Jim Dowd News

For those of you who like me have spent your last month or so on the road and paying little attention to hockey outside of the St.

Our morning hockey notes kick off with an observation from Nashville Predators head coach Barry Trotz, as quoted by Mike Organ of the Tennessean : It's the time of the year, Coach Barry Trotz said, when shootouts become more commonplace in the NHL because most teams are playing at an elevated level.

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