Nashville Predators News

The Nashville Predators will start the 2013-14 season looking to bounce back after few things went right for the team this season.

Switzerland has not won a medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship since 1953, but with a 3-0 win over the United States in Stockholm on Saturday, that is certain to change.

The better team won in Boston, no doubt. But the Sharks-Kings series is a bit of a surprise.

That's a question that has been discussed among members of the media, David Poile, and even Barry Trotz.

The Nashville Predators became a team that needed their goalie to keep them in games all season long because they couldn't score on a consistent basis which resulted in the team not making the playoffs and finishing with a 16-23-9 record.

Nick Spaling began playing hockey in the minors first for the Drayton Flyers and then for Norwell High School .

As we all know the cap is going down for the 2013-2014 season. I feel that this is where the real opportunity lies during this offseason.

The Stanley Cup Playoffs field has been cut in half, so it's time to update the Full Bracket Challenge.

Jonathan Drouin is a 5'10-5'11, 185 pound, left wing that currently plays for the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL.

Wow. What a horrible loss by Toronto. Just sick. A fantastic comeback from down 3-1 in the series, but they just ran out of gas.

His overall advanced numbers are decent, if not inspiring. He's pretty average in terms of the possession metrics, and doesn't put many shots on net himself.

The Nashville Predators saw defenseman Ryan Suter leave via free agency in the summer of 2012, and almost lost Shea Weber as well.

Obligatory disclaimer: "Shea" is a work of fiction that in no way represents the real life of Shea Weber or anybody else who works with or around the Nashville Predators organization or the National Hockey League.

Well, there won't be a Duck Dynasty this year as the Red Wings become the latest Survivor in this Amazing Race called the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

When Pekka Rinne underwent surgery on his left hip last week, Predators officials publicly shrugged it off as no big deal.

For those who have never been a party to the final round of one of the National Hockey League's Entry Drafts, it is quite the departure from the pomp and circumstance of the opening round.

The bottom six forwards are normally the ones that set the tone for the team. They're the scrappy guys who are just trying to earn a job, made up mostly of grinders and PK forwards they do the dirty work and get paid very little doing it.

The United States rode first-period goals by the New Jersey Devils' Stephen Gionta and Bobby Butler of the Nashville Predators to a 4-2 victory against France on Saturday in a preliminary-round game at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.

So the Kings have advanced, overcoming a 2-0 deficit to take out the Blues. That must be extremely upsetting to the good people of St.

Colorado Avalanche centre and captain Joe Sakic takes part in the teams' skate before losing to the Nashville Predators 4-2 in an NHL hockey game in Denver on Saturday, April 7, 2007.