POTG Friday Headlines, News, and Morning Links

It is finally Friday in a week that has had four Mondays so far.

We were shocked to hear that Jon Moncrief aka @Crief passed away early Thursday morning. Prayers and condolences to his family. I was fortunate to meet him last year at the draft at the Staples Center. In the short time I was with him, I could tell what a great guy he was and why he had so many friends. Gann Matsuda has a nice tribute.

Make the jump for something fun to do tomorrow night and news from all over including the alleged move by the Thrashers to Winnipeg that allegedly will be announced Tuesday...



Summer Fun For Preds Fans I...

As a reminder, tomorrow night is the first in a string of events for Preds fans in the off-season. The Nashville RollerGirls have a home bout at Municipal Auditorium that will be the closest thing to a a Preds game for skating excitement that you will see until next season.

Here is our Facebook event page as well as the RollerGirls web site that has all the details. The NRG also got some great pub in the Nashville Scene this week. If you've never been to derby, you need to give it a shot. If you have been, we know you will be there.

Next week we will have a group going to The Hangover 2 on opening night and Amanda DiPaolo has a Nashville Sounds outing set for Friday.

In Pred Nation...

Ken Campbell comes from out of the blue with a Nashville bashing article in the print edition of the Hockey News. He should confer with Adam Proteau who has better knowledge of the Predators situation. Stick tap to Dirk Hoag who found this one. THN might have more Tennessee subscribers with more accurate reporting. Paul McCann also comments.

Mark Willoughby has the consummate post on what a troll Campbell really is.

Jeremy Gover is at #14 with the top 15 moments of the Preds' season. Forechecker has number seven in his series.

J. R. Lind gives the grades on his favorite player, Marcel Goc at On the Forcheck. Not sure why it is not in caps.

Predatorial has part one in a series looking at the Predators' off-season potential re-signings.

Pete Weber stopped by for his weekly visit on Hockey This Morning. Here is the audio clip.

Here is the podcast of Slap Shot Radio from Wednesday that featured a Broad Street Bully reunion with Terry Crisp and Bobby Taylor.

Ex-Pred prospect Mike Santorelli had a nice piece about his first full season in the NHL in his hometown paper. Here is a shorter story about him playing in front of his family in Vancouver.

Bruins 2 - Lightning 0....

After Tuesday's 6-5 slug-fest in Boston, a 2-0 Boston win in Tampa was quite the surprise. Tim Thomas was the star of the game, stopping all 31 Tampa shots as Boston took a 2-1 series lead and took back the home ice advantage that they lost in game one. Patrice Bergeron returned and was a difference maker, winning 18 of 28 draws in the face off circle.

Game four will be an early game on NBC on Saturday. Tonight, game three of the Canucks-Sharks series will be on Versus at 8 p.m. CDT.

Atlanta - Winnipeg Updates...

Last night, the Globe and Mail reported that True North would complete a deal and announce the purchase of the Thrashers on Tuesday. The Winnipeg Press says the sale is close but that the Globe report is not accurate.

Dirk Hoag looks at the effect Winnipeg being in the Southeast Division for a year will have.

There is still allegedly a local group in the mix to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta.

David Shoalts looks at why Atlanta's move is not being resisted by the NHL while Phoenix is entering the thrid year of it's battle.

If you are headed to the ATL for the big rally tomorrow, here are the details.

The CBC points out that Winnipeg fans may be their own worst enemy if they don't step up and buy tickets quickly. Our friend Launy Schwartz of Hockey 54 has long said that the economy in the Peg is not strong enough to support an NHL team. Alan Bass makes that point at H-54.

The Twitter beating Atlanta fans took about their rally is reported by the Winnipeg Free Press.

Here is an interesting article about team relocations that never happened and includes two Nashville items.

So what about Quebec? When will they get a team?

The United States of Hockey looks at hockey's success in the South.

Around the NHL...

Ryan Porth says Vancouver has been re-established as the team to beat.

Joe Yerdon reflects on Ben Eager's big night in game two. Nick Cotsonika also looks at Ben's meltdown. Kurtenblog has a Ben Eager round-up. Will he see the ice again this year?

Best line about Ben Eager's flasher in Wednesday's game from @wyshynski: From Puck Daddy reader The Unsilent Majority on Canucks boob girl: "Well she's definitely not Canadian, she has tan lines."

Also from @kenwardskorner: #Canucks Henrik Sedin asked if he saw female fan wearing #33 jersey beside penalty box flash Ben Eager last night: "It wasn't my wife".

Puck Daddy puts the wrapper on the story with this post about the bare breasted young lady.

Here is a great story behind why Dwayne Roloson has a shamrock with KR in it on his helmet.

The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed Corey Crawford to 3 year deal.

Michael Langlois looks at the most inspiring performances so far in the playoffs.

Odds and Ends...

Stephanie Gordon, who's shuttle photos went viral, writes about her 15 minutes of fame and also puts her LinkedIn profile out there since she is looking for a new job.

Here is a good story about the success of LinkedIn.

If you plan on going on a job interview, you may want to review this article on what not to say in an interview. If you are an interviewer, you will learn something too.

Electronic Kindle books are now out selling books made of trees at Amazon.

More Later...

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