Most likely to Succeed is our newest series which points out one player from every team and explains why that player is poised to increase their point totals. While some teams may have more than one player likely to breakout and some none, we will focus on the ones who actually should improve with a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 22, 2010
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Offensive Corps: The Predators tend to move around their offensive weapons and shuffle lines relatively often. Due to this, only Steve Sullivan and Patric Hornqvist even eclipsed the 50 point plateau. This lack of star-power should in no way be a knock on the team as coach Barry Trotz managed to get everything he could [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Over the past few weeks, Dan Hamhuis went from Nashville to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and finally Vancouver. Was he worth a 7th round pick? Was he worth a third round pick? Was he worth Ryan Parent? The Canucks believe him to be worth a massive 4.5 million cap hit, 250K more than shot-blocking machine Anton Volchenkov. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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According to Bryan Mullen of The Tennessean, the Nashville Predators do not expect to re-sign defenseman Dan Hamhuis. Discussed in trade rumors throughout the regular season, Hamhuis stayed with the Predators even though most predicted he would leave after the season. With a cap hit of 2.5 million, GM David Poile will struggle to sign [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 12, 2009
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Tonight is another action-packed Saturday in the National Hockey League that will give some fantasy owners that big push needed to move up in the standings, and leave others falling further out of reach. There is also likely to be a lot of movement in the Eastern and Western Conference at the end of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Posted in the Star-Ledger is a story that New Jersey Devil’s winger Patrick Elias doesn’t think he will be 100% healthy at any point during this season. He says his groin and hip are bothering him, and he is fatigued very easily. While New Jersey is giving him every chance to succeed on the first [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Notable lineup happenings from around the NHL: Joni Pitkanen will not play tonight for the Hurricanes. He has a fever. The Canes still have to decide whether to use Conboy on defence or make a call-up. Canes Lineup Shea Weber returned sooner than expected from his foot injury, playing last night against the Sharks. Preds Lineup [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
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What is going on in the NHL? Star players are dropping like flies. Malkin, Franzen, Toews, Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, Staal and several other notable players are all missing time to various injuries, not to mention the flu bug that’s going through the league. You can now add Predators defenceman Shea Weber to the list. Weber is [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 20, 2009
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Nashville Predators 2008/09: 40-34-8, 88 points (5th in Central, 10th in west) Arrived: Marcel Goc (SJ), Ben Guite (COL), Peter Olvecky (MIN), Ben Eaves (Finland) Departed: Radek Bonk (KHL), Vernon Fiddler (PHX), Greg Zanon, Ville Koistinen (FLA), Antti Pihlstrom (Sweden), Scott Nichol (SJ), Jed Ortmeyer (SJ), One of these things is not like the other. The [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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From every indication in this year’s training camp/preseason Red Wings coach Mike Babcock has a pretty good idea of what his lineup will look like to start the regular season on October 1st, although he isn’t one to admit it. The forwards that will make the team have been playing on the same line since day [...]
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
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