Category Archives: Nashville Predators
Rememberance
A year ago today the hockey world experienced a final blow in what had been a highly tragic summer, the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. I am sure that many of you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard the horrific news. Personally, I was sitting in my Personal Selling class scrolling through twitter on my phone, when the news came across my feed.
NHL Off-season: Winners and Losers
Every offseason teams lose players. That much is inevitable. Many of these teams just hope that they don’t lose their key players, stars or leaders of their team to the free agent market. Of course, it isn’t always possible to keep these guys because of salary cap considerations and the money they often demand. Alas, if you do lose one of these players, it’s bound to hurt. Not to mention, it’s even worse when you lose a player to free agency, rather than retirement, personal leave or injury. This essentially means that one teams loss becomes another teams gain. With free agency now winding down to a snails pace I’m going to give you my 3 winners and losers of the free agency period. (more…)
Parise to make decision today; Preds losing patience with Suter
Day 1 of free agency came and went without decisions coming on the futures’ of the market’s top two names. Both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter received offers and heard pitches from various teams, but will likely choose their destinations on today.
Suter’s wish list doesn’t include Flyers or the Eastern Conference
If Ryan Suter doesn’t re-sign in the Music City, how good would Nashville Predators defenseman look with the Philadelphia Flyers, solidifying their defense core after the probable loss of Chris Pronger? Or even the Washington Capitals, giving them the complete No. 1 D-man they’ve been craving for so long?
Put those thoughts out of your mind, writes Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly:
“According to a well-placed source, Suter has a potential list of clubs he would be willing to talk to even if his rights were traded before July 1. Suter is represented by Neil Sheehy.
Alas, the Flyers are not one of them.
In fact, the source said, all of Suter’s preferred destinations, should he leave the Predators, are in the Western Conference — not the East. Detroit is generally conceded to be his top choice.”
The Detroit Red Wings, of course, have a bit of a hole to fill on their blue line.
From Josh Cooper and the Tennessean, the latest from the Nashville perspective on Suter:
“The Predators could trade Suter’s negotiating rights to another team. But then you risk completely losing him before July 1. There seems to be some hope and feeling that in free agency, Suter will circle back to the Predators to listen to them after hearing what’s out there. Suter is a small-town type of guy and privacy is important to him. The Nashville market suites him the best out of all the teams that are rumored to add him — Detroit, Minnesota and Philadelphia. But there could be another non-rumored team that would like to throw money at Suter, one that maybe fits his personality and desires better than the aforementioned teams. He simply won’t know unless he checks it out.”
It’s sounding more and more like he might.
s/t The 700 Level.
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