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Quantitative evaluation of an automatic segmentation method for 3D reconstruction of intervertebral scoliotic disks from MR images
For some scoliotic patients the spinal instrumentation is inevitable. Among these patients, those with stiff curvature will need thoracoscopic disk resection. The removal of the intervertebral disk with only thoracoscopic images is a tedious and challenging task for the surgeon. With computer aided surgery and 3D visualisation of the interverterbral disk during surgery, surgeons will have access to additional information such as the remaining disk tissue or the distance of surgical tools from critical anatomical structures like the aorta or spinal canal. We hypothesized that automatically extracting 3D information of the intervertebral disk from MR images would aid the surgeons to evaluate the remaining disk and would add a security factor to the patient during thoracoscopic disk resection.
This paper presents a quantitative evaluation of an automatic segmentation method for 3D reconstruction of intervertebral scoliotic disks from MR images. The automatic segmentation method is based on the watershed technique and morphological operators. The 3D Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) is the main statistical metric used to validate the automatically detected preoperative disk volumes. The automatic detections of intervertebral disks of real clinical MR images are compared to manual segmentation done by clinicians.
Results show that depending on the type of MR acquisition sequence, the 3D DSC can be as high as 0.79 (±0.04). These 3D results are also supported by a 2D quantitative evaluation as well as by robustness and variability evaluations. The mean discrepancy (in 2D) between the manual and automatic segmentations for regions around the spinal canal is of 1.8 (±0.8) mm. The robustness study shows that among the five factors evaluated, only the type of MRI acquisition sequence can affect the segmentation results. Finally, the variability of the automatic segmentation method is lower than the variability associated with manual segmentation performed by different physicians.
This comprehensive evaluation of the automatic segmentation and 3D reconstruction of intervertebral disks shows that the proposed technique used with specific MRI acquisition protocol can detect intervertebral disk of scoliotic patient. The newly developed technique is promising for clinical context and can eventually help surgeons during thoracoscopic intervertebral disk resection.
Depending on the severity of the curve and the risk of progression, scoliosis can be treated with rigorous observation, bracing or surgery. Several types of surgery can be performed on scoliotic patients to reduce their spinal deformations. Precise positioning of hooks and screws on vertebrae attached to a rod, using anterior or posterior approach, to bring back the normal curvature of the spine is an example
A variety of imaging modalities can be used to acquire volumetric information on the patient's anatomy preoperatively. For the current context, MRI is a relevant choice because it is a non invasive imaging modality with the capacity to capture details of soft tissues like intervertebral disks. Manual segmentation of intervertebral disks on every MRI slice is a very time-consuming process and is prone to errors for the radiologist and it is not conceivable in a clinical environment. Time to manually segment one intervertebral disk varies from 15 to 35 minutes depending on the type of MRI sequence, the number of slices covering the volume and the severity of the spinal deformation. Automatic segmentation of intervertebral disks from MRI is an innovative field and it permits reproducible 3D model of the region of interest for an augmented reality system. Towards this goal, we hypothesize that the preoperative 3D geometry of the disk could be extracted from the MRI volume by automatically segmenting the region of interest.
To our knowledge, only one study relates work on segmentation and 3D reconstruction of the intervertebral disk of scoliotic patient
Live wire has also been used to segment medical images and it is based on a cost graph principle starting with seeds points given by a user. This technique is a semi automatic segmentation technique that allows the user to select regions of interest by clicking on the images to delineate contour of a specific structure. A graph is built considering pixels as nodes and from each node an edge is created in the four main directions (up,down,left, right). These edges are weighted with features gathered from the sobel filter convolution, so that pixels that stay on the edge are lighter and the ones that go outside the edge are heavier. Several cost function can be used but gradient magnitude is widely used. This type of segmentation is particularly useful to detect complex object contour. Although some work has been done to reduce the problems of the quality of the segmentation and the computational complexity, live wire still necessitates user interaction. Even with the 3D approach
Watershed has been used in combination with other techniques in cardiology on ultrasound images
Segmentation of MR images of patients presenting different degree of scoliotic deformity clearly necessitates the development of a technique able to cope with variations of topology and shape. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a novel automatic segmentation based on our previous work
Our first objective is to improve the method developed in
Study data
The MR images were acquired at Sainte-Justine Hospital with a 1.5 Tesla Magnetom Avanto system (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). The radiofrequency (RF) transmitting and receiving units consisted of a body coil. Three different acquisition protocols were studied on 9 scoliotic patients.
The first acquisition protocol was based on a 3D MEDIC (Multi Echo Data Image Combination) sequence used in the sagittal plane with Repetition Time (TR) = 23 milliseconds (ms), Echo Time (TE) = 12 ms, slice thickness of 1 millimeter (mm) and a matrix of 256 X 256 elements leading to a voxel size of 1 mm3. The second acquisition used a 3D FISP (Fast Imaging with Steady state Precession) sequence with parameters TR=7.1 ms, TE=2.38 ms, slice thickness of 1 mm and a matrix of 256 X 256 elements leading to a voxel size of 1 mm3. The third acquisition protocol was a standard 2D Spin Echo used with parameters TR=780 ms and a TE=18 ms, with a slice thickness of 2 mm and 2.4 mm of space between slices using a matrix of 384 mm X 384 mm, leads to a pixel size of 0.67 mm2 in the sagittal direction. The three acquisition protocols were performed in the sagittal plane because our application calls for high resolution in that plane near the spinal canal and intervertebral disks. The three protocols were acquired in the same session, but since these were lengthy acquisitions we allowed the patient to move between each acquisition. The three MRI acquisition sequences were approved by the ethical committee of Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada and a written consent was obtained from the patients or their relative for publication of study.
The choice of the above acquisition protocols was based on the most commonly used sequence types for segmentation of musculoskeletal images. All three acquisition sequences have relatively short TE's because this makes it possible to see the intervertebral disks without distinguishing between the annulus and the nucleus pulposus, which is what is required in the current study (Figure
Figure 1
MRI acquisition protocols.
MRI acquisition protocols. Three different acquisition sequences for the same patient from the medium scoliotic severity group: (a) 3D MEDIC, (b) 2D Spin Echo, (c) 3D FISP.
Automatic reconstruction of intervertebral disks
The proposed algorithm has three main steps: segmentation, classification and fusion of complementary information coming from coronal and sagittal views, thus taking full advantage of the imaging modality. In brief, this algorithm is an unsupervised segmentation technique able to detect intervertebral disks in short TE MR images of scoliotic patients. As a first step, sagittal images and interpolated coronal images are segmented using the watershed technique applied to modified gradient images as reported by our group
The classification process, as described in
The classification step constitutes the second step of the reconstruction process. Being computationally expensive, the classification is limited to the sagittal images because anatomical correspondence can be performed to locate the intervertebral disk regions in the coronal images.
Fusion of disk detection in two plane
The third step of the segmentation process is the fusion of information coming from the sagittal and coronal segmentations and it represents the improvement of the technique proposed in
Hence, merging of information is important because, as illustrated in Figure
Figure 2
Problematic zone for automatic segmentation.
Problematic zone for automatic segmentation. Complementary information is found in different imaging planes. (a) Axial view of vertebra showing orientations of sagittal and coronal planes. The shaded ellipses show the regions for which intervertebral disks are hard to segment in sagittal images. (b) Segmented sagittal image corresponding to the plane showed in (a). None of the intervertebral disks are properly segmented in this sagittal image. (c) Segmented coronal image corresponding to the plane showed in (a). Several disk contours that the automatic segmentation algorithm is not able to detect in the sagittal plane, are on the other hand, well detected by algorithm in the coronal plane.
Coronal images are reconstructed from the sagittal images without the need of adding another direction of image acquisition during the MRI protocol. From these newly created coronal images, we apply the same segmentation process as for the sagittal images. The fusion of sagittal and coronal segmentation information is achieved as follows: because the slice thickness and the spacing between slices were known, it is possible to join the voxels of the sagittal disk masks and create a reference volume for each disk. The same process is applied to the unlabelled segmented coronal images, creating a set of volumes representing disks and background regions in that case. The centroids of the volumes are calculated and represented the key points for anatomical correspondence between the volumes created from the classified regions in the sagittal plane (reference disk volumes) and the set of volumes created from the segmentation of the coronal planes. Corresponding disk volumes from the two imaging planes are thus superimposed using a union operator. The fusion of the two volumes representing the same disk
Figure 3
Flowchart of the novel automatic segmentation process.
Flowchart of the novel automatic segmentation process. Flow chart of the different steps necessary to obtain the final reconstruction of the intervertebral disks.
Evaluation of the automatic segmentation
To conduct a quantitative evaluation of the automatic segmentation, comparison with gold standard is necessary. The manual segmentations of intervertebral disks performed by 3 clinical experts were considered the gold standard. The validation dataset consists of nine scoliotic patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging with the three different protocols. Three of the patients have a mild main thoracic curve (Cobb angles from 12° to 24°), three have a moderate curve (Cobb angles from 28° to 35°) and three have a more severe curve requiring surgery (Cobb angles from 43° to 60°). Each user has segmented a total of nine intervertebral disks coming from different patients presenting different curve severities and representing different MRI protocols and different positions relative to the apex of the curve. Experts have carefully indicated the boundaries of the intervertebral disks in every MR slice using the commercially available SliceOmatic™ software (Tomovision, Montreal). While doing the manual segmentation, the experts had access to the orthogonal views, just as in the proposed automatic segmentation approach.
Similarity measure
The Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) is used as a statistical metric to evaluate the performance of the novel automatic segmentation method. The DSC has been used in various studies to evaluate the segmentation of many organs in MRI and CT
where X represents the set of voxels in an intervertebral disk resulting from automatic segmentation and Y the set of voxels contained in the same intervertebral disk resulting from manual segmentation. The values for the DSC range between 0 and 1 where 0 means no overlap and 1 means a perfect overlap between the manual segmentation performed by one of the experts and the corresponding automatic segmentation. A DSC value greater than 0.7 has been reported as indicating good segmentation performance
The number of voxels contained in the volumes produced by manual and automatic segmentation is also compared to provide an indicator of over- or under-estimation of volumes created by the automatic method.
To refine the evaluation of the automatic segmentation, the 2D DSC is also calculated for every sagittal image to locate the intervertebral disk regions that are more prone to produce large errors using automatic segmentation. Moreover, a mean 2D distance in mm between the manually segmented and automatic segmented disk boundaries in the area of the spinal canal is calculated in the sagittal images spanning the canal.
The variance of the results is calculated to compare the variability of the DSC for the proposed segmentation algorithm with the inter-user variability. The inter-user variability represents the degree of concordance between manual segmentations performed by different users. To evaluate the variability, the same three disks are segmented by two clinical experts for each MRI acquisition protocol. The 3D DSC is calculated using (Eq.1) for three different cases: a first case for which manual segmentation of user 1 is compared with the automatic segmentation results, a second case for which manual segmentation of user 2 is compared with the automatic segmentation results and a third case for which manual segmentation of user 1 is compared with manual segmentation of user 2.
As the second objective of the paper is to evaluate the robustness of the automatic segmentation algorithm, we have evaluated whether the results of the automatic segmentation are influenced by specific factors characterizing the MR images of scoliotic patients. An experimental factorial design is used to determine the effect of five major characteristics of MR images of scoliotic patients. The studied factors are: 1) the type of MRI acquisition sequence, 2) the position of the intervertebral disk relative to the apex of the curvature, 3) the degree of severity of the curvature, 4) the MRI inter-patient variability for each image acquisition protocol, and finally 5) the user who performed the manual segmentation.
The Table
With a factorial design taking into account simple and double interactions of four factors, and with three blocks of patients to also consider the uncontrollable factor related to MRI inter-patient variability, the number of runs is 27: 3(4–2) x 3 blocks = 27, or
3D similarity measure
The study included segmentation of 27 intervertebral disks coming from 9 scoliotic patients and 3 different MRI acquisition protocols. Table
To assess the segmentation performance in terms of over- or under-segmentation of the volume of an intervertebral disk, the number of voxels is calculated for the 27 different intervertebral disks. For each type of MRI sequence, there are a total of nine disks, each corresponding to a different patient, and representing different Cobb angles and different positions relative to the apex. Figure
Figure 4
Volume and 3D DSC measurements.
Volume and 3D DSC measurements. The three graphs represent the volumes of the 27 intervertebral disks obtained manually and automatically and the 3D DSC values for each MRI acquisition sequence: (a) for the 3D MEDIC, (b) for the Spin Echo and (c) for the 3D FISP.
Typical results for the 3D reconstruction of intervertebral disks are shown in Figure
Figure 5
3D reconstruction of intervertebral disks.
3D reconstruction of intervertebral disks. 3D reconstruction of intervertebral disks obtained with the manual and automatic segmentation procedures. The first column shows a 3D reconstruction in light gray representing the manual segmentation; the second column shows a 3D reconstruction in dark gray representing the automatic segmentation. The third column shows the superimposition of the manual and automatic segmentations. The first row shows the results for the Spin Echo MRI sequence, the second row shows the results for the 3D MEDIC and the third row shows the results for the 3D FISP.
2D similarity measure
To complete the performance evaluation of the novel automatic segmentation algorithm, the 2D DSC is calculated on all slices of all the intervertebral disk volumes in this study. Tables
Figure 6
2D measurements.
2D measurements. Graphs of the 2D DSC relative to slice number are presented for the (a) Spin Echo, (d) 3D MEDIC and (g) 3D FISP sequences. In the 2D images, cyan represents manual segmentation and red represents automatic segmentation of the intervertebral disk for slices in the lateral and mid-sagittal planes of the disk for the Spin Echo ((b) and (c)), 3D MEDIC ((e) and (f)), and 3D FISP (h) and (i) sequences.
We also sought to quantify the discrepancy between the 2D boundaries of the manual and automatic segmentations in the sagittal imaging slices surrounding the spinal canal, for the Spin Echo and 3D MEDIC sequences. In this evaluation, we find that the automatic segmentation was underestimated (
Variability of the 3D DSC results
When developing segmentation algorithms for clinical imaging data, an accepted gold standard is the corresponding manual segmentation, but the latter introduces inter-user variability. In our case, a comparison of the variance of the results of the proposed segmentation algorithm with the variance of the manual segmentation results for two users shows that for the 3D MEDIC and Spin Echo sequences, the variability introduced by the automatic segmentation is lower than the inter-user variability for both users. Table
The ANOVA analysis and Pareto chart of effects (Figure
Figure 7
Pareto chart.
Pareto chart. Pareto Chart of the estimated effects of the 4 controllable factors and 1 uncontrollable factor (Block) on the DSC values. The four controllable factors are the position of the disk relative to the apex of the curvature, the user performing the manual segmentation, the MRI acquisition sequence and the Cobb angle. The uncontrollable factor is the block corresponding to the inter-patient variability. Block 1, Block 2 and Block 3 illustrate the three groups used to create the block. The asterisk * represents the quadratic term and if not specified, the linear term is considered in the equation for the statistical model used to estimate the effect. If more than one factor is specified, this means that the interaction of the 2 specified factors is studied.
Using clinical dataset from real scoliotic patients is important for this study because topology of the spine on MR images varies a lot from normal to scoliotic patient adding important challenge in the segmentation process. In this context, it is commonly accepted to set manual segmentation as gold standard. Aside from the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) used to test the validation criteria, the calculation of volume is also part of the evaluation. The similarity coefficient has the advantage of taking into account the spatial dependency, which is not the case when reporting volumes only. Conversely, although geometrically intuitive, the DSC lacks information about the type of segmentation error, namely whether over- or under-segmentation occurs. By taking into account both metrics (DSC and volume), the current study provides a comprehensive quantitative evaluation of the automatic segmentation applied to a clinical dataset composed of 27 intervertebral disks coming from nine scoliotic patients.
From the comparison of the automatic segmentation with manual segmentation, we find that the proposed algorithm yields to spatial volumes that are similar to the gold standard, since the average 3D DSC values of 0.79 for the 3D MEDIC and 0.75 for the Spin Echo (Table
No other study on segmentation based on region detection for 3D reconstruction of intervertebral disk of scoliotic patient exists. However Michopoulou
Results reveals that the reconstructed 3D volumes of intervertebral disks are systematically underestimated (mean discrepancy of 22.5%) compared to volumes obtained with manual segmentation performed on 3D MEDIC and Spin Echo MR images. For the 3D FISP, there is no trend in over- or under-segmentation but there is a mean discrepancy of 30% between the automatic volumes and the manual volumes. Indeed, there is less consistency from slice to slice for the 3D FISP images because the automatic segmentation algorithm has trouble with the blurred boundaries of intervertebral disks often found in the 3D FISP sequences. The three clinical experts who performed the manual segmentation all agreed that the intervertebral disks were harder to delimitate in the 3D FISP sequences because of the blurred contours (due to variation of pixel intensities along the boundaries). Hence, even in the manually identified volumes, there is less consistency from slice to slice compared to the two other types of MR images.
The volume underestimation resulting from the automatic segmentation algorithm applied to 3D MEDIC and Spin Echo images occurs more in the lateral slices than in the mid-sagittal slices. Superimposition of volumes in space and 2D evaluation of the DSC (see Tables
For surgeons, the underestimation of the volume of anatomical structures is viewed as a margin of safety in a computer assistance system. Indeed, by reasonably underestimating the working volume (e.g. the intervertebral disk), surgeons will have more confidence in the 3D model, since they will know that if their surgical tools are inside the 3D model there is no chance to injure critical anatomical structures (e.g. the spinal cord). For example, in spinal release before instrumentation of scoliotic patient, the intervertebral disk must be partially removed and delicate anatomical structures surrounding the disk like the spinal canal and aorta must not be injured during the procedure. These structures are located to the anterior left side of the disk (for the aorta) and to the posterior side (for the spinal canal). The distance in mm between the manual and the automatic segmentations in the sagittal slices spanning the spinal canal is of 3.4 mm (±1.5mm) for the Spin Echo and 1.8 mm (±0.8mm) for the 3D MEDIC. The greater underestimation of the disk for the Spin Echo sequence can be explained by the fact that for half of the patients, the Spin Echo sequence resulted in images with some pixels being brighter in the nucleus compared to the annulus, thus misleading the automatic segmentation process which detected the nucleus boundary as the external disk boundary. A modification of the parameters of the Spin Echo sequence would eliminate this discrepancy between the results in mm of the 3D MEDIC and Spin Echo sequences. Hence, for a disk resection application, a mean underestimation distance of 1.8 mm in the mid-sagittal planes compared to manually segmented contours gives an adequate margin of safety.
The variability associated with the use of automatic segmentation is lower than the variability associated with manual segmentation performed by different users. This is true for both the 3D MEDIC and Spin Echo MR sequences, therefore making the use of the automatic segmentation method clinically feasible. Hence, this study addresses an important issue concerning the use of computer assistance in a clinical environment. Indeed, for an automatic segmentation algorithm to be acceptable, the variability of the 3D model on which the computer assistance system relies should be equal to or lower than the variability of an equivalent 3D model obtained from manual segmentation.
One of the limits of the study is that for the three MRI sequences, the Field Of View (FOV) encompasses only five to seven vertebral levels. It is well known that scoliotic patients often have double curvature (one in the thoracic region and one in the lumbar region of the spine). With such a small FOV it is not possible to image both curvatures at a time. This limitation also entails that in the robustness evaluation, the effect of the position of the disk relative to the spinal region (thoracic or lumbar) has not been considered. Because thoracic disks are smaller than lumbar disks, the behavior of the automatic segmentation algorithm may vary for different vertebral levels. In the current study, the spinal curves included in the MRI were mainly in the lumbar and lower thoracic regions.
However, the robustness study does include an evaluation of the effects of five important factors. Results show that the proposed automatic segmentation algorithm is robust, in light of the fact that the results for the 3D DSC are not affected by the severity of the spinal deformity, the position of the disk relative to the apex or the inter-patient MR intensity variation. On the other hand, the type of MR acquisition sequence is important and could substantially affect the results of the automatic segmentation. Considering that the mean 3D DSC value is significantly lower for the 3D FISP than for the other two sequences (Table
The recommended MR acquisition protocols for the proposed intervertebral disk automatic segmentation method are thus the Spin Echo and 3D MEDIC MR sequences. There is no statistical difference between the 3D DSC results of for these two protocols. The choice between 3D MEDIC and Spin Echo will depend on the clinician. The acquisition time of the 3D MEDIC sequence is 2.5 times longer than for Spin Echo. A longer acquisition time means less reproducible results because patients are more prone to move during the acquisition. Depending on the clinician and on the application, one might decide to use Spin Echo even if some interpolation is required between slices in order to reconstruct in 3D, because an acquisition time of only 12 minutes is more feasible and will have more chance of giving non-blurred images for all patients.
Although the applicability of this method is limited to specific MRI acquisition protocol, the proposed automatic segmentation of intervertebral disks on scoliotic patient is accurate, reliable, and reproducible tool for volume extraction of intervertebral disk of scoliotic patient. The proposed automatic segmentation algorithm is able to cope with patients presenting varying degrees of scoliotic spinal deformity. This work is an important step toward providing reliable pre-operative model updated using intra-operative images to help surgeons to visualize structures of interests during surgeries such as disk resection.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
CC and FC made substantial conceptual contributions to the design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data, and contributed to drafting of the manuscript. GG and M-CM were involved in manual segmentation and in image data analysis and interpretation of the MRI, and gave their input from a clinical point of view. C-EA gave critical revision of the manuscript regarding important intellectual content. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
We would like to acknowledge the participation of scoliotic patients. Written consent was obtained from the patient or their relative for publication of study. This project was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and by the Canada Research Chair Program. This work was also supported in part by grants from the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT).
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"It would not be human of me to say I'm not going to miss it."
Thank you Shea Weber for what you have meant to the Predators and by extension what you mean to me and my family. I've been a season ticket holder since 2002, and proud member of Cell Block 303. As such, I've spent 41 nights a year watching you play for the last ten years. I was a fan when you were drafted. I was a fan when you were part of the team in 2006 that scored 110 points in the regular season. My daughter was born that year and has not known a time that you weren't on our team. I was a fan when you won an Olympic gold medal the same year your d-line partner came home with a silver. That included the game you shot the puck THROUGH THE NET during the contest against Russia. In the Cell Block, we say "give it to Shea, and get out of the way!". I was a fan when you became our youngest captain at 24. I was a fan when you were nominated for the Norris Trophy, won your second Olympic gold, won the hardest shot contest in two of your five NHL All Star appearances, and won the Mark Messier Leadership award just last week. I was a fan because you were slow to anger, but when "angry Shea" awoke, often in defense of a team mate, there was going to be hell to pay.
The list of your quotes is short and some would say unremarkable, but I noticed that they're always humble, always thankful, and always mindful that you are part of a team. That's not unremarkable in my book.
You were our first "home grown" captain. It didn't seem to matter who we paired you with, all great d-men in their own right, it's your line, that was always named as one of the best blue lines in hockey. You're a small town son of a hardresser and a sawmill worker who married your high school sweet heart and has used your good fortune to support cancer research, and Big Buddies, and the Special Olympics. Just a great guy, and our captain. Professional hockey is a business and for us regular Joe's and Jane's, sometimes that SUCKS! Good luck in your future ventures, both on and off the ice. Hope to see you in the finals next year.
Still a fan of heroes,
Stephen Dishman (303-F5)
"It would not be human of me to say I'm not going to miss it."
#SheaWeber #NashvillePredators #Smashville #NHL #Predators #Preds #Captain #Nashville
Here are links to some of my favorite Shea moments:
Shea and Roman messing around:
Shea surprises military family with locker room tour:
Shea shoots the puck through the net:
Shea shoots the puck through the boards:
Shea shoots the puck through a goalie:
Stars goalie takes Shea Weber slapshot to the groin, crumbles
and another one …
Frederik Andersen Survives A Shea Weber Slapshot Off The Mask
and ended with reason to celebrate:
All that stress and drama in-between? Well, it was late at night, and we've all slept it off, right?
Here's what "The Warden" Mark Hollingsworth had to say about it all:
Ohhhhhh…somebody make me a sweet tomata sammich!!! The Preds come back from being down 3 games to 2 to win the final pair, thus eliminating the Schmucks and moving onward to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a gutsy 2-1 thriller in Micky Mouse Land last night.
Pekka "The Eraser" Rinne was, indeed, golden between the pipes for the the Smashcats, stopping 36 of 37 Anaheim attempts (97%). He was absolutely Herculean in these final 2 contests, turning away 62 of 64 shots. Besides the myriad good saves and rebound control, his puck-handling was pure throughout the contest–cutting off numerous Duckling shoot-ins behind the net, and making wise passing decisions on numerous occasions.
The team defense was bracing, too, blocking 24 shot attempts, as well as repeatedly deflecting or intercepting innumerable passes. Addionally, I'm not sure I have ever seen a team so willing to absorb the punishment of copious blows as they paid the price in lifting the puck out of the D-Zone with grit and skill over and over and over throughout the night. There were at least a handful of instances where there were up to 4 Preds diving on the ice trying to protect the crease around Pekks when some scrums were underway. They were simply not going to let the malevolent mallards generate many scoring attempts.
It truly was a team win with every single player making contributions in their own ways. But I'll point out a few individual efforts: Cap'n Shea led by example with an assist, 4 hits, a block, and just plain solid positioning around the net. Josi proved why he is one of the best shot blockers in the world with a game-high 7 deflections (overall the team out-blocked the Orange Barrels 24-10). Gaustad had the terrific redirected goal that proved to be the game winner (hence it was truly a game of "Duck-Duck-Goose") and had a lofty 71% success rate in the face-off circle. Willie continued his playoff prowess with his tremendous eye-to-hand coordination controlling a bouncing puck to lift a deft backhand shot over a hapless Andersen to take the lead in the first period. Salty had some massive hits (one in particular into the boards on that cretin, Perry, in the third) that set the tone. Jackman was outstanding in his calm resolve, making consistently good decisions on defense.
Pred fans should be proud of the 4 rookies who played with grit and grace in their first Game 7: Bitetto, Arvidsson, Sissons, and Salomaki. They all logged important minutes and were spirited, yet responsible in their efforts.
Less than 10% of the North American hockey media experts/pundits picked the Preds to win this series. In fact, many of them christened Anaheim as their favorite to win the Cup this year. But the Mighty Sucks have now solidified themselves as certified choke artists: In their last 4 playoff appearances since 2012, they have blown 3-2 series leads, and lost Game 7 on HOME ice. That has to be a pro record in any sport for futility in the clutch. Coach Boudreau now has a 1-7 career record in Game 7's, whereas the Preds' Coach Laviolette improves to 5-1 in Game 7's. Methinks Boudreau and his staff will all be unemployed by the end of this day, and that some rebuilding will be in order…but, all of that is THEIR problem….the Predators are heading on the the second round against the Sharts up the coast in San Jose! Game 1 is Friday night at 9 PM Central Time on NBCSN (Comcast 50 in Nashville). The emotional carryover while starting directly in the next series should actually benefit the Men in Gold. This is going to be another terrific series.
That's 4 down and 12 more to go to earn the silver Cup, boys! Let's go Preds!]]>
We're waiting.
Can you imagine if this summer, right before the gold medal game, the basketball team representing the United States of America – Team USA, if you will – decided in the middle of the game to throw away their jerseys and put on Lakers jerseys instead?
Well, for one thing they wouldn't do that, but for another, everyone would be wildly confused about why this team that is purportedly representing their country decided that some other logo and team name was more worthy of their representation.
In D2: The Mighty Ducks, Disney expects you to buy this premise. You're expected to believe that Iceland – a team so patriotic that they have their country's name on their jersey in Icelandic (or phonetically, we don't speak Icelandic but Bjork is pretty cool) – is somehow the bad guy because they happen to be very good at hockey.
Spoiler alert, in the final game, the Ducks are getting their tails blown out of the Pond (this is not a pun – the final game of the movie takes place at the building currently known as the Honda Center, formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond). During the second intermission, Coach Gordon Bombay encourages his team to cast aside their red, white, and blue rags and put their Mighty Ducks jerseys on instead.
It seems like John Hoynes could have derailed the whole Bartlet for America train if he had just pointed out this little tidbit of information in the primaries.
The Mighty Ducks turn their backs on America. They are not Team USA – they are the Mighty Ducks, despite the fact that they are playing in a fictional international tournament and are the host country.
The worst part of all of this?
The Anaheim fans cheer them. They cheer them.
Perhaps it's not all that surprising that this group of turncoats can't even crack the varsity roster at their high school.
Shame on you, Mighty Ducks. And shame on you, Anaheim.
We deserve better.
Your country deserves better.]]>
Bryan Bickell: Loves it when you confuse him with Stu Bickel. No, really. It's great.
Daniel Carcillo: Buddy Oakes' favorite player. Also with twelve career suspensions, he's Chicago's version of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Corey Crawford: Can't stop a nosebleed.
Kyle Cumiskey: Owned the White Sox during the 1919 Black Sox scandal. The players took the money due to his notoriously cheap ways. Pretty much responsible for Shoeless Joe not being in the Hall of Fame.
Scott Darling: Schooled in the ways of Mitch Korn. Former Admiral. Likely a Nashville sleeper agent.
Andrew Desjardins: Wore 69 in his NHL debut because it is totes hilarious, brah. Has an extensive fedora collection. Former teammate of Stanley Cup champion Antti Niemi.
Niklas Hjalmarsson: Fun fact. Doc pronounces his name as "Chalmerson"…which might actually be right.
Marian Hossa: Game 5. Game 5. Game 5. Game 5. Game 5. Also was a Thrasher once, but doesn't like to talk about it.
Patrick Kane: I mean there was that taxi thing and I don't think anyone has made a joke about that yet.
Duncan Keith: Defending Norris Trophy winner, won gold at the Olympics last year. That's all great, but his teeth are fake.
Marcus Kruger: Swedish version of Freddy Krueger. Instead of having a glove with razors, it's all Allen wrenches and he takes apart shelves in the dreams of Swedish children, which while not being scary is kind of frustrating because those shelves are really hard to put together.
Joakim Nordstrom: Way overpriced for what you get, but generally built with a Joakim Nordstrom Rack, which is like a classier TJ Maxx Talbot.
Johnny Oduya: Former Thrasher. Loves when you turn is last name into a question.
Michael Paliotta: Was in your seventh grade English class, but you totally forgot about him until you just read his name.
Antti Raanta: The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup with Antti Niemi and then cut him loose that summer. They have another Antti because it's basically like having the same thing. Right, Antti Pihlstrom?
Brad Richards: Was not put on waivers by the Kings this season. You're thinking of the other one.
Michal Rozsival: You may remember him from the 2012 playoff series versus the Coyotes, but you know who probably doesn't? Alexander Radulov.
David Rundblad: He's 24 and has been traded three times already. May have been traded while I typed this sentence.
Brandon Saad: Grew up watching Sidney Crosby. You know that guy that seems really cool, but you kind of hate him because he's like 9 years old and doesn't remember things from like 10 years ago because he was too young? That's Brandon Saad.
Brent Seabrook: Has apparently never found a helmet big enough for his head.
Patrick Sharp: Sharp is to hair what Ryan Getzlaf isn't.
Andrew Shaw: Brandon Saad with diving.
Kimmo Timonen: It's nothing personal, bae.
Jonathan Toews: Also known as "Canaan Toews" according to that one Blackhawks fan sitting next to you with a crooked 9 on his green Toews jersey. Known as "Captain Serious" because of his love for satellite radio.
Antoine Vermette: Vermette was basically everything that Radulov was not in the 2012 playoff series against Arizona. He completely dominated the Predators in every which way. In fact, Vermette has pretty much dominated Nashville ever since he was traded from Ottawa to Columbus. For this reason, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville will be scratching him on Wednesday.
Kris Versteeg: The best Chicago athlete ever to wear #23 according to one poster on Reddit who was subsequently downvoted into oblivion.]]>
Here in 303, we feel it is our right — no, our duty — to prepare you for this series.
Here are some things to keep in mind when Chicago comes to town:
• Their fans cheer during the National Anthem. Here's why.
• They have a pretty annoying goal song.
• Don't take Brent Seabrook's cookies.
• Duncan Keith's hair used to look like this.
• We still love Kimmo Timonen.
• There is no H in the pronunciation of Hjalmarsson…or sense either.
• Jonathan Toews inspired some really great T-shirts.
• Brad Richards definitely posed for this photo.
• Marian Hossa has nothing on Krazy Kyle.
• Even the President made fun of Corey Crawford.
• Patrick Sharp…actually, he seems kind of awesome.
• If you drive for Uber or Lyft, maybe don't pick up Patrick Kane.
Feel free to use these bits of information however you see fit.
We'll see you guys in Smashville on Wednesday night!]]>
As we approach another of the wildly popular bobblehead nights (ahem, told you Sean), the Predators decided to have a little fun with this one.
Perhaps taking a dig at the #Flyers' unsuccessful bid to sign a certain D-man in 2012, the #Preds will give away Shea Weber bobbleheads Sat.
— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) December 27, 2014
Gee, no isht Sherlock.
Do we really need to take a look back at what has spurned the love-hate that exists between Nashville and Philadelphia? The "stunning coup" as Paul Holmgren swooped in like a vulture, taking Timonen and Hartnell, and leaving Nashville with a pick that was used on Jonathon Blum, or maybe throwing Ryan Parent back at us when trying to sign Dan Hamhuis (say it with me, Ham-hoose). Maybe the Flyers owners considered the future consideration involved with the Sergei Klimentiev trade as worthy of their offer sheet of Shea Weber? Regardless, it's obvious that Philadelphia has viewed Nashville as another minor-league affiliate that they can pick and choose who to add to their own coffers.
Is tonight about more than a bobblehead.. of course it is! Shall we recap?
So, is tonight about a little more than a bobblehead? Yeah, you could say that.
(photo credit: Sarah Fuqua)]]>
Prancer – The only other reindeer in the list with his own movie. Granted, I've never seen the movie, nor have I known anyone who has seen it. However, it stars Sam Elliott, who was in The Big Lebowski…so…yeah.
Blitzen – If Nick Saban had a reindeer, this would probably be its name. However, since I refuse to rank a beaten team number one over an unbeaten team, Blitzen/Alabama will reside at number 3 on this list, but still safely inside the playoff.
Dasher/Dancer (tie) – These are basically the same reindeer.
Cupid – Cupid is a nice name for a cat, but what exactly is this reindeer's action. Rudolph is the "red-nosed reindeer", so we know what he does. Prancer prances, Dasher and Dancer dash and dance…Blitzen apparently runs out of the 46 defense. Is Cupid spreading love among the other reindeer?
Vixen – Going off of our number 5…is Vixen a boy reindeer or a girl reindeer? Is this that confusing thing where Bambi was a male deer and yet has been adopted as a female name? If Vixen is a girl reindeer, she needs to be ranked higher. However, under the premise that this reindeer is a male named "Vixen", he will let him sit here at number 6.
Comet – Comet is the reindeer version of a puckhog. Obviously by his name, he has great speed. However, he has been relegated to the back of the reindeer order due to his inability to pace his fellow reindeer. Unable to control his speed, Comet's attempts at leadership become unmitigated disasters leading to fatigue and ruined Christmases when his exhausted compatriates are unable to help Santa deliver gifts in time.
Donner – This reindeer has to wear a muzzle for obvious reasons.
Note: 303 refuses to recognize Olive the Other Reindeer as official Chrismas Canon. We also refuse to recognize obviously fake reindeer such as Colin Wilson's "Jupiter" and Homer Simpson's "Nixon" and "Donna Dixon".]]>
Of course…that leaves us with a laundry list of things that we want to see on the last weekend of January next year…
Photo: NHL]]>
More than a decade ago, a small corner of the Internet was carved out to discuss hockey in a fresh, innovative way. This community, shaped by passionate hobbyists, laid the groundwork for a movement akin to the one Bill James orchestrated in the 1970's.
In 2008, Tim Barnes realized shot attempts can serve as a proxy for puck possession. Barry Trotz's Capitals hired him last week.
Eric Tulsky, who discovered the true importance of controlled zone entries, has worked for multiple NHL teams—including the Predators.
Tyler Dellow ruthlessly criticizing the Oilers on his website, often citing advanced stats to prove their ineptitude. Edmonton brought him on board in August.
Sunny Mehta, also a former Oilers blogger, was snatched up by the Devils in June.
The Maple Leafs, famous for their poor shot differential over the last two seasons, hired numbers-savvy Kyle Dubas as their assistant GM. Dubas has since formed an impressive analytics department in Toronto, one that's comprised of former bloggers.
The list goes on and on.
Of course, not everyone has embraced this movement. Lots of digital ink has been spilt over the fight between advanced stats proponents and traditionalists. Those who swear by the eye test might tell you Corsi is a bunch of crap; others will swear by Corsi's power.
But if the stubborn traditionalists are right, why has almost every NHL club embraced analytics? Why has almost every contender over the six years been a stats darling? Why has Corsi and Fenwick and PDO been so much better at predicting future outcomes than the "experts"?
The answers to these questions should be obvious. As was the case in baseball, basketball, soccer and football, the numbers won. The war is over.
Fans have certainly noticed this shift. What was once a small corner is now a vast space where droves of readers visit every day. Even mainstream outlets such as Yahoo, TSN and Sporting News have adjusted accordingly.
However, few have been able to relate this subject to Nashville, which brings me to the crux of the matter.
I, a writer with too much free time, have launched a Predators blog focusing on analytics. My goal is to use that platform to help local fans learn about the new concepts that are transforming hockey.
For those who don't know me, I've been writing about hockey since 2007. From 2009-13 I covered the Hurricanes; last fall I covered the Preds during my brief stint in Tennessee.
My career took me out of Nashville, but I still want to discuss the game on a regular basis. Thus, the blog was born.
I've published a few posts already, which you can read at sabertoothedmetrics.com. I wouldn't expect detailed articles after every game, but you'll find 2-4 stories per week that (mostly) focus on the big picture.
And if you'd like, you can follow me on Twitter @PredsAnalytics. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
Photo Credit: Sarah Fuqua]]>
I'm thrilled (and sad) to announce that April 12 was not my final game.
I have decided to move on from section303.com and become a reporter for the Nashville Predators flagship station 102.5 The Game. I will be pinch hitting for Darren McFarland as the pre- and post-game host when he's out of town this season, conducting player interviews that you'll be able to hear on every home post-game show as well as write for the station's website.
In short, I will cover the team at every home game — just as I have for the past four years – but now I'll be getting paid to do it.
Needless to say this is a huge opportunity for me and it's a dream come true. I was able to serve as in-game studio host six times last year and I could have died a happy man having been a part of just those six. Former NHLers Dan Keczmer, Jay More, Brent Peterson and Stu Grimson were all by my side in some capacity during those six games and their encouragement was critical to my confidence.
I would like to thank several people for the opportunity in front of me. Nashville Predators Director of Broadcasting Bob Kohl, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Chris Parker, Senior Vice President of Communications Gerry Helper, Communications Manager Kevin Wilson and 102.5 The Game Program Director Jeremy Bennefield. Without any one of them, I would not have been considered for the position, let alone actually gotten the job.
To my Preds blogging brethren – both past and present. Brandon Felder, Buddy Oakes, Amanda O'Brien, Ryan Porth, Robby Stanley, Patten Fuqua, Kris Martel, Justin Bradford, Andrew Hirsch and Thomas Willis. You guys are my second family. Not just because we share a passion for the sport but because we always had each other's backs. The friendships that developed out of "the row" are special and will be lifelong.
To my wife, Lynn, and my son, Mogilny. You have sacrificed a lot for me to live my dream of covering an NHL team. I won't even waste your time trying to find the words to thank you because words will never relay the level of gratitude I have for you.
To Sarah Fuqua whose amazing photographs gave all of my stories a more professional look just by being on the page. I was blessed to benefit from your beautiful eye and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you.
To Mark Hollingsworth, a/k/a "The Warden." You started this thing called Cell Block 303 back in 1998 and you passed the online baton to Codey and I 10 years later. Not only did I have the opportunity to grow and develop as a writer because of you but you gave me an audience. I am forever grateful.
To Codey Holland who, back in 2008, rescued the website domain from purgatory and then said "Okay, Gover… go write." You are one of my best friends and I can't thank you enough for all that you've done for me these past six years. Your support (both personally and technologically) has meant the world to me and I wouldn't be anything without you.
Finally, to you, the reader. Yes, I would write even if nobody read a single word but your support was beyond my wildest dreams. It encouraged me to work harder, be better, operate faster and write stronger. 303 took home two Toast of Music City Awards, a Best of Nashville Award and even a broadasting A.I.R. Award, all thanks to you. There were plenty of other sites to choose from (Smashville 24/7, PuckScene, Predlines, The Predatorial, Inside Smashville, The Tennessean, The Examiner, The City Paper, etc.) but you chose to support us. Thank you.
Believe me when I tell you that the best section303.com has yet to come. You'll see why in a matter of days.
As for me, my first story will be up on TheGameNashville.com when they launch their new site shortly. If you're on Twitter and care about what I have to say regarding the Predators and hockey in general, you can follow me at @goverjkg.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sarah Fuqua (used with permission)]]>
Three forwards, two defensemen and one goalie were to be selected by each media member. The players with the most votes made the team while any player receiving just one vote made the honorable mention category.
F – David Pastrnak (Boston) – arguably the best player on the ice for any of the four teams
F – Kevin Fiala (Nashville) – looked so comfortable despite being 18 years old that he dominated at times; Nashville's best player
F – Filip Forsberg (Nashville) – factored in on four of the five Predators goals in the tournament
D – Aaron Ekblad (Florida) – started slow but played well on both Sunday and Tuesday
D – Jonathan Diaby (Nashville) – arguably the most impressive defenseman in the tournament
G – Sam Brittain (Florida) – played in all three games and stopped 55 of 57 shots
HM – Brayden Point (Tampa Bay)
HM – Kodie Curran (Tampa Bay)
PHOTO CREDIT: Jeremy K. Gover // section303.com]]>
"I've heard some people say 'Kevin Fiala may be able to make your team this year,'" Poile told us at the draft. "That would be pretty special if he can do that."
A strong development camp got fans excited but, now that he's one of the best players (if not the best) on any of the four teams in the rookie tournament so far, fans are starting to think it could become a reality. But, with the sheer number of veteran forwards the Preds have headed into the season, the math doesn't add up. In short, two veterans would have to lose their jobs to make room for him and is Nashville willing to gamble that the 18-year old is, in fact, ready?
Which leaves two options. Fiala can either return to Sweden and play for the HV71 squad he played with last year or, because he's European, can join the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, Nashville's top development team despite being just 18. There are pro's and con's to both. Staying in North America would allow him to experience the smaller North American ice and the more physical style of play. But, were he to go back to Sweden, he'd be able to work on his game in an environment that he's probably more comfortable in, thereby reducing the pressure to produce right now.
We asked Fiala straight up on Monday what he would do if he doesn't make the Predators club out of training camp.
"I think I'll go back to Sweden if I don't make the team," he said.
Obviously anything can change but that's obviously where he's leaning. And more power to him if he and the Predators feel like that's best for his development. After all, the Admirals will not be short on talent. Logic suggests that guys like Filip Forsberg, Colton Sissons, Miikka Salomaki and Austin Watson will all start in Milwaukee. Fiala wouldn't necessarily be buried on the "call-up chart" behind those guys but he wouldn't necessarily be ahead of them either.
And, again, it's not like the Predators have a shortage of veteran forwards.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sarah Fuqua (used with permission)]]>
The Nashville Predators continued their strong play in the rookie tournament but fell to the Florida Panthers, 3-1, on Sunday night.
In a reversal from yesterday, Rob Madore started between the pipes for Nashville and Magnus Hellberg played the second half. Madore turned aside six of seven shots while Hellberg stopped 13 of the 14 he faced. Over the past 24 hours of hockey, Madore has allowed two goals on 29 shots and Hellberg has allowed just one on 25.
Needless to say, despite the loss on Sunday, they're impressing the coaching staff.
"Both of them have played real well," Milwaukee Admirals head coach Dean Evason said. "Magnus didn't give anything up yesterday and I thought Madore played great yesterday. They both battled. It's going to be fun to see them compete."
Hellberg, who dealt with two separate injuries last season, is just thrilled to be back on the ice.
"I'm pretty happy," he said about his play so far in the tournament. "I think my last game was in April so it was a long time ago. I felt a little rusty in the beginning last night but I think I grew into the game more and more. And today I built off yesterday. I felt a little more relaxed, was a little more patient and tracked the puck better [tonight]."
Florida got things started when Logan Shaw took an Aaron Ekblad pass and put it past Madore for the 1-0 lead early in the second.
Predators captain Colton Sissons would answer moments later as Filip Forsberg picked a Florida defenders pocket behind the net. The puck came to Sissons who evened the score.
"There was a little bit of a scramble up front and I think [Forsberg] tapped it off his pad," Sissons said. "I knew I had to get it upstairs. Fortunately, I did that."
Vincent Trocheck put a shot past Hellberg midway through the final frame to put the Panthers back up by a goal. Victoria Royals product Steven Hodges added the empty netter in the final minute to seal the victory.
"We had a lot of real good efforts from our group," Evason said. "We had a ton of energy and had a lot of opportunities to score. We just need to finish. We were happy with all the guys. We thought we competed and we thought we saw a lot of good skill."
The Preds will take the ice for one last rookie tournament game at Ford Ice Center on Tuesday afternoon. The Boston Bruins will be the opponent and the puck drops at 1:00pm.
Immediately following every rookie tournament game, we will pick a player from each team who made the biggest impression. Our "Impressions of the Game" for Nashville vs. Florida are as follows:
PREDATORS: Filip Forsberg (1 assist; always made things happen when on the ice, rebounded from a three-penalty game yesterday)
PANTHERS: Sam Brittain (19 saves; it was all Nashville early on and Brittain weathered the storm to keep his team in the game)
Florida 3, Nashville 1
Sunday, September 14, 2014 – Ford Ice Center
Nashville 0 1 0 0 – 1
Tampa Bay 0 1 2 0 – 3
1st Period – No Scoring.
2nd Period – Florida, Shaw 1 (Ekblad) 5:24. Nashville, Sissons 1 (Forsberg) 12:29.
3rd Period – Florida, Trocheck 1 (unassisted) 12:50. Florida, Hodges 1 (unassisted) 19:04 (EN).
Shots on Goal-Nashville 7-13-11-31. Florida 3-7-12-22
Power Play Opportunities-Nashville 0/11. Tampa Bay 0/8
Goalies-Nashville, Madore 0-0-0 (7 shots, 6 saves), Hellberg 0-1-0 (14 shots, 13 saves). Florida, Brittain 0-0-0 (20 shots, 19 saves), Saunders 1-0-0 (11 shots, 11 saves).
Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2
Sunday, September 14, 2014 – Ford Ice Center
Tampa Bay 0 1 1 1 – 3
Boston 1 0 1 0 – 2
1st Period – Boston, Sexton 1 (Lindblad), 12:13.
2nd Period – Tampa Bay, Nesterov 1 (Drouin, Point) 10:36 (PP).
3rd Period – Tampa Bay, Aviani 1 (Kunyk) 4:05. Boston, Simonelli 1 (unassisted) 13:12 (PP).
Overtime – Tampa Bay, Curran 1 (Drouin, Point) 4:51.
Shots on Goal-Boston 7-8-7-3-25. Tampa Bay 8-6-4-5-23
Power Play Opportunities-Boston 1/7. Tampa Bay 0/7
Goalies-Boston, Morrison 0-0-0 (23 shots, 20 saves). Tampa Bay, Gudlevskis 1-0-0 (25 shots, 23 saves).
The Preds beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon in front of a capacity standing room only crowd. All sets of bleachers were packed and the fans behind the goal by the rink entrance were four or five deep.
More impressive than the crowd, however, was the talent on display. Despite Tampa boasting superstar Jonathan Drouin (#3 overall in 2013), Nashville clearly had the better lineup as a whole. Their top line featured Filip Forsberg, Colton Sissons and 2014 first round pick Kevin Fiala looked outstanding together.
"I played with Sissons a lot in Milwaukee last year," Forsberg said. "And Kevin is a really really good player. Just try to catch up with his speed and try to get him the puck and he'll get it back to you."
Forsberg took three penalties in the opening contest but made up for it by potting the game winning goal in overtime.
"Getting one penalty is bad but taking two makes you want to get out there and make it up to the team," Forsberg said. "I was lucky that I was able to pay it back to them with a goal at the end."
Fiala scored the opening goal and put the Preds up 1-0 early in the second. Forsberg carried the puck into the zone but blew a tire. As he fell, he still had the presence of mind to hit a breaking Fiala with a pass. The 18-year old Swiss forward evaded his checker and snapped a wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy.
"My plan was to get it to him but I was a little unlucky that I fell," Forsberg said about the pass. "I was lucky that I was still able to get it over to him. He had a really good finish there."
Nashville's second line was impressive as well. Brendan Leipsic (who assisted on Forsberg's OT winner), Miikka Salomaki and Viktor Arvidsson used their speed and puck handling abilities to frequently generate scoring chances in the Tampa end. Vasilevskiy and then , in the second half of the game, Kristers Gudlevskis were the difference makers for the Lightning.
The Lightning did get chances of their own, no question. But goaltenders Magnus Hellberg and Rob Madore played extremely well and held them off the scoreboard sans Brayden Point's wicked wrist shot late in the second period that beat Madore to tie the game.
Both teams are at it again on Sunday. The Predators will skate against the Florida Panthers and the Lightning will face off against the Boston Bruins. Florida won their opening game against Boston yesterday, 2-1.
Boston and Tampa drop the puck at 4:00pm at Ford Ice while Nashville and Florida square off at 7:00pm.
Immediately following every rookie tournament game, we will pick a player from each team who made the biggest impression. Our "Impressions of the Game" for Nashville vs. Tampa are as follows:
PREDATORS: Kevin Fiala (goal; far and away one of the best players on the ice for either team)
LIGHTNING: Kristers Gudlevskis (played 31:00, 21 saves, 22 shots; kept Tampa in the game)
Nashville 2, Tampa Bay 1
Saturday, September 13, 2014 – Ford Ice Center
Nashville 0 1 0 1 – 2
Tampa Bay 0 1 0 0 – 1
1st Period – No Scoring.
2nd Period – 1. Nashville, Fiala 1 (Forsberg), 13:52 (PP). 2. Tampa Bay, Point 1 (Costello, Richard), 5:05 (PP).
3rd Period – No scoring.
Overtime – 1. Forsberg 1 (Leipsic), 6:05.
Shots on Goal-Nashville 12-3-5-1-21. Tampa Bay 7-14-12-0-33
Power Play Opportunities-Nashville 1/11. Tampa Bay 1/11
Goalies-Nashville, Hellberg 0-0-0 (11 shots, 11 saves), Madore 1-0-0 (22 shots, 21 saves). Tampa Bay, Andrei Vasilevskiy 0-0-0 (12 shots, 11 saves), Kristers Gudlevskis 0-1-0 (8 shots, 7 saves).
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The Chicago Blackhawks have won two of the last five Stanley Cups and have been to the conference final four of the past six years. The Colorado Avalanche are the reigning Western Conference champions. The St. Louis Blues challenged for the Presidents Trophy until the final week of the year last season. The Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars are just a goaltender away from being a contender. The Nashville Predators have a new offensive-minded identity.
(And there's the Winnipeg Jets but let's move on.)
In the current system, as little as three and as many as five Central teams can qualify for the playoffs. This doesn't bode well for the Preds because, let's face it, everyone else (sans Winnipeg) has gotten better.
Sure Nashville added some offensive fire power with James Neal, Mike Ribeiro, Derek Roy and Olli Jokinen but Chicago added Brad Richards, Colorado added Jarome Iginla, St. Louis added Paul Stastny, Dallas added Jason Spezza and Minnesota added Thomas Vanek.
Until they're not, the Blackhawks are Stanley Cup favorites year in and year out. That puts them in. Colorado won the West last year and looks poised for a similar run with Vezina Trophy finalist Semyon Varlamov. That means they're in. St. Louis has some questions in goal but their potent offensive attack and Ken Hitchcock–led system should get them into the post season. So they're in.
That's three right there. Can the Central force a fourth or even a fifth team in, thereby taking spots away from the mighty Pacific Division? Let's assume they get four in, which team gets the nod? Is it Dallas who added four-time 80-point scorer Spezza? Is it the defensively-responsible and now (hopefully) offensive-minded Predators? Or is it Vanek, Ryan Suter, Zach Parise and company up in St. Paul?
The fourth (and fifth?) place spots in the Central are completely up for grabs this year and the Predators have to hope that Pekka Rinne returns to form and the defense stays as solid as it's reputation. If those two areas of the ice are held down, the new look forward corps should propel Nashville into the playoffs for the first time in three years.
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Kamenev, Nashville's second pick in the 2014 NHL Draft this past June, got some power play time from head coach Mike Keenan and helped set up Florida Panthers prospect Yaroslav Kosov on the eventual game-winning goal. His Metallurg Magnitogorsk club would go onto win 4-1.
The helper was Kamenev's first career assist at the KHL level. He played in 16 games last season and, despite seeing limited action as a 17-year old, registered one goal.
Side note #1: It takes some guts to wear the number 99 in any league. Props to him.
Side note #2: Yes, the opposing goalie was former Preds prospect Atte Engren.
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Data analysis will be faster if you complete the form online. To do this, use the link below and begin the survey by tabbing to the first response, then tab from data point to data point. After some identifying information, the survey form is arranged in columns, with the type of professional running vertically at the left and repeated in the center of the form to accomodate different size computer monitors. Each column has a link to an explanation of the information requested in that column. Note that we are requesting information on the number of candidates with disabilities and/or from minority backgrounds. Column 1 is therefore composed of two sub-columns, "Resident" and "Non-Resident," and each of these sub-columns is divided into "Euro-American," "Euro-American with Disability," "Minority," and "Minority with Disability." You may also enter new categories of professionals at the bottom of the form.
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One need not look far back for the last time this was floated out. Hey, rememeber Occupy Wall Street kids? I wrote in 2012 why OWS failed while the Tea Party was a success. Michael Lewis was so ignorant of the game that he thought OWS would be the bet for long term success and how fast did OWS die? Within three, maybe five months? I will count the spending slowdown and sequestration when only holding one portion of Congress as success.
The Tea Party rallies eventually sucked in big money donors that could use candidates to jump ahead of well developed paths and get their pet issues and cronyism some attention. The major thing though was culturally the right had a core of middle and upper middle class angry voters that could pool money for fundraising, use the internet and shrink GOPe vs. Insurgent money gaps from 10-1 to 3-1. Enthusiasm made up for the rest.
There is no separate pool of money to fund insurgents versus the Left's current system. Bernie voters are young and broke. Look at the Left's coalition. The Jews, gays and older whites are all Clintonistas, and the Obama crowd, which is pure puppetry. They won't rebel. Blacks and Mexicans do not have money to fund insurgent candidates. Asians are a smaller voting bloc, have some money but their desires and needs would clash with the voting muscle in D districts.
If there is a possibility, it lies with an outsider. Here is where Zuckerberg comes in. Zuck was just in Iowa, visiting the world's largest truck stop. If you've been there, you're probably laughing at the idea of Zuck walking around with his security detail just out of camera range. Maybe he does not run, but if he wants to run in 2020 or 2024, then here is a path and means that involves primarying the incumbent Ds.
1. Dems having infighting. Zuck can see trends online to gauge how much and who to mobilize.
2. Zuckerberg is thinking 2020 or 2024.
3. Zuck sees chance with angry base.
4. Zuck becomes the deep pockets and sets up a SuperPAC that is Occupy Wall St themed or economic populist themed to primary a shit ton of old timer Dems.
5. The deeper the blue district or state, the easier this is. Look at how Cantor lost. He lost because his district was so safely red that there was a mass of angry red voters to toss him out, and on the cheap!
5a. The Daley machine is dying, which is a problem for Rahm in the here and now, so imagine what Zuck could do in some districts with the proper puppets.
6. He ends up being the name everyone on his side discusses in the 2018 election cycle a la Nixon in '66.
7. Some of his candidates win, not all, but some. With his control of Facebook and not being an official candidate, he can shift Facebook feeds to his favored candidates.
8. He now has a SuperPAC that is outside normal channels and has the Facebook media org tied to promote people with an election cycle under his belt. It becomes a practice election.
9. 2020 Zuck runs and if he won would walk in with democrats grateful to him dependent on his power island.
Dems cant be primaryed because their money donors are all enjoying the slower move to the left a la GoldmanSachs with a rainbow flag style. No one can primary them? What source of funds is there to fund these candidates? NONE. Zuck solves that on his own. Zuck would not start a party, doing what Macron just did. Too much effort.
He has trend data. Zuck can also see the writing on the wall. He has access to trend data no one else does that is all tied to real people. Zuck could just be positioning himself for mercy if the plebians get the torches and pitchforks out.


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