Nashville Predators

Rangers Hire Laviolette As New Bench Boss

After over a month of searching, speculating, and researching, the New York Rangers have finally found their new bench boss. The team announced today, June 13th, that they have hired Peter Laviolette to be the new head coach. For Laviolette, this will be his sixth team that he is taking over after having coached for […]

The Lost Career of Nolan Patrick

Nolan Patrick was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba; he would play for teams within the province, such as the Winnipeg Hawks Bantam AAA and the Winnipeg Thrashers Midget AAA. As Patrick became more involved in the sport of hockey, the family garage quickly turned into a home gym. In his AAA bantam playing days, […]

A Look Back At Crazy Offer Sheets in the NHL

As a New York Rangers fan, I am well aware of offer sheets. On August 7th of, 1997, the Blueshirts signed the great Colorado Avalanche forward Joe Sakic to a contract offer sheet of $21 million over three seasons. At the time, the team was looking to replace Mark Messier since the “Messiah” went and signed […]

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Saros Has Done Everything He Can to Help The Predators

For much of the season, the Nashville Predators were an afterthought when it came to this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs. The team played mediocre and inconsistent hockey throughout the year, and because of that, they were on the outside looking in when it came to getting one of the eight spots for the postseason. Playing […]

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 […]