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				<title>The Nashville Predators week in review</title>				
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	It was anything but a typical week in the life of the Nashville Predators. Three home games, three victories, clock operating malfunctions, and a baby Predator all capped an eventful week in Predville.

	Tuesday, November 17th &amp;ndash; Predators ...
				
				
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				<category>Pekka Rinne</category>
				
				<category>Steve Sullivan</category>
				
				<category>Barry Trotz</category>
				
				<category>Jason Arnott</category>
				
				<category>Joel Ward</category>
				
				<category>Mike Santorelli</category>
				
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				<category>David Legwand</category>
				
				<category>Martin Erat</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:56:18 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predator prospects roundup</title>				
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				Here are this week&amp;rsquo;s updates on how the Nashville Predators prospects are fairing in their respective collegiate and junior hockey league seasons thus far.Ontario Hockey LeagueRyan Ellis (Drafted 1st round &amp;ndash; 11th overall in 2009) &amp;ndash; ...
				
				
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				<category>Jeff Foss</category>
				
				<category>Blake Geoffrion</category>
				
				<category>Zach Budish</category>
				
				<category>Nick Oliver</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Thang</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Flynn</category>
				
				<category>Charles-Olivier Roussel</category>
				
				<category>Gabriel Bourque</category>
				
				<category>College Hockey</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Beck</category>
				
				<category>Michael Latta</category>
				
				<category>Ben Ryan</category>
				
				<category>Craig Smith</category>
				
				<category>Cam Reid</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Stefishen</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:14:51 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predators defeat Devils 3-2 in shootout</title>				
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	Don&amp;rsquo;t look now, but the Nashville Predators are playing some really good hockey. Not only have the Predators won four consecutive games for the first time this season, they have defeated two division leading teams in their last two.

	On t...
				
				
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				<category>NHL</category>
				
				<category>Jason Arnott</category>
				
				<category>Game Stories</category>
				
				<category>Martin Erat</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predators penalty killers finding their stride</title>				
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				Strong penalty killing has long been a strength of the Nashville Predators. The 2009-10 incarnation of the Predators penalty killers struggled out of the gate this season, allowing nine power-play goals against in their first nine games played. The t...
				
				
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				<category>NHL</category>
				
				<category>Barry Trotz</category>
				
				<category>Joel Ward</category>
				
				<category>Jerred Smithson</category>
				
				<category>David Legwand</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:18:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predators defeat Sharks 4-3</title>				
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	NASHVILLE, Tennessee &amp;ndash; Just a week after the Nashville Predators dropped a 4-3 game to the San Jose Sharks in which they felt they should have had a better fate, they turned the tide Tuesday night on the visitors from the West Coast by defea...
				
				
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				<category>NHL</category>
				
				<category>Pekka Rinne</category>
				
				<category>Steve Sullivan</category>
				
				<category>Barry Trotz</category>
				
				<category>J.P. Dumont</category>
				
				<category>Game Stories</category>
				
				<category>Jerred Smithson</category>
				
				<category>David Legwand</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:06:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Trotz unhappy with clock operator</title>				
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	Nashville head coach Barry Trotz was happy with his team&amp;rsquo;s 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks, but was very displeased with the Sommet Center clock operator following the game.

	When Patrick Marleau scored to make the score 4-3, the clo...
				
				
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				<category>Barry Trotz</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:33:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predators program announcements</title>				
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				G.O.A.L. Do you have a 4-9-year-old who thinks they may be interested in playing hockey? The Predators have a deal for you with their Get Out and Learn program. This is an amazing opportunity for aspiring youth hockey players to give the sport a chan...
				
				
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				<category>Youth Hockey</category>
				
				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predator prospects roundup</title>				
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				Here are this week&amp;rsquo;s updates on how the Nashville Predators prospects are fairing in their respective collegiate and junior hockey league seasons thus far.Ontario Hockey LeagueRyan Ellis (Drafted 1st round &amp;ndash; 11th overall in 2009) &amp;ndash; ...
				
				
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				<category>Prospects</category>
				
				<category>Jeff Foss</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Ellis</category>
				
				<category>Blake Geoffrion</category>
				
				<category>Zach Budish</category>
				
				<category>Nick Oliver</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Thang</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Flynn</category>
				
				<category>Charles-Olivier Roussel</category>
				
				<category>Gabriel Bourque</category>
				
				<category>College Hockey</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Beck</category>
				
				<category>Michael Latta</category>
				
				<category>Ben Ryan</category>
				
				<category>Craig Smith</category>
				
				<category>Cam Reid</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Stefishen</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:26:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predators turn Sommet Center into a shooting gallery</title>				
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	The barrage of shots the Nashville Predators put on goal Saturday night were not just impressive, it was record setting. And those records were not just Nashville records, but forced the Canadiens into equaling some records of their own in the pro...
				
				
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				<category>Steve Sullivan</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:14:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The Forbes saga continues and hopefully concludes</title>				
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	If you happen to be walking by Forbes corporate offices today, you may want to stop in, as it appears that someone there could quite possibly need to have a thorn removed from their paw. This morning I received a response from Forbes confirming th...
				
				
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				<category>Forbes Report</category>
				
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:45:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Reaction to a comment on Forbes article</title>				
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				On the heels of Forbes release of their annual NHL Team Valuation Special Report, I wrote an article found here. A commenter who listed their name as &amp;ldquo;Forbes writers&amp;rdquo; posted the following comment:Forbes writers says:We&apos;re doing our best J...
				
				
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				<category>Front Office</category>
				
				<category>Forbes Report</category>
				
				<category>Owners</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:59:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Forbes ranks Predators 27th in NHL in value, just ignore the magical data</title>				
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				It&amp;rsquo;s no wonder the Predators lost a heartbreaker of a game last night to the San Jose Sharks. After all, they were going up against the defending President&amp;rsquo;s Trophy winners in San Jose. And, according to Forbes, three Sharks in particular...
				
				
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				<category>Front Office</category>
				
				<category>Forbes Report</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:12:38 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Injuries strike Predators prospects in Guelph</title>				
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				Nashville Predators draftees Taylor Beck and Michael Latta, both forwards with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League, have been sidelined by recent injuries. According to a Storm spokesperson, Beck is day-to-day with a groin injury, and Latta...
				
				
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				<category>Taylor Beck</category>
				
				<category>Michael Latta</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:33:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predator prospects roundup</title>				
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				Here are this week&amp;rsquo;s updates on how the Nashville Predators prospects are fairing in their respective collegiate and junior hockey league seasons thus far.Ontario Hockey LeagueRyan Ellis (Drafted 1st round &amp;ndash; 11th overall in 2009) &amp;ndash; ...
				
				
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				<category>Prospects</category>
				
				<category>Jeff Foss</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Ellis</category>
				
				<category>Blake Geoffrion</category>
				
				<category>Zach Budish</category>
				
				<category>Nick Oliver</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Thang</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Flynn</category>
				
				<category>Charles-Olivier Roussel</category>
				
				<category>Gabriel Bourque</category>
				
				<category>College Hockey</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Beck</category>
				
				<category>Michael Latta</category>
				
				<category>Ben Ryan</category>
				
				<category>Craig Smith</category>
				
				<category>Cam Reid</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Stefishen</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:37:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The plus/minus rating</title>				
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				One of my faithful readers (have I mentioned lately what a smart and great looking readership I have?) e-mailed me and asked me to write something about the plus/minus so a &amp;ldquo;mere human can understand it.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; So humans, here we go.When ...
				
				
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				<category>Statistics</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:13:25 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Four Predator prospects to play in renewal of Minnesota-Wisconsin hockey rivalry this weekend</title>				
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				One of college hockey&amp;rsquo;s greatest rivalries will be renewed this weekend when the University of Minnesota travels to Madison to take on the University of Wisconsin for games Friday and Saturday at the Kohl Center, college hockey&amp;rsquo;s second b...
				
				
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				<category>Prospects</category>
				
				<category>Blake Geoffrion</category>
				
				<category>Zach Budish</category>
				
				<category>College Hockey</category>
				
				<category>Craig Smith</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:28:47 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>A look at Team USA&apos;s defensive prospects</title>				
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	USA Hockey announced Tuesday that the roster for the U.S. Olympic Men&amp;rsquo;s Ice Hockey Team will be announced New Year&amp;rsquo;s Day during NBC&amp;rsquo;s broadcast of the Winter Classic game at Boston&amp;rsquo;s Fenway Park. In the game, the Boston Bru...
				
				
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				<category>Ryan Suter</category>
				
				<category>Olympics</category>
				
				<category>Francis Bouillon</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:00:25 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Good news and bad news on injury front for Predators</title>				
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	Despite the regular season being just a month old, the Nashville Predators have already faced their share of adversity.

	Before the season even started, training camp injuries to Jordin Tootoo, Joel Ward, and Colin Wilson prevented the team fro...
				
				
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				<category>Shea Weber</category>
				
				<category>Barry Trotz</category>
				
				<category>Alexander Sulzer</category>
				
				<category>Jason Arnott</category>
				
				<category>J.P. Dumont</category>
				
				<category>Joel Ward</category>
				
				<category>Jordin Tootoo</category>
				
				<category>Cody Franson</category>
				
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:14:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Andreas Thuresson had an up and down Saturday with the Predators</title>				
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				Predators prospect Andreas Thuresson had somewhat of an interesting weekend.When word reached Milwaukee that the Predators were looking to recall a wing to replace the injured Martin Erat, surely he had to be thinking, &amp;ldquo;This could be my chance....
				
				
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				<category>Andreas Thuresson</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:26:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Predator prospects roundup</title>				
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				Here are this week&amp;rsquo;s updates on how the Nashville Predators prospects are fairing in their respective collegiate and junior hockey league seasons thus far.Ontario Hockey LeagueRyan Ellis (Drafted 1st round &amp;ndash; 11th overall in 2009) &amp;ndash; ...
				
				
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				<category>Jeff Foss</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Ellis</category>
				
				<category>Blake Geoffrion</category>
				
				<category>Zach Budish</category>
				
				<category>Nick Oliver</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Thang</category>
				
				<category>Ryan Flynn</category>
				
				<category>Charles-Olivier Roussel</category>
				
				<category>Gabriel Bourque</category>
				
				<category>College Hockey</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Beck</category>
				
				<category>Michael Latta</category>
				
				<category>Ben Ryan</category>
				
				<category>Craig Smith</category>
				
				<category>Cam Reid</category>
				
				<category>Taylor Stefishen</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:44:50 -0700</pubDate>
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