Nashville Predators

Robertson Doing It All for The Stars

Thanks to a 5-1 win on home ice at the American Airlines Center over the Nashville Predators on Monday night, April 3, the Dallas Stars clinched a spot in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs. The Stars have had a great season this year. As of this writing (Wednesday, April 3), they are in a three-way […]

Lightning’s Acquisition of Jeannot Should be Viewed as Risk/Reward

With the Tampa Bay Lightning in need of a big body to win puck battles, general manager Julien Brisebois made a deal with the Nashville Predators to acquire Tanner Jeannot late on February 26. A lot of people have talked about what they gave up (defenseman Cal Foote & five draft picks), and rightly so, […]

Grading All 32 Teams’ Trade Deadline

Here is the Inside The Rink FULL NHL Trade Deadline breakdown. It was a wild Trade Deadline week and was an enjoyment for all NHL fans. We have compiled all of the moves for you below and give a small analysis for all 32 teams. If you prefer to listen to a breakdown of all […]

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Wild’s Gustavsson Deserves More Playing Time

There is no doubt that when all is said and done, Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. As of this writing (Wednesday, March 1), Fleury, 38, has 538 career wins, a 2.58 goals-against average, a .913 save percentage, and 88 shutouts. He also has three Stanley Cup rings […]

Pittsburgh Acquires Granlund from Nashville

It’s another busy night in the NHL as the Nashville Predators sent forward Mikael Granlund to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 2023 second-round draft pick. This trade got announced a couple of hours after it was announced that Teddy Blueger was heading to Vegas. Granlund is the type of guy that you can […]

Nashville Grabs Rueschhoff and Barrie in Pair of Trades

Nashville Predators GM David Poile has been busy in his last trade deadline season as GM of the Preds. In a trade with the New York Rangers, the Predators acquired Austin Reuschhoff in exchange for future considerations. The 25-year-old forward has no NHL experience yet, but he has spent the last three years with the […]

Matti-ing The Blue Line

How was everyone’s day today? Ken Holland made his biggest deal as Oilers GM this afternoon. Trading Tyson Barrie, Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick, and a 2024 fourth-round pick to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Mattias Ekholm and a sixth-round pick. TSN’s Pierre LeBrun tweeted that 4% of Ekholm’s contract is also being […]

Predators Should Hire Boudreau to be their next Head Coach

On Sunday, February 26, the Nashville Predators underwent a huge change in their franchise when team president and general manager David Poile announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season. Taking his place will be longtime NHL head coach Barry Trotz. Trotz, a Stanley Cup-winning head coach with the Washington Capitals […]

Winnipeg Jets Acquire Nino Niederreiter

On Saturday afternoon, the Winnipeg jets announced they made a trade with the Nashville Predators to acquire forward Nino Neiderreiter. In return for Neiderreiter, Winnipeg agreed to send Nashville their 2024 second-round pick. Neiderreiter, 30, is in the first year of a two-year contract with a $4 million AAV. With a history of preferring term […]

Former First-Round Pick Mark Jankowski on NHL Waivers

The Nashville Predators placed forward Mark Jankowski on waivers Monday afternoon. The 28-year-old has four goals and three assists in 26 games this season with the Predators. Jankowski signed a one-year contract with Nashville last off-season with a cap hit of $750,000. Originally selected in the first round (21st overall) by the Calgary Flames in […]