Shea Weber News

One of the great fool's errands in the hockey stats movement is the search for a single number which can describe a player's performance.

The National Hockey League may be slowing their move to hybrid icing, but moving along with the idea that penalties issued for 'message sending' late in playoff games should carry over to the following game.

The fallout from the Nashville Predators early exit from the NHL playoffs is still reverberating around Music City these days, with many of the Predator players siding with their coach and GM when it comes to their Russian situation.

NHL free agency is set to pick up after the Stanley Cup Final concludes. Teams will be scrambling to sign and re-sign players to bolster their respective squads for the upcoming season.

In the first two games of this series at Fenway Park, the Tigers have out-homered the Red Sox, five... Father's Day is right around the corner, and when it comes to gifts, one size does not fit all.

The 2012 NHL playoffs have given hockey fans everywhere so many memorable moments that we won't forget for a long time.

As of our last update, Pekka Rinne still holds a lead over John Tavares in the semifinal round of voting for the EA Sports NHL13 cover, but he'll continue to need your support through Monday to make it to the final round.

For those who lean more toward the defensive end of the Norris Trophy argument, a growing debate has emerged: should the award go to Boston Bruins behemoth Zdeno Chara or Nashville Predators stalwart Shea Weber ? The Edmonton Journal's David Staples gave Weber a slight edge in his study of the three candidates , placing Ottawa Senators offensive ... (more)

Several franchise cornerstones have expiring contracts, and general manager David Poile will be busy negotiating with the likes of Ryan Suter , Shea Weber , Alexander Radulov , Paul Gaustad , Andrei Kostitsyn , Sergei Kostitsyn , Hal Gill , Jordin Tootoo and Colin Wilson .

By virtue of an overwhelming amount of secondary and tertiary votes in SBNation's poll of its 33 hockey blogs, Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber - trounced by Boston Bruins ' captain Zdeno Chara in the first-place voting by a 10-3 margin - was awarded SBNation's rendition of the Norris Trophy today.

SB Nation is conducting its own set of NHL awards this season. Yesterday, we showed you the results of the Vezina Trophy , and today it's time to reveal who won the Norris Trophy.

The Nashville Predators saw their promising playoff run end prematurely in 2012, with the management team assembling quite a veteran group that looked poised to be in contention for a long playoff drive.

We're still over a month away from free agency but for Nashville's Ryan Suter , the game of being a potential free agent is already underway.

In an appearance on Vancouver's Team 1040 radio station's Bob Marjanovich Show Thursday afternoon, Nashville Predators captain Shea Weber opened up a little more than usual when the hosts asked him about the incident involving forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn in advance of Game 2 of Nashville's Western Conference Semifinal series ... (more)

Predators forward Alexander Radulov, right, practices at Centennial Sportsplex on May 1 in Nashville.

Almost a week after the Phoenix Coyotes howled in their locker room as the Nashville Predators trudged through the hallway of Jobing.com Arena, it's still hard to believe the season is over.

Got a question on the latest news and rumours? E-mail Hockey Insider Darren Dreger and he'll answer your emails at dregereport@tsn.ca ! I've heard many say that Marc Bergevin should wait until after the draft or until July 1 in order to acquire the services of Rick Dudley.

He may not be the most high profile member of the Nashville Predators, but he is expected to be the one most talked about this summer.

Unlike teammate Ryan Suter , Shea Weber can't simply walk away from the Nashville Predators this summer.

Yesterday afternoon, the Nashville Predators had their final media availability session with the players, as they packed up their things and headed off for a summer of rest, recuperation, and for some, a trip to the World Championships.