Greetings From Smashville! Rock Paper Scissors Edition Jas Faulkner | March 2, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor First, a note of apology to HockeyHillbilly: I am not in the habit of ignoring responses. The reason for last week’s silence from me was…
The Year of the Coach: Lengthy List of Candidates For Jack Adams Award (Part 1) Andrew Sykes | March 1, 2012 As the NHL begins towards the stretch drive of a tightly contested regular season, there is something that is starting to stand out. While individual performances from the likes of…
Fantasy Chutes And Ladders: Post Trade Deadline Mashup Chris Wassel | February 27, 2012 This trade deadline should almost be called the deadline that nearly went according to the script. Only 16 trades were made today and that was just in our target range…
Nashville Predators Wheeling and Dealing at Deadline Jeff Ponder | February 27, 2012 If you were Predators GM David Poile, you would have a sense of urgency too. The Predators were arguably the biggest buyers at the seemingly quiet NHL trade deadline today,…
NHL Rumors Galore: Deadline Edition Part 2 Fred Poulin | February 24, 2012 With only about 72 hours before the February 27 NHL trade deadline, rumors are swirling all over the Internet, and especially on Twitter, as fake insiders try to get the…
Greetings From Smashville! With Three You Get Eggroll Edition Jas Faulkner | February 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Friday! Grimm day! (Oh, wait. That’s on NBC. It will inevitably be preempted by reruns of The Voice or scooted to 2am on Sunday…
Not All Habs’ Exes Live in Texas (They’ve Also Got Two in Tennessee) K. Ross Read | February 23, 2012 There was something familiar in the air on Tuesday evening, as the visiting Dallas Stars skated into the Bell Centre to lay a 3-0 thumping on the hometown Canadiens…and it…
Habs and Preds Trade Has Benefits for Both Sides Jas Faulkner | February 20, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor “That’s the hard part of the business,” Predators GM David Poile said when asked about sending Nashville’s first home-grown player to Montreal in exchange for…
Canadiens trade D Hal Gill to the Predators for a 2nd round pick and Blake Geoffrion Fred Poulin | February 17, 2012 The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Blake Geoffrion, forward Robert Slaney, and 2nd round pick in 2012 from the Nashville Predators for Hal Gill and a conditional 5th round pick…
Greetings From Smashville! “Is that a Warrior Stick or are you happy to see me?” Edition Jas Faulkner | February 17, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Another week, another five days of unseasonably warm weather broken up by a day or two of lightly iced car windows and dealing with that…
Greetings From Smashville! TGIF Edition Jas Faulkner | February 10, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Next week will be better. Not that the past week was entirely grim. The Predators had a very good night at home entertaining St. Louis.…
Losing Streak Ends At 7, Senators Beat Predators The Hockey Writers | February 9, 2012 Paul MacLean can breathe a sigh of relief, because his Ottawa Senators have finally ended a seven game slump, with a home win over the Nashville Predators. Jason Spezza outplayed…