recipient of the 2013 Bob Clarke Trophy as Western Hockey League scoring champion after posting 120 points (49g-71a) in 68 games as Portland won the Scotty Munro Trophy as regular-season champions. He also finished first in WHL goals, second in assists and tied for fourth in plus/minus rating (+55) in 2012-13, being named a Second-Team WHL Western Conference All-Star. The 5-9, 167-pound left wing then posted the WHL playoffs’ fourth-most points (10g-14a-24pts) in Portland’s run to the Ed Chynoweth Cup as league champions. Leipsic and the Winterhawks are currently competing in the 2013 Memorial Cup, with their next game coming Friday in the tournament’s semifinals. Nashville’s fourth choice, 89th overall (third round), in the 2012 Entry Draft has amassed 211 points (93g-118a), 235 penalty minutes, and a +84 rating in 201 games with Portland since 2010. The Winnipeg, Man., native is on Twitter @Leip28. — PHOTO CREDIT: Sarah Fuqua (used with permission)
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The Nashville Predators have officially added to their growing stable of offensively gifted forward prospects with the signing of Brendan Leipsic to his entry level contract. After leading all of junior hockey in scoring this season, Lei...
The Nashville Predators have officially added to their growing stable of offensively gifted forward prospects with the signing of Brendan Leipsic to his entry level contract. After leading all of junior hockey in scoring this season, Leipsic appears ready to take his talents to Milwaukee next season. As always, it will be interesting to see how well phenomenal success at the junior hockey level translates to the pro game. In the meantime, here's a look at goal Leipsic (#28) scored yesterday in the Memorial Cup: From the Preds: Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed 2012 third-round draft pick Brendan Leipsic (BREHN-duhn LIGHP-sihk) to a three-year entry-level contract. Leipsic, 19 (5/19/94), was co-recipient of the 2013 Bob Clarke Trophy as Western Hockey League scoring champion after posting 120 points (49g-71a) in 68 games as Portland won the Scotty Munro Trophy as regular-season champions. He also finished first in WHL goals, second in assists and tied for fourth in plus/minus rating (+55) in 2012-13, being named a Second-Team WHL Western Conference All-Star. The 5-9, 167-pound left wing then posted the WHL playoffs' fourth-most points (10g-14a-24pts) in Portland's run to the Ed Chynoweth Cup as league champions. Leipsic and the Winterhawks are currently competing in the 2013 Memorial Cup, with their next game coming Friday in the tournament's semifinals. Nashville's fourth choice, 89th overall (third round), in the 2012 Entry Draft has amassed 211 points (93g-118a), 235 penalty minutes, and a +84 rating in 201 games with Portland since 2010. The Winnipeg, Man., native is on Twitter @Leip28.
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Nashville, Tenn. – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed 2012 third-round draft pick Brendan Leipsic (BREHN-duhn LIGHP-sihk) to a three-year entry-level co...
Nashville, Tenn. – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed 2012 third-round draft pick Brendan Leipsic (BREHN-duhn LIGHP-sihk) to a three-year entry-level contract. ...
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The 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup is well underway in Saskatoon, Sask., as Predators prospects Brent Andrews and Brendan Leipsic have played their way into the final rounds of the tournament. Andrews (seventh round/2011) and the tour...
The 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup is well underway in Saskatoon, Sask., as Predators prospects Brent Andrews and Brendan Leipsic have played their way into the final rounds of the tournament. Andrews (seventh round/2011) and the tournament fav...
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Nashville Predators News Nashville Predators give new assistant Phil Housley a challenging assignment | The Tennessean Getting more from Ryan Ellis has proven to be a challenge so far. Blue Peter: On Horachek, Heartbreak and Inside Jo...
Nashville Predators News Nashville Predators give new assistant Phil Housley a challenging assignment | The Tennessean Getting more from Ryan Ellis has proven to be a challenge so far. Blue Peter: On Horachek, Heartbreak and Inside Jokes | III Communication I hate goodbyes... Smashville 24/7 - STPM: #8 vs. #9 The overtime winner in Vancouver takes it for me. NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOST PLAZA EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR OKLAHOMA RELIEF - Nashville Predators Stop by if you can. You're already late for the donuts. Around the Wide Wide World of Hockey Morning Skate: Blackhawks at Red Wings - Game 4 Preview - Winging It In Motown Apparently Chris Rock wrote the preview this morning. Detroit sucks. Kings to try a new mix-and-match approach - LA Times They better try something. Because what they've been doing isn't really working. New York Rangers on verge of elimination from playoffs so why don’t they play with an edge? - NYPOST.com Are you advocating violence, sir? Paul MacLean’s 13-second press conference: ‘We’re going to Pittsburgh and we’re coming to play’ (Video) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports The ability to be concise is a very valuable skill. Canucks Fire Coaching Staff - Nucks Misconduct High expectations + Two early playoff exits in a row= unemployed coaching staff. Is it Panic Time for the Blackhawks? -The Hockey Writers Get back to me around 10p. Ottawa Senators' mix of young and old has team well positioned to make noise |Ottawa Sun Next year, sure. 30 Thoughts: Avalanche zero in on Roy for head coach |CBC Sports Is this gonna happen or what? What a hockey dressing room is like post-playoff elimination | Backhand Shelf Read up, Rangers and Senators. Someone made an awesome Gordon Bombay 30 for 30 trailer-Puck Drunk Love This could be the best one of the series. If it were real.
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It has been 10 years since Brent Peterson was diagnosed with Parkinson's. And though he is no longer coaching the Nashville Predators, he finds himself more comfortable in his role of hockey operations adviser.
It has been 10 years since Brent Peterson was diagnosed with Parkinson's. And though he is no longer coaching the Nashville Predators, he finds himself more comfortable in his role of hockey operations adviser.
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The 2013 Alternative NHL Awards highlighted the league's greatest underachievers in a number of specific categories, but we've saved the best for last. Just as the Professional Hockey Writers Association will award the Hart Trophy to the...
The 2013 Alternative NHL Awards highlighted the league's greatest underachievers in a number of specific categories, but we've saved the best for last. Just as the Professional Hockey Writers Association will award the Hart Trophy to the NHL's Most Valuable Player this summer, here at OTF I would like to bestow a Least Valuable Player award, which goes to the skater whose presence on the ice brought woe and misery to his teammates this season (goalies have been mercifully omitted from consideration). Last week on the Marek vs Wyshynski podcast they were joking about such an award being called The Fart Trophy, but of course I would never stoop to such juvenile humor. Ah, who's kidding - I have 10- and 11-year-old boys in the house, and I wish I just got this article posted earlier, because I was thinking the same thing. Anyways, on with the show... What "Least Valuable Player" Means The general idea behind the LVP (something I first rolled out in 2010) is to identify those players whose ice time showed the greatest negative turn in Goals For & Against for their team, as compared to when they were on the bench. To use a simplified example, if a team out-scores its opponents by 1 goal for every 60 minutes of play, but when Joe Schmo is on the ice, they only break even, his "Impact" would be -1 goals for every 60 minutes of his play. Assuming Joe played 15 minutes a game for 48 games, that would translate to -12 goals for the entire season. These Impact calculations are done for 5-on-5 play, 5-on-4 power play, 4-on-5 penalty killing, as well as for the balance of Penalties Drawn vs. Penalties Taken by that individual player (a guy who draws lots of calls has a positive influence, a thug who takes lots of penalties puts his team in a hole). Source data comes from Behind the Net. To make things crystal clear, this designation does not mean "worst player in the NHL". If a guy is absolutely horrible, he wouldn't stay on the roster for very long, nor get the kind of ice time that's required to rack up the numbers described here. For the players at the bottom of this list, it takes individual effort along with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune to obtain these results. Beside each player's Impact figures I've included PDO and Corsi Rel stats to provide a bit of context. The bottom line, however, is that when these guys hit the ice, bad things started to happen for their teams. LVP Honorable Mentions NAME POS TEAM 5-5 Impact PP Impact PK Impact Penalty +/- Total PDO Corsi Rel Bryce Salvador D N.J -11.5 -0.3 -9.4 -1.0 -22.3 969 -14.7 Erik Gudbranson D FLA -18.6 -1.5 -2.1 -0.6 -22.9 934 -6.9 Scott Hannan D S.J -20.4 +1.0 -2.7 -0.8 -22.9 946 -5.2 Valterri Filppula C DET -6.3 -16.6 -1.7 +1.4 -23.2 979 +5.4 Matt Cooke RW PIT -12.2 -0.5 -11.1 -0.2 -24.0 1012 -15.8 I know, you Nashville Predators fans will be shocked to see Scott Hannan's name on this list. Of course, he's probably having the last laugh, as he's still in the playoffs with the San Jose Sharks. 5th Place Matt Niskanen #2 / Defenseman / Pittsburgh Penguins Height: 6-0 Weight: 209 Born: Dec 06, 1986 GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SOG PCT 2012 - Matt Niskanen 40 4 10 14 4 12 0 0 2 67 5.9 NAME POS TEAM 5-5 Impact PP Impact PK Impact Penalty +/- Total PDO Corsi Rel Matt Niskanen D PIT -14.1 -10.8 +1.3 -0.8 -24.4 996 +7.7 The Penguins had some amazing results when guys like Chris Kunitz, Pascal Dupuis, and some scrub named Sidney Crosby were on the ice, so if you didn't have the chance to play alongside those guys, woe unto ye. 4th Place Sean Couturier #14 / Center / Philadelphia Flyers Height: 6-3 Weight: 197 Born: Dec 07, 1992 GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SOG PCT 2012 -
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