The Gold Standard

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Late start turns into late night Connor Ingram's historic evening Incredibly lop-sided metrics Preds had their chances in the third period How his parents watched the game Lying to his parents about starting Which young pieces are proving it? What happens in Game 3 and 4? The Gold Standard is BTYB Jasper's on West End. Ch...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Denver media comes off top rope What did you expect from David Rittich? The best 30 seconds of the game Adjustments for Game 2: No Kunin Avs can win whole thing (w/ goaltending) Coaching vs. Players: Credit and blame Re-thinking how to define "rebuild" success The Gold Standard is BTYB Jasper's on West End. Check out thei...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Predators vs. Avalanche in the first round Juuse Saros is out Connor Ingram vs. David Rittich? How both ended the season The Preds 3-1 regular season series The stars have been stars in these games The 2018 series Inverted Get to know Avs coach Jared Bednar All of the pressure is on Colorado Why the Preds are a good under...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. One period of hockey changes everything Eight straight trips to the playoffs We were wrong about this Preds team Juuse Saros is out and Preds are FU***ED Is his injury tied to usage rate? Asking the right question about Saros' injury Who starts: Connor Ingram or David Rittich? Why Tuesday's game means more than one game W...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Why hockey nicknames are stupid What did we learn against Calgary Positional match-up with the Flames Could make for a great series St. Louis disaster Why has this team been treading water? Optimism vs. realism Matt Duchene's growth How John Hynes has developed this team The latest from Filip Forsberg's contract A zamboni...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. The Preds are what they are... Pretty good but not great wildcard team Setting records is fun but not elite Is Juuse Saros rounding into form? Theories on why Nashville isn't better Secondary scoring holding them back? Youth, defense, divisional strength? Wide open Stanley Cup playoffs Good playoff matchups: MIN, EDM, LAK...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. What does the win over Minnesota mean? Line changes across the board Does Tomasino belong on the top line? Moving Duchene down to the second line Who is the odd man out in new line-up? Johansen, Josi, Duchene, Forsberg, Saros These boxscores are ridiculous Does this team play up to the competition? Does this team play dow...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Two huge wins wraps up solid March How many wins do Preds need to make playoffs? Did Kara Hammer steal Adam's BDE material? 🧐 Why Tanner Jeannot deserves more Calder love Matt Duchene's insane season continues Roman Josi's historic month of March How does Adam watch Duke? Tough Question #1: Preds are stastitically histor...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. A moratorium on Filip Forsberg contract talk Biggest surprise about the last six weeks The stars are maintaining their absurd pace Roman Josi is the best defenseman on the planet Josi's Norris Trophy canidacy Can Josi carry this team to a championship David Poile's year-long strategy is working The definition of a competi...

Adam Vingan of TheAthletic.com makes his triumphant return to the pod to talk Nashville Predators hockey with Braden Gall in this Trade Deadline Special edition. The MOST important thing Nashville did Everything important thing David Poile said The PR full court press from Poile It's not really that different from Ryan Suter Was Poile covering his hindquarters? Damned if you do, damned if you don'...

Jeremy K. Gover of AP.com and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. More gloating (we are the assignment desk now) Next: San Jose was the turning point Did the Preds pick the right time to suck? Is it too early to "flip the switch?" How concerned are we about St. Louis? David Poile gives us one last deadline update Chasing records update ESPN.com Greg Wyshynski talks trade deadline and Play...

Jeremy K. Gover fills in for TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan talking Nashville Predators hockey with Braden Gall of 440 Sports. Ben Harpur does something amazing Being way ahead of the curve Tracking all of the records Explosion against San Jose Are Sharks fans insane? Come from behind win over Dallas Late game line deployment Scheduling has finally evened out Divisional, Wildcard, Conference races No...

Jeremy K. Gover fills in for Adam Vingan talking Nashville Predators hockey with Braden Gall. Negative stuff first: Five weeks of bad hockey: Why? Regression to the mean? A young team is learning how to win Juuse Saros' production Eight more games before deadline This is the time for the Preds to win Positive stuff next: Stadium Series was a massive success Preds game ops was brililant Sight lines...

Jeremy K. Gover of AP.com Radio and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Defining success for the Stadium Series What the national media cares about Preds get huge two points over Dallas Booing Ryan Suter, Radulov Pekka's jersey retirement Pekka gets a statue How Pekka, Preds are viewed in Finland Lots of scouts at the game Thursday Filip Forsberg trade rumors David Poile is just doing his...

Jeremy K. Gover and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Biggest non-playoff week in Smashville... ever? The importance of the comeback against Florida Tanner Jeannot, David Rittich come up big Big night in Nashville, big game v. Dallas Stories that exlpain Pekka's character Is Pekka Rinne a Hall of Famer? Who else could be retired? Can Preds keep energy level up for game? The Gold Standar...

Jeremy K. Gover from AP.com and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Adam Vingan is on paternity leave. How was the Super Bowl? Did halftime, atmosphere live up to the hype? Peter Laviolette returns to Bridgestone Tribute videos have gotten out of control Yet another losing streak... why? Taking entirely too many penalties Can a young team grow out of its mistakes? Trade Deadline Rantings...

Jeremy K. Gover of AP.com and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. (Jeremy is filling in for Adam Vingan, who is on paternity leave). Jeremy is LIVE FROM THE SUPER BOWL! Did we learn anything in the loss to Dallas? Which playoff matchup would be most concerning? Which teams present the best matchup for the Preds? TNT, Kenny Albert's greatness, the power play clock Is the All-Star still a v...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Adam has some news for all of you Predictions for the next month from Adam Is Forsberg on this team next month? Will the Stadium Series be considered a success? Where will the Preds be in the standings? Preds when leading after two, trailing after two Penalty killing vs. short-handed scoring Juuse Saros weekly adoration s...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. A total coarse corrections took place Starting games well on offense Seattle's arena, uniforms, multiple jumbotrons No. 2 in the NHL in 10+ goal scorers Why Preds are so good at finishing games? Obligatory Juuse Saros segment of words ESPN+ broadcast over-delivered on nuance Cup team was best on ice and in record books Fo...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. A losing streak Let's not overreact to one bad week Why some fans are celebrating a losing streak? Third place is probably about right Using a larger sample size Best case, worst case deadline scenario The Juuse Saros dependency NHL All-Star game rosters, format Goal-scoring historical context Is this the best goal-scorin...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Redefining the term "Smashville" What we learned from win over Avs Eye test and metrics agree Records with leads, finishing games Fastest Preds teams to reach 50 points Actually tweaking expectations finally More ways to praise Juuse Saros Congrats to Max Herz Being annoyed by Jared Stillman Tanner Jeannot's Calder candid...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Preds win two more, are 15-0-1 after two periods There are no passengers on this team John Hynes Coach of the Year candidacy Tanner Jeannot's Calder Trophy candidacy The Ryan Ellis trade finally delivered a point! Staying level-headed about Filip Forsberg's future Has Adam changed his opinion about resigning Forsberg? Did...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. One point out of four on the road Maintaining identity even in defeat John Hynes communication is good for fans How to interpret his in-game coaching style Angry Face Lavy What you need to know about new protocols Fan sensitivity: Titans vs. Preds Why Titans fans actively seek out grievance Why Preds fans are different Ho...

TheAthleti.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. The Preds find a way to win two more games Can we give the wins to Karl Taylor? Should we have seen this success coming? Time to start giving John Hynes the credit he deserves What do the numbers say about sustainability? Advanced metrics define the Preds core identity Can the NHL reset after Christmas? Why Covid is such a...

TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan and Braden Gall talk Nashville Predators hockey. Covid has hit the Preds hard What does it mean for the schedule, protocols? The key to the five-game winning streak Expectations for Tolvanen, young scorers Juuse Saros is still amazing Baby Arlo's influence on the team Have expectations changed? Should they? When is it okay to change expectations? Double-edge sword: One-...