Details Released for NHL Tweet Up for Nashville Flood Relief

Mark Willoughby of The View from 111, who is scheduled to be one of our guests on POTG Radio tonight, has released more details on the NHL Tweet Up for flood relief in an email to the Predator blog community this morning.

The event will take place at The Tin Roof at 1516 Demonbreun Street in Nashville on Monday, June 7 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The TwTvite link to sign up to attend is here.

Here is the information from Mark in its entirety...

We have received items from the L.A. Kings, and are awaiting items from the Rangers, Islanders, Canucks, and a few others. Dani Muccio (dani3boyz) has been great about contacting the other teams for items for the tweetup. We have also got in hand a Washington Capitals baseball cap signed by Alex Ovechkin, a Carolina Hurricanes jersey signed by Rod Brind’Amour, and a few non- hockey items. The Preds will also be contributing a good bit of stuff to the cause.

The plan is to donate 100% of the proceeds to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Flood Relief program.

Additionally, the Tin Roof has not only generously provided the venue, but will be making a cash donation to the effort as well.

The non-Predators auction items will be inserted on e-bay in their e-giving section. CFMT has a site established there. The web site is www.ebaygivingworks.com Once there, you search under the non-profit tab using Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. As I receive items, I will make the photos and descriptions and insert them on the site. The on-line auction will close at 6:00 p.m. the day of the Tweetup. The Predators gear and other items of interest to local participants will be at the venue for a silent auction. Also, we will be doing a 50/50 raffle at the event. Purchase a ticket for a chance to win half of the proceeds, with the other half being contributed to the flood relief effort.

Paul Nicholson has been very helpful in getting me in touch with Sarah Peters, who has graciously volunteered her time to create a website to publicize the event and also a donation option. Once the site is up, I will communicate it to all of you.

Rebecca Ward at the Predators has been magnificent in her support. Thank her the next time you talk to her.

I am having dinner with Pete and Terry tonight, and I am pretty certain that we can get Pete to drop by. Terry may be going back to Canada for the summer, but if he is here, he will show up. I will be getting in touch with Paul McCann and Tom Callahan to let them know about this.

Jeremy, you have a good working relationship with Christine Maddela. Give her an invite and see if she will give us some publicity.

If you have thoughts or suggestions, please share them. We want this Tweetup to not only be a fun event, but an effective one to raise some money.

VERY IMPORTANT: http://twtvite.com/nashfloodnhltweetup is the site that NHL tweetup’s has up and running for our event. Encourage folks to go to the site and confirm their attendance. This helps me coordinate with the Tin Roof and it is good for Dani and the NHL’s social media effort.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

Mark Willoughby

Hat's off to Mark for all the work he has put into this event to help those in need from the recent flood.

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Buddy Oakes for PredsOnTheGlass

Friday Lunchtime Edition - Tweetup Wrap-up and Congrats to Dani

Thursday night's Tweetup at Past Perfect in downtown Nashville was quite a success. Ultimately about twenty-five Predator tweeters attended with an excellent representation from the Nashville blogging community.

There was plenty of discussion about Chris Chelios, the Phoenix situation, the troubled financial state of the league in general (and several teams specifically), and the potential for a major meltdown involving a lockout and rival league in 2011-12.

The upstairs room at Past Perfect was an excellent location for the Tweetup. The room has a Foosball table, darts, and even a putting green. Plenty of friendly completion was underway all night.

@ajinnashville was the official photographer for the event and has a bunch of pictures up on Facebook. It was great to meet a bunch of folks in person that I only knew from the Tweetdeck and good to see others that I haven't seen in a while. Thanks to @predsradio Tom Callahan for organizing the event. I would list all in attendance but my memory is too poor and I wouldn't want to slight anyone.

Congrats to Dani...

In honor of last night's Nashville Tweetup, Puck Daddy has the five reasons why Tweetup Queen and founder Dani Muccio loves hockey. This is a fun read. I'm one of Dani's biggest fans and have really enjoyed watching her rise to stardom since the first of the year. Hockey fans everywhere should really appreciate what she has added to community nature of the game through the Tweetup concept and working to connect others on Twitter. Congrats to Dani for getting recognition that she deserves.

In Pred Nation...

Dirk at On The Forecheck was out of town for the Tweetup last night but still has his Breakfast Links up this morning. He also has two great versions of Preds schedule wallpaper up on his site.

Mark at View from 111 has another posting of his weekly Friday "Views" that offer great insight from far and wide.

Jeremy at Section303 posted his thoughts on Chris Chelios as a Predator yesterday. Today, Paul McCann comments on the rumor of Chelios as a Pred. John Glennon throws the names of Greg DeVris and Ken Klee into the mix of possible D-Men at Inside Predators.

Jim Diamond takes a look at one position that the Preds enjoy strength and depth, the goaltender.

Rachel from What The Puck posted on Dan Hamhuis before heading to the Tweetup yesterday. I agree that he may be one Predator that will have extra responsibilities this season with a group of young defensemen.

The Edmonton Sun has an article about Jordin Tootoo having to leave his village and return to Nashville.

Pekka makes Adam Greuel's Top 15 Goalie list at Bleacher Report.

Pred Prospect Cody Franson will appear at at a Youth In-line Hockey Tournament in LaVergne tomorrow.

Here's the Colin Wilson photo from the Upper Deck photo session.

Around the NHL...

The ESPN duo of Burnside and Lebrun wrap up last night's Red-White game. After my whining all week about the game not being available on TV or the net, it turns out that it was actually shown at the CTVOlympics site. There's plenty of video of the action here.

No details but a meeting is scheduled for the NHLPA to discuss concerns with leader Paul Kelly.

Illegal Curve points to a Law.com article about the Coyote's situation that has a slightly different view of the matter.

With the retirement of JR, Craig Custance takes a look at other players who may be able to step up and take over his outspokenness on the game of hockey. Tim Thomas is listed as number one. At the NHL Awards earlier this summer, Tim stood and talked and answered every question in the room and was very eloquent in his discussion.

As expected, Patrick Kane got away with a slap on the wrist and an apology for the cabbie incident. Hopefully he has learned his lesson but I have a suspicion that we will see similar issues in the future.

The CBC reports that Oilers owner Daryl Katz has purchased property that could eventually be the site of a new arena. That would be great news for Edmonton if it pans out.

Let's hope the Blues don't have the injury bug again this year. The Hockey Writers report Eric Brewer missing the start of the season due to knee surgery.

Mirtle reflects on his first year at SB Nation while gearing up for year two.

Michelle Kenneth features Sean Avery information for the second day in a row and doesn't seem real thrilled with Sean.

Congrats to Chris Botta who tweets "@nyipointblank: Proud to be given opportunity by AOL to be a national hockey writer for Fanhouse. Still hope to find a place for my Islanders coverage."

Off Topic... Here's a great site that is big on Twitter now called "People of Walmart." From the comfort of your computer chair you can experience the best faces (and bodies) of Walmart without having to leave your house.

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Buddy Oakes for PredsOnTheGlass

Thursday's Round Up - Tweetup Tonight

We are looking forward to tonight's Tweetup at at 7:00 at Past Perfect, which is located at 122 Third Ave South. It sounds like there will be a good crowd. Here is the official Twitvite page to let everyone that you are coming. Remember, all are invited, not just the Twitteratti.

There should be fresh discussion with organizer Tom Callahan tweeting "New rumor floating about: 3rds will make debut at Fanfest? Could be... mark it down." That raises two questions that we will be looking for answers to tonight. What is, and when is Fanfest and what do these jerseys look like, since Tom let on that he has seen them in an earlier tweet.

Also, with Barry Trotz answering questions on XM 204 yesterday afternoon, we have a better idea of what is on his mind. Here are my notes from the interview.

Jackson, Fisher and I should be at the Tweetup tonight and will be ready to meet some new folks. Hopefully we nipped the concern about kids and R-rated language at the Tweetup in the bud. I advised the boys that there were concerns so that they needed to clean up their act. @jodystapley, hopefully that will ease your concerns ;)

In Pred Nation...

John Glennon has a new post at Inside Predators and points out that Joel Ward is not a lock for the second line. Indications are that Mike Santorelli may have the opportunity to play his way onto the team as a winger.

Mark from View from 111 continues his commentary on the Coyote's situation.

Kelly offers an invitation to Petr Sykora to sign with the Preds at Confessions of a Predators Fanatic.

Not that it will actually happen, but my ongoing effort at mentioning Chis Chelios as a 7/8 D-Man has finally made the MSM. John Glennon writes of the possibility this morning. Will it actually happen? I doubt it. Chelios has spoken with every team in the league in his search for a job including hanging out at the US and Canada Olympic camps.

Around the NHL...

Mirtle continues his complete analysis of the Phoenix situation as he looks at a few theories of what the NHL bid could mean. The official offer from the NHL is $140 million with no money for Moyes, and Gretzky not in the picture at the current salary. The Spec digs deeper into the NHL bid.

Pierre Lebrun at the Team Canada Olympic camp writes about the Phoenix Coyotes? Shane Doan inspired Pierre to write about his side of the Coyotes story. Doan is truly one of the good guys in the game of hockey. E J Hradek gives his take on the Coyotes also at ESPN.

The Red and White game an the Team Canada Olympic orientation camp is tonight and it still appears that there will be no TV coverage anywhere. It is amazing that you can have over 40 of the best players in the world playing in a game and no one wants to put it on the air.

Ex-Pred Mike Sillinger announced his retirement on Wednesday afternoon. Mike holds the record for the most NHL teams played for at 12 which led to his nickname "suitcase". Katie Strang has a story from the announcement. Dirk at On The Forecheckhas the Pred's angle on the retirement.

In honor of Fashion Week, Michelle Kenneth has the five best and worst dressed players in the league. I love her worst dressed player best of all.

Psycho Lady Hockey has more photograpy from past seasons up at her page.

BD Gallof has a post at The Faster Times that is an excellent dissertation on the current state of the media between traditional and new media sources. He also addresses the issue of credibility and quality of the written product. This is an excellent post that raises points that each writer should consider when putting out their product on the internet.

Bleacher Report has a slide show revealing the eight best off seasons. They made pretty good choices based on what we know now. Don't expect to see the Preds.

Just to keep fans in line, the Hockey News has something negative to say about all 30 teams. They also have a Q and A with Dan Carcillo who I've always liked for some reason. He should have a good year with the Flyers.

Another day, another prediction on the Western Conference. Sports My Religion picks the Preds at eleven with 88 points. This one is better than some but they seem a little over enthusiastic about Chicago's chances.

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Buddy Oakes for PredsOnTheGlass