The ownership group AEG, run by Philip Anschutz, has had flirtations with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators, to no avail so far.

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Admittedly, Finland were shot-shy in their 6-0 drubbing by the host nation, but the Nashville Predators goalie did keep out 23 shots, and looked in prime form.

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Mason told Deutsch the Wild was in a fix: One of the team's two goaltenders, Niklas Backstrom, couldn't play that night against the Nashville Predators because of personal reasons.

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The ownership group AEG (other-otc: AEGXY - news - people ), run by Philip Anschutz, has had flirtations with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators, to no avail so far.

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Suter, formerly of the Nashville Predators, was the top defenseman on the NHL's free-agent market and signed a deal of identical length and dollars, and he and Parise are now charged with re-energizing a moribund franchise in a hockey-crazed region.

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But Howell thinks the Predators' status in Nashville is tenuous, despite a sale to a local group last year.

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They were so anxious to bring Gaborik to the team, the Blue Jackets sent a private plane to pick him up and fly him to Nashville, where the Blue Jackets are scheduled to play the Predators on Thursday night.

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