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Important Dates
Training Camp
Centennial Sportsplex
Sept. 12th
Rookie Camp
@ Columbus
Sept. 13th & 14th
CBA Expires In One Year
Sept. 15th
Preseason Opener
@ Chicago
Sept. 19th
Scoring Leaders
Points (48) Legwand
Goals (20) Johansson
Assists (34) Timonen
+/- (+13) York
PIM (117) Hulse
GAA (2.21) Vokoun
Save% (.918) Vokoun
Injuries
David Legwand
Broken Collarbone
Injured-3/1/03
4-6 weeks
Stu Grimson
Concussion
Injured-10/18/01
Out indefinitely
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Kimmo Timonen battles with Nick Schultz and Brad Bombardir in front of Manny Fernandez.
(Photo by John Russell)
Timonen Avoids Arbitration
Nashville, Tennesee-Kimmo Timonen bypassed his arbitration hearing on Friday, by signing a four year deal on Thursday night. The $10.5 million dollar deal will pay him $2 million this season and top out at $3 million each the 3rd and 4th seasons. "This deal ensures that he will remain a leader on our team for years to come," (Predators GM David Poile). Last season Kimmo totaled 28 of his 40 points with the man advantage. He also led the Predators in ice time in each of the last three seasons.
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Top 10 Forwards Poll
A Hockey Alliance Exclusive by Ron Jones
We asked our readers along with sites from the Hockey
Alliance to rank the forwards currently in the NHL and come up
with their very own Top 10 list. Like last year we received a wide
array of responses from a number of people and we have tabulated all
the votes to come up with a definitive Top 10 list. Click here to read the article.
Timonen Undergoes Arbitration
Kimmo Timonen's arbitration hearing has been set for August 15th. Predators GM David Poile said. ''Our goal is to sign him, and he's said he wants to be signed by us. So one way to look at it is that arbitration might just speed up the process. Kimmo's agent, Bill Zito, said that he thinks both sides would come to an agreement before the hearing. Both sides agreed that they were working for a multi-year deal.
Top 10 Defenseman Poll
A Hockey Alliance Exclusive by Ron Jones
We asked our readers along with sites from the Hockey
Alliance to rank the defensemen currently in the NHL and come up
with their very own Top 10 list. Like last year we received a wide
array of responses from a number of people and we have tabulated all
the votes to come up with a definitive Top 10 list. Click here to read the article.
Summer Ramblings
A Hockey Alliance Exclusive
News and notes from around the league. A Hockey Alliance exclusive. Click here to read the article.
Toughguy Added To Roster
GM David Poile has announced that the team has signed 33 year old forward Jim McKenzie. Because of team policy, details of the deal were not disclosed. "With this signing, the Nashville Predators have added a physical presence on the ice and a veteran leader to the locker room," said Poile. "Jim McKenzie is an established pro who will fit in well with our leadership corps and he immediately makes us a bigger and tougher team." Jim ( 6-4, 230 lbs) led the Devils with 14 major penalties last year. A veteran of 819 NHL games in 14 seasons, he has 47 goals and 49 assists while sitting out 1651 minutes in penalties.
TPR Joins The Hockey Alliance
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Suter To Play In Wisconsin
Ryan Suter will play hockey for the University of Wisconsin this fall. GM David Poile and Neil Sheehy, an NHL agent and family friend who is an advisor to the Suters, agrees that he should wait to start his pro career. "Mentally and in terms of his skills, he might be able to make that step. But physically he needs to develop and there's no reason to rush that process.'' They added that he might join the Admirals after his freshman season.
NHL Schedule Out
The NHL is due to release its composite and individual team schedules for the 2003-2004 season on Wednesday, July 16 at 3pm, ET. Both schedules will be available on NHL.com.
Preds Acquire Pair
Nashville acquired 24 year old forward Mike Farrell (6-1, 215) from the Washington Capitals on Monday for defenseman Alexander Riazantsev. The Predators also signed 25 year old free agent Ben Simon (6-0, 195), who had played for Atlanta. "They are two kids that haven't had much of a chance to play in the NHL,'' GM David Poile said as he described both players. ''They're both tenacious, competitive and hard to play against, guys who'll compete for jobs at training camp. I think they could be good complements to our skilled forwards.''
Hartnell Signs New Deal
Forward Scott Hartnell has re-signed with the Predators. He was a restricted free agent without arbitration rights. According to the Canadien Press, Hartnell has accepted the Predators' qualifying offer of a one-year, $1.18 million dollar deal.
Preds Sign Two
The Predators have begun rebuilding the team's blueline, by signing defensemen Marek Zidlicky and Curtis Murphy to one year contracts. Marek, who led all Swedish Elite League defensemen in scoring, signed a deal for $500,000 whether he plays in the NHL or AHL. Curtis Murphy, the AHL Defenseman of the Year, will get $400,000 if he plays in the NHL. Both are offensive minded, but on the smallish side. If they can last through the grind of the NHL season, they are more than capable of making up for the loss of Andy Delmore's scoring.
Predators Clean House
With the free-agent signing period starting July 1st, the Predators have turned the whole organization upside down. Key veterans were let go to make room for up and coming youngsters. Full story
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8/14-Kimmo Timonen signs a four year deal avoiding arbitration.
7/22-The Predators have signed Jim McKenzie and Andrei Mukhachev.
7/21-The club has re-signed restricted free agents Denis Arkhipov and Robert Schnabel. Unrestricted free agents Wade Flaherty and Ray Schultz have also signed.
7/15-The Predators have signed forward Denis Platonov.
7/14-The Predators acquire forward Mike Farrell from Washington for defenseman Alexander Riazantsev. Nashville signs unrestricted free agent Ben Simon.
7/8-The Predators sign Marek Zidlicky and Curtis Murphy to one year contracts.
6/30-Traded defenseman Karlis Skrastins to Colorado for a 3rd round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Re-signed forward Andreas Johansson.
6/27-Traded Andy Delmore to Buffalo for a third round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
6/26-Traded Peter Smrek to Ottawa and received Chris Murphy from Minnesota in a three team swap.
6/25-The Predators have signed Mark Eaton, Tomas Kloucek, Libor Pivko, and Timofei Shishkanov.
6/22-Traded 5th round pick to Anaheim for 4th and 5th round picks in 2004. Traded 6th round pick to Los Angeles for two 7th round picks.
6/21-Sergei Soin acquired from Colorado for Tomas Slovak.
4/8-Wade Flaherty is assigned to Milwaukee.
4/3-Scottie Upshall is assigned to Milwaukee.
3/11-Todd Warriner claimed off waivers from Philadelphia. Alexander Riazantsev acquired from Colorado for a 7th rd pick in the 2003 NHL Draft.
3/10-Bob Wren traded to Ottawa for future considerations.
3/9-Wade Flaherty acquired from Florida for Pascal Trepanier.
3/8-Jan Lasak reassigned to Milwaukee.
3/3-Predators acquire Oleg Petrov from Montreal.
3/1-Lasak recalled from Milwaukee.
2/28-Lasak sent down to Milwaukee.
2/21-Domenic Pittis has been activated off IR and assigned to Milwaukee.
2/19-Lasak is recalled from Milwaukee.
2/18-Jan Lasak is returned to Milwaukee.
2/17-Bubba Berenzweig and a conditional draft pick is traded to the Dallas Stars for Jon Sim.
2/4-Greg Koehler is traded to LA for future considerations.
2/3-Jan Lasak has been recalled from Milwaukee. |
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