Post-Game Talk: 4 December 2014 - YOUR Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis Blues

[jwhouk]

BARE BONES EDITION, TAKE SIX!
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WHO: Your NASHVILLE PREDATORS host the Saint Louis Blues!
WHAT: Hockey at the Bridge! And it's also...

• Nissan Two-For-Tuesday Night!
• Time To Start A New Streak Night!
• VOTE FOR PEKKA (and Shea and the rest of the All-Stars!)
• 1,000th fan in the door gets to pick who's on our power play units tonight!*
• Old Man In Net Night!
  
  

* - Not really, but they couldn't do worse.
WHEN: 7:00 PM CST
WHERE: 501 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee
WHY: They're the Blues. Enough said. (Standings here)
HOW: There's radio (102.5 The Game), and on TV on Fox Sports-Tennessee and Fox Sports-Midwest. You can also check things out via computer. (Full info: Pred TV Listings)

MORE INFO:

• Preds Gameday Info
• NHL Gameday Info
• The Enemy's Info

LAST TIME OUT

• Nashville: LOST 1-2 at Carolina
• St. Louis: LOST 1-4 at Chicago
• Head-to-Head: Saint Louis 4-3 at Nashville

PROJECTED LINES
(From previous night):

Forwards

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribiero - James Neal

Colin Wilson - Calle Jarnkrok - Craig Smith

Matt Cullen - Mike Fisher - Olli Jokinen

Eric Nystrom - Paul Gaustad - Taylor Beck

Defense

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Mattias Ekholm - Ryan Ellis

Anton Volchenkov - Seth Jones

Scratches/Injuries/No Line

Gabriel Bourque - Derek Roy - Viktor Stalberg

Saint Louis Lines
(From Gameday)
Forwards
Steen - Lehtera - Tarasenko
Schwartz - Stastney - Oshie
Ott - Berglund - Backes
Porter - Lapierre - Reaves

Defense
Jackman - Pietrangelo
Gunnarsson - Shattenkirk
Butler - Cole

Injured: Jay Bouwmeester, Brian Elliott

Your likely men between the pipes:

Pekka Rinne

VERSUS

Some Old Guy They Found On The Street

R.I.P. Le Gros Bil

DISCUSS ALREADY.
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[jwhouk]

And let's not forget the COTTON CANDY this time, shall we?

 

[triggrman]

Fisher, Cullen and Neal all need to contribute all have been invisible lately.

I'd call out Jokinen but he's not going to do anything but drag a line down. I'd love for Beck to replace him on that 3rd line.

 

[Pred303]

Fisher, Cullen and Neal all need to contribute all have been invisible lately.

I'd call out Jokinen but he's not going to do anything but drag a line down. I'd love for Beck to replace him on that 3rd line.

me too trig

 

[Persona5]

There is no reason we shouldn't win this game. The blues are playing on the back end of a back to back. We are playing at home. They are starting a goalie that hasn't played an NHL game since last season. We should be able to outwork them to death.

 

[Adz]

FOCUS.
Cotton Candy
JAM

Okay, guys. See that ^ ?
That is my cue for you guys to WAKE UP and pay attention to the game at hand and for the duration of the game. Get out there and grab two points, preferably in regulation, and with no injuries.

Go Preds!

 

[Dave is a killer]

There is no reason we shouldn't win this game. The blues are playing on the back end of a back to back. We are playing at home. They are starting a goalie that hasn't played an NHL game since last season. We should be able to outwork them to death.

God I hope you are right ... I really want them to be singing the Blues.

 

[Phototropic]

There is no reason we shouldn't win this game. The blues are playing on the back end of a back to back. We are playing at home. They are starting a goalie that hasn't played an NHL game since last season. We should be able to outwork them to death.

This sounds entirely too reasonable to actually work.

 

[Privy]

--3
--1

 

[NoNecksCurse]

agreed guys. jokinen should be shipped out. 1 point in what 25 games playing with guys like hook, cullen, Roy, smith, fisher. he is horrible.

 

[jstreet]

I feel good about this one. We haven't lost 2 games in a row yet this season. This one is very winnable

I agree that it is past time for a few guys to step it up.

 

[Drake744]

Lose again. Sky falls. Start the tank. Draft McDavid.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Lose again. Sky falls. Start the tank. Draft McDavid.

This. Then a loss to the Hawks on Saturday to complete the week's trifecta. Even with some wins of late, we're generally playing down to the level of lower competition. Hopefully they step it up tonight, but I'm not feeling terribly confident about that.

 

[Nashville Transplant]

Just for 5h*ts and giggles I pulled up the stats from last year on December 1, 2013 - just to see how much movement there is between playoff and non-playoff teams. Fact is, I get sick of hearing how things are "locking in" now... but, it's pretty true.

December 1, 2013
CENTRAL
1. Chicago (44)x
2. St. Louis (39)x
3. Colorado (38)x
4. Minnesota (35)x
5. Nashville (29)
6. Winnipeg (28)
7. Dallas (27)

PACIFIC
1. San Jose (41)x
2. Anaheim (40)x
3. Los Angeles (36)x
4. Phoenix (34)x
5. Vancouver (31)
6. Calgary (22)
7. Edmonton (18)

HOW DID THEY END UP?

CENTRAL
1. Colorado (112)X
2. St. Louis (111)X
3. Chicago (107)X
4. Minnesota (98)X
5. Dallas (91)X
6. Nashville (88)
7. Winnipeg (84)

PACIFIC
1. Anaheim (116)X
2. San Jose (111)X
3. Los Angeles (100)X
4. Phoenix (89)
5. Vancouver (83)
6. Calgary (77)
7. Edmonton (66)

Only Phoenix dropped out, replaced by Dallas. The East had a bit more turnover, with Toronto and Washington dropping out, replaced by Philadelphia and a very hot finishing Columbus.

Face the facts... you're gonna see playoff hockey in April this season

 

[Nashville Transplant]

P.S. it's St. Louis, not Saint Louis

 

[jstreet]

I know we are averaging like 1.00000000000065 goals per game right now but I so hope we don't make MarBro look like an all star tonight.

 

[Privy]

P.S. it's St. Louis, not Saint Louis

I've taken the liberty of informing the Saint Louis Zoo, the Saint Louis Science Center, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Saint Louis Galleria and Saint Louis University of their mistake.

 

[Nashville Transplant]

I've taken the liberty of informing the Saint Louis Zoo, the Saint Louis Science Center, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Saint Louis Galleria and Saint Louis University of their mistake.

Very true, but what's funny is... if you google "SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI" all you get are "St. Louis" pages.

And, I was really just talking about the marketing of the sports teams... you don't see any jerseys or references to the full spelling of SAINT on their merch.

(Obviously St. is "Saint"... )

and while we're editing... it's BOURQUE, not BORQUE.

 

[jstreet]

Fun Fact

Preds are 10-1-1 at home for the NHL's best home points percentage even though the power play has gone 1-41 on home ice - via YahooSports NHL twitter

 

[Nashville Transplant]

P.S. Why is Bourque in? Why is Roy still out? Just curious why Bourque would replace Cullen. Why is Cullen out? Anyone actually KNOW this stuff?

 

[NSH615]

P.S. Why is Bourque in? Why is Roy still out? Just curious why Bourque would replace Cullen. Why is Cullen out? Anyone actually KNOW this stuff?

I think that was just made up. Today's skate was optional. From NP.com

Neither team held an official morning skate, so lines are only projected. Pekka Rinne & Martin Brodeur are expected to start in goal.

Projected Nashville Lines:

Forwards:

Forsberg - Ribeiro - Neal

Wilson - Jarnkrok - Smith

Cullen - Fisher - Jokinen

Nystrom - Gaustad - Beck

Defensemen:

Josi - Weber

Ekholm - Ellis

Volchenkov - Jones

Goaltenders:

Pekka Rinne

Carter Hutton

 

[Privy]

Very true, but what's funny is... if you google "SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI" all you get are "St. Louis" pages.

And, I was really just talking about the marketing of the sports teams... you don't see any jerseys or references to the full spelling of SAINT on their merch.

(Obviously St. is "Saint"... )

and while we're editing... it's BOURQUE, not BORQUE.

Technically JW is correct. The Blues were named after the song "Saint Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy.

 

[Drake744]

Saint Louis sucks. St. Louis sucks. Whatever.

Anyway this is the first negative feeling I've had all year really. We'll probably lose and Tarasenko will do some annoying ninja stuff and screw us over, and Brodeur is gonna play really well and make us look like idiots when everyone across the league is tuning in to see him play again.

Blues 3-1

 

[Reviled*]

Saint Louis sucks. St. Louis sucks. Whatever.

Anyway this is the first negative feeling I've had all year really. We'll probably lose and Tarasenko will do some annoying ninja stuff and screw us over, and Brodeur is gonna play really well and make us look like idiots when everyone across the league is tuning in to see him play again.

Blues 3-1

It'll be worse than that: more like 4-0 or 5-1.

 

[Gnashville]

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