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Hockey Prospectus makes a case for and against the Nashville Predators winning the Stanley Cup.

Story | Conversation | April 22, 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Detroit's depth forwards were outproduced by Nashville's bottom six in Game 1 of their first-round series, with Paul Gaustad and Gabriel Bourque scoring all three of the Predators goals. The Red Wings are adding the skilled Gustav...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks trailed the Nashville Predators 2-0 after the first period at the United Center on Sunday. Nashville scored its first goal when Paul Gaustad went around the Hawks net and found Matt Halischuk in front for his 14th...

Forward Alexander Radulov has rejoined the Nashville Predators after four years playing in Russia in the KHL.

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The Buffalo Sabres have traded C Paul Gaustad and a fourth-round pick to the Nashville Predators for first-round pick in 2012....

The Vancouver Canucks made a pair of trades Monday, adding Blue Jackets center Samuel Pahlsson and acquiring right wing Zack Kassian and defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani from Buffalo in exchange for center Cody Hodgson and defenseman Alexander Sulzer.

Pierre LeBrun heard from one team executive that the Sabres are asking for a first-round pick for Paul Gaustad. "Crazy price," the GM says. Meanwhile, Scott Burnside spoke to Stephen Freyer, who is Jaroslav Spacek's agent; the veteran defenseman ...

The Predators won their first playoff series last spring. Now general manager David Poile thinks three trades within the past two weeks positions Nashville to do much more this season.

The silence leading up to Monday's NHL trade deadline has been resounding, providing few clues on what, if any, big moves could go down. Craig Custance surveys the landscape and prepares for what figures to be an unpredictable deadline day.

Blog | Conversation | February 27, 2012

As the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks proved last year in getting valuable mileage from trade deadline pickups, it's not always the big moves or big names that have an impact in the playoffs. Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley paid dividends for t...

As teams approach the NHL trade deadline, even top contenders like the Canucks are looking for help. Hockey Prospectus examines how they can do so and what the rest of the Northwest Division will do leading up to the trade deadline.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2012

Paul Gaustad had a goal and two assists to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

Jason Pominville was named captain of the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, the 13th full-time captain in team history. The team made the announcement from Helsinki, Finland, where Buffalo will open its regular season against Anaheim as part of the NHL'...

Lindy Ruff still hasn't achieved his ultimate wish of bringing a Stanley Cup to Buffalo, but at least he'll get a couple more years to try.

Paul Gaustad scored the winner late on a power play, and four other Buffalo players scored as the Sabres held on to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Saturday night in the season finale for both teams.