Our Monday morning hockey notes kick off with the story behind Mike Fisher's surprise scratch from yesterday's game at Dallas...
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While reading this morning, listen in to last night's radio highlights, and post-game player interviews, too:
Predators Stars highlights 2012-02-19 (mp3)
Post-game Colin Wilson Roman Josi 2012-02-19 (mp3)
Unexpected illness forces Mike Fisher out of the Nashville lineup Sunday - Nashville Predators Examiner
Drink your orange juice, boys.
Smashville 24/7: Hal Gill’s debut: Period-by-period blog
Ryan trained his eye on the new guy.
Gill is relieved his late penalty didn't cost win - The Tennessean
Everything looked good until that penalty with about two minutes left and a one-goal lead.
Nashville Predators' Hal Gill fits stereotype for defenseman | The Tennessean
Josh Cooper offers up a "getting to know" piece on Hal Gill.
Postgame ponderings - Predators Insider
Josh wonders about Matt Halischuk's ice time.
Hockey Night in Canada / NHLPA Player Poll
The Preds get a little love in here, as they show up as the #2 Underrated team in the players' poll.
Spector on Leafs: Say no to Nash - sportsnet.ca
Should Toronto empty out their cupboards to land the big winger?
Pavel Kubina traded to Philadelphia Flyers for two picks - Broad Street Hockey
Philly adds a second defenseman leading up to the trade deadline, but the question becomes - are the changes they're making too invasive?
Steve Mason gives us a crash course in how to lose your composure | Backhand Shelf
Yeah, this doesn't look good.
Murray talks about injury that will keep him out of Red Wing game, a look at the goalie situation | Working the Corners
A fractured Adam's apple? I've never heard of that one before...
Wild's Peters Suspended One Game for Cross Checking Backes - St. Louis Game Time
What a peter.
Stu Hackel Week on Arctic Ice Hockey: Special Teams Trends - "Stats the NHL Ought to Keep" - Arctic Ice Hockey
Some numbers don't really shed light on a situation, even though you think they should. 5- and 10-game trends in special teams success rates are a good example of that.
The science behind taking faceoffs - Faceoff.com
Nobody leverages zone starts like Vancouver's Alain Vigneault.
The Battle of Alberta: There's a buzz on the street,
The man for whom one of the key advanced hockey metrics has been named (guess who) has hope that Calgary's run for the playoffs is for real.
Pens re-sign James Neal, 6 years $30 million dollars - PensBurgh
Pittsburgh locks up their young winger, who just hit the 30-goal mark for the first time.
Schedule Summary - Feb 20 to Feb 26 - Fantasy Hockey Scouts
Is it getting close to crunch time in your fantasy hockey league? Double-check the schedule before setting those lineups...
Why Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist should be a Hart Trophy front-runner | Puck Daddy
The top goalie should be considered the MVP just about every year, and so far this season, Lundqvist leads the way.
KuklasKorner : KK Hockey : Video- The Clock Reached 0:00 For The Rangers
Wow, this time Columbus got saved by the clock as opposed to the time they got shafted in Los Angeles recently. How can there be separate clocks between the "official" game clock and the scoreboard? This is 2012, people.
I'll See Your Two Joes and Raise You A Joey: Red Wings 3 - Sharks 2 - Winging It In Motown
Detroit's home-ice winning streak reaches 23, thanks to a victory over San Jose.
Separation Sunday - Hawks 3, Blues 1 - Second City Hockey
Chicago topped St. Louis in an early game yesterday, which we're all thankful for not going into overtime.
Canucks At Oilers Recap ; Rollin' (5-2W) - Nucks Misconduct
Vancouver keeps steamrolling their way through the Northwest.
Flames vs Kings - Game 59 Recap - HUGE win - Matchsticks and Gasoline
Those Flames are hot, or at least it appears that way, with their recent 5-0-3 stretch.
The Afterburners: The Winnipeg Jets Bury the Colorado Avalanche With Offense in their 5-1 Victory - Arctic Ice Hockey
The Jets are in the hunt for a playoff spot...
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This title has made my Monday
Nothing like starting it off with a laugh. Hopefully nobody else gets it, but if they do, I hope they’re all better soon.
I really enjoyed the NHLPA Player Poll. I wasn’t expecting to see Big Ern on there.
ILovethe#6CannonFire - February 20, 2012
There was one camera shot last night with Gill and Ott standing in front of the net, Ott standing there lookin UP at Gill..The look on Ott’s face was hilarious..
Having Gill lowered some ice time for Suter & Weber, I think that may really help going down the stretch.. give them a bit of rest now and then..
Weintraut - February 20, 2012
Shannaban's inconsistency on Peters
This is a prime example of why Shannahan is catching so much grief. Tootoo get’s 2 games for something happened while trying to make a hockey play, in live action, and then Peter’s gets one game for cross-checking a guy in the head, after the play was dead. An illegal play no matter where he struck him i might add. This is just crazy. please explain how Peters’ play was any different from Bouchard’s 2 game suspension. The only thing may be an injury,.
Bouchard’s suspension:
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=60&id=127216
bvkv09 - February 20, 2012
Yeah, that's unbelievable.
I hadn’t even seen the high-stick suspension… that seems kinda questionable. I appreciate what Shanahan & Co. are trying to do, but it’s frustrating when their decisions fluctuate so much. I feel like Peters deserved at LEAST 3 games for that hit, and PM-B deserved somewhere between 0 and 1, but certainly not 2. Whatever. Go figure, I guess.
davisca - February 20, 2012
ice time....
along with Halischuk’s going up, I also noticed Tootoo’s bust 15 mins and he was on the score sheet again….
I wonder if Trotz is going to put him in a more offensive role for a while and see if he can continue putting up some points…..
jeffery101y - February 20, 2012
That thing with the clock is really strange.
How is it possible that there are three different clocks that show three different times? (0.02 for Columbus, 0.01 for New York, and 0.00 for Toronto.) You would think they’d have that stuff coordinated perfectly. Knowing this now, I feel like in a sense, Weber got lucky with his goal last night.
davisca - February 20, 2012
Columbus is operating in a different dimension. This affects the space-time continuum.
(Honestly, this has to get fixed. It’s the 21st century, We have clocks that work these days.)
CAustin - February 20, 2012
No kidding, haha.
davisca - February 20, 2012
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