GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Nashville Predators made a series of changes at the trade deadline in order to beef up their offense and toughness -- and transform themselves into a fairer fight with the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks and the other elite teams in the Western Conference. And…

ASHVILLE – Earlier in the day, Pekka Rinne's goaltending coach said the two-time Vezina Trophy finalist did not have a chance to be dominant because of the way his team played in front of him in the first two games of its Western Conference Semifinal series with Phoenix. On Wednesday,…

Nashville, Tenn. (May 1, 2012) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn will not play Game Three of the team’s Western Conference Semifinals series vs. the Phoenix Coyotes as result of violating team rules. “The Nashville Predators have…

By Jay Levin, Nashville Predators Each time the Preds appeared to gain some momentum, Phoenix would take advantage of a Nashville misplay to wrestle momentum away from the Preds, en route to a 5-3 Coyotes win in Game 2 on Sunday evening. The Preds surrendered a goal to Pyatt just…

By JAY LEVIN, Nashville Predators Nashville played a very un-Preds like game tonight, but still nearly came away with a win; as Coach Barry Trotz referenced in his post-game press conference, the Preds got off to a very slow start and didn’t play a gritty enough “detailed” game in falling…