POTG Predators Seven Stories: TGIF Noontime Edition

We have been doing basically the same thing with our morning links for four years at POTG and will experiment with some other formats, features, and timing as a change over the next few weeks. We appreciate any comments or feedback, either positive or negative. As always, thanks for reading.

• Coming up at Noon, join Ryan Porth and I for this weeks' edition of Smashville on the Glass Radio that will feature a round-table discussion with Jeremy Gover and Patten Fuqua discussing all that is going on in Pred Nation. If you miss it live, go here for the podcast.
• Josh Cooper had a big day (and night) yesterday with reactions from all around the Predators' dressing room about the Pekka Rinne contract. Read back about eight stories behind the postgame ponderings at Predators Insider for some good stuff..
• Amanda DiPaolo reports that Rinne's new contract should have a positive effect on negotiations with Shea Weber and Ryan Suter.
• Ryan Porth talked to Rinne's agent Jay Grossman shortly after the signing and got the inside story of how the deal went down.
• Cam Charron plays the "Moneyball" scenario with the Predators signing of Pekka Rinne at Backhand Shelf.
• Paul McCann calls out the naysayers who continue to beat the drum that the Predators won't pay their players.
• In the real world... Be careful while driving on Sunday and for the next week or so after the time change as there is a statistical increase in the rate of car accidents.

More Later...

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