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At The Mid-Season
by Paul on 01/25/08 at 12:16 PM ET
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Off-ice disaster award
If they make a movie of the Nashville Predators’ story, they could call it “Titanic.” With the plucky team gamely staying in the playoff hunt in the Western Conference despite former owner Craig Leipold’s mandated offseason fire sale of talent, fans have responded by staying away in greater numbers than ever before. The Preds’ average paid attendance at the All-Star break would leave them out of the revenue-sharing pie at the end of the season, which will mean new ownership will have to dig deeper, sooner, if they’re going to fulfill their promise to re-ink top restricted free agents Martin Erat, Jordin Tootoo, Shea Weber and Ryan Suter.
more awards from Scott Burnside of ESPN…
added 12:17pm, Another surprise from Pierre LeBrun at Sportsnet,
The 2007-08 edition of the Habs are one of the best surprises of the season. Their 60 points, second only to the mighty Ottawa Senators (66), in the Eastern Conference at the break. Because the Sens are in Montreal’s division, however, and because I don’t see Ottawa falling off, the best the Canadiens can do is hope for fourth in the conference because of the divisional seeds. Home ice at the Bell Centre in the first round? Bring the ear plugs.
more on the Canadiens…
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