This is, without question, the most hilariously spontaneous thing that's ever happened in my hockey career.
Folks... I had no idea who this man was. And it ended up being the GM of the Blackhawks.
Roman Josi on Pride Night:
“It’s kind of disappointing we can’t wear the jerseys, but it’s an important night for us. Hopefully we can make everyone feel as included as possible tonight.”
Barry Trotz, on the upcoming draft, says he told his scouts to “take some swings, take some high end swings on some guys”
Then adds: “I can find you 3rd line, 4th line guys, no problem. Go get me some guys that get people out of their seats.”
This moment for Cody Glass, where he finally learns he's made the team, is just awesome. You have to love it for guys like him who work so hard and finally get their shot.
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I traveled 2,500 miles from Nashville to Vancouver in 11 hours. I finally get here, thankful to finally experience a hockey environment outside of the Deep South…
And there is a mother-flipping country western themed street festival directly outside my hotel. All weekend.
Yaroslav Askarov celebrating his 2nd consecutive shutout for the Admirals last night. 56 saves combined in both games.
He’s gonna be so much fun to watch when he gets to Nashville full time.
The 2nd hit is unbelievably dangerous from Bortuzzo. Virtually no protection on the lower body there (kidneys, spine, etc.$ and he came down very, very hard.
For those that missed it, here's the play at the end of Preds vs Lightning where Austin Watson drills Jeremy Lauzon with a slap shot for no reason.
HC Andrew Brunette said there was "no place in the game" for this afterwards.
Some final thoughts on the Pride Night jerseys, but not from me... here's Tyson Barrie, who absolutely nails it here:
"I know how hard it can be for people to come out and live their authentic lives... just really excited that everyone on our team is going to participate."
Adding to this, being in Canada when the Maple Leafs are losing a playoff game is incredible.
A man just said “why do I watch this shit every year, I’m gonna kill someone”
Bedlam in Nashville! Preds score twice in the final 39 seconds to win 4-3 over the Avs.
Here’s how it sounded according to the very excited Colorado broadcast!
Oh look here’s 7 minutes of Clay Travis waxing poetic about Andrew Luck “quitting” on his team in 2019, including:
“I don’t blame anybody for stopping and deciding to recharge.”
So the Preds have turned Tanner Jeannot and Nino Niederreiter into:
1st round pick (2025)
two 2nd round picks (2024)
3rd round pick (2023)
4th round pick (2023)
5th round pick (2023)
former first round pick Cal Foote
Taylor has 795 rush yards and 11 TDs his last 6 games. That’s very good! Congrats.
In Derrick Henry’s last 6 games of 2020, he had 948 yards and 8 TDs, finishing with 2k+ yards.
He didn’t even finish on top 3 in MVP voting.
Stop this nonsense. 👇
Apparently Preds fans and Canucks fans have been waging digital war for the last 24 hours on this app.
Causes include banner etiquette, U2 songs, replica stanley cups, political taunts, and whether it takes 16 or 17 wins to win the Cup.
Roman Josi on Pride Night:
“It’s kind of disappointing we can’t wear the jerseys, but it’s an important night for us. Hopefully we can make everyone feel as included as possible tonight.”
Since November 15th, the Nashville Predators have:
The most points in the NHL (26)
The most wins in the NHL (13)
The highest points % in the NHL (81.2)
Might be time to start taking notice 👀
Folks, it is “out of town fanbase getting upset about Nashville’s playoff ticket policy, a policy that many other teams implement without controversy, but because it’s Nashville, there’s an uproar” season.
What a sequence as Filip Forsberg nearly scored on the goal line (and maybe did?) but the Preds keep the pressure on and Forsberg scores anyway.
The place just exploded after that.
John Hynes will not return as head coach, as per
@KevinWeekes
.
Instead, Barry Trotz will give the job to Andrew Brunette. The first ever coach of the Nashville Predators hires the guy who scored their first ever goal.
Yakov Trenin reports that he’s been jumping into the glass for his goal celebration since he was 12 or 13 years old.
“I’m just so excited when I score goals”
Eeli Tolvanen now has more goals (5) with Seattle than these 10 forwards have for Nashville all season:
Granlund
Parssinen
Glass
Novak
Jankowski
Jeannot
McCarron
Sanford
Sherwood
Smith
Since the moment a fan threw a catfish on the ice *during play* in the middle of a 5-0 blowout loss, the Preds have:
-announced a new GM
-traded 4 veterans
-added 9 draft picks
-turned over ~50% of their lineup
This is insane. Yaroslav Askarov makes a poke check save on this breakaway and follows it up with a diving glove save.
"He's a human circus" -
@aaronadmirals
Six years ago, Roman Josi and Freddy Gaudreau scored the first two SCF goals in Bridgestone Arena history, getting two quick ones about 40 seconds apart.
This was the loudest I've ever heard that building.
This stat just continues to make me laugh. The
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absolutely could not give less of a shit. They will fight you multiple times in a period, they've got a reputation to uphold.
Shot for shot, player for player, this may be the most impressive shootout sequence I've ever seen from the Nashville Predators.
Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg go 3-for-3 to clinch the win in Chicago.
On 2/16, NSH played BOS with nearly a full squad pre trade deadline. They lost 5-0 and it wasn't even that close.
Tonight, NSH played BOS without $37 million of their salary cap, icing a bunch of dudes who are barely old enough to drink alcohol. They won 2-1.
When the Preds wore military appreciation jerseys during warmups on March 14th, none of you were on here angry that they were "honoring" the 2009 Ft. Hood shooter, were you?
Your selective outrage is showing.
Down 0-1 in the shootout, facing playoff elimination, the Preds were down to their last thread of hope.
Enter Cody Glass, Juuse Saros, and Tommy Novak.
Absolutely wild finish at Bridgestone Arena as Alex Carrier scores with 7.9 seconds left to give the Preds a 2-1 lead.
Juuso Parssinen scores the empty netter to make it 3-1 final.
This game was a snoozer for 52 minutes, then 4 goals in the final 8 mins.