Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 15
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Week Fifteen was almost the only time in January most of Predsnation managed to see the team in the flesh. They’ve been on the road nearly…
Nashville Predators
World Junior Hockey Championships 2011: Canada-USA Semifinal Breakdown
Christopher Ralph is THW’s prospect and draft analyst. Hockey fans look forward to Christmas; Die hard hockey fans look more forward to Boxing Day and the start of the World…
Kids Come First in Smashville! (part three)
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville correspondent Kids who show a talent for the arts are often encouraged to spend time in libraries, museums and performance venues where they can enjoy first-hand…
Kids Come First in Smashville! (Part Two)
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent In a place where men weighing 200 to 250 pounds move at speeds in excess of 35 miles per hour on ice, it’s hard…
Kids Come First in Smashville! (Part One)
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent When it comes to the Predators, underneath all of that armour beats some of the kindest hearts in Nashville. The linchpin of the club’s…
5 Interesting Details from the 2010 Forbes NHL Team Valuations
By Mike Colligan Forbes has released their annual NHL franchise valuations for 2010 and, for the most part, results were as anticipated. The Phoenix Coyotes are bleeding cash and the…
Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 6
Yeah, yeah I know…Toronto…the wheels came off…etc. That’s for the next digest. Let’s talk about last week. Get Backes, Get Backes, Get Backes To Where You Once Belonged…
Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 4
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Before I start, I have to make a confession: I have a bizarre loathing of costumed characters. Yeah, I know, not the best neurosis to…
Greetings From Smashville! Season 13: Week 2
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Swearing on the dusty, trepanned skull of Bob Lobertini will not change the weather in Nashville any more than declaring that an hour really has thirty minutes in…
Who Dat Playin’ Between the Pipes?
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent It was the kind of drama that no one wants to see at any time, much less at the shank end of what looked…
Nashville, October 8th, 2010: The Eve of Deconstruction
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent So the pundits and bloggers and talking heads (oh my!) already have, for the most part, projected their own views as to what will happen…
NHL Top 100 Prospect Rankings (Part 4: 1 to 25)
#4 Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson EDM F 2009-10th
One-Timer: MPS. MSP. MP. Now known as simply Magnus Paajarvi. Call him anything, but call him one of the most talented young players in the game. Even at 10th, the Oilers got a gift. I had him ranked 7th in my my 2009 Draft Preview and here’s an excerpt:
MSP is a super creative winger with speed to burn. Known more of a playmaker, the talented Swede still knows how to finish. The powerful and smooth skating MSP is also very tough to knock off the puck. At 7th overall, he could prove to be a steal even at this rank.