Inserted below are some comments from Polle from a bloggers article. Focus of the comments are nothing really new, but do give some insight on the current thinking for Nashville's defense.
Also the link to the entire article is here. http://www.theviewfrom111.blogspot.c...vid-poile.html


"Without Suter, defense combinations will be rotated to situation and to manage ice time. It will be up to the coaches to determine Weber's defense partner. It could be Roman Josi. Perhaps it will be Ryan Ellis. The team has the talent to replace Suter with current players, but we are still in the market for a veteran defenseman.

"This is a great opportunity for Ryan Ellis. If he is ready, he can secure a spot in the starting line up. He has to show the coaches that he is ready."

"Jonathan Blum has been in Nashville all summer working out and is looking to get his game back on track. This is a big year for Jonathan and it is time for him to prove that he belongs here on a regular basis."

"Joonas Jarvinen is a big body with potential. Mattias Ekholm can be a player for us. We made a mistake with Ekholm last season. We tried to force him into an NHL role even though we agreed when we signed him that he would go back to Sweden for another year because of his age and another year of development was needed. He played very well once he went back. His development will probably take him to Milwaukee first."

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

Preds sign Scott Hannan for 1 year, $1M

Nashville's version of Corey Pronman's top 10.

http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/arti...articleid=1377

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

Nashville's top 20 prospects per Hockey Futures.

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article...uing-forwards/


Damn Lockout.

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

A Milwaukee report via Josh Cooper and the Tennessean.

http://blogs.tennessean.com/predator...waukee-report/

Enjoy.

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

Newest Milwaukee Report from the Tennesean

http://blogs.tennessean.com/predator...ukee-report-3/

Here's some of the nuggets


On Ryan Ellis who hasn’t played yet (wrist)

“He has been practicing with the group for just under a week. Every day he’s getting closer, obviously.”


On who has stood out

“Joonas Jarvinen really responded well with a real strong defensive effort (Saturday at Peoria). Gritty, determined and played very well and very strong in front of our net. We thought our entire defensive core has played very well. Jonathon Blum has been a guy that has stood out the last couple of games both offensively and defensively. That’s the most positive end of it was our defensive core.”

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

Latest Milwaukee Report with updates on Ellis and Blum.

http://blogs.tennessean.com/predator...ukee-report-4/

Enjoy!!

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

A closer look at Nashville's CHL prospects by Hockeyfutures

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article...-junior-level/

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

The Predatorial takes a look at Milwaukee rookies Austin Watson and Patrick Cehlin who are tied as scoring leaders for the team along with Chris Mueller.

http://www.thepredatorial.com/2012/1...watson-cehlin/

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

Another Milwaukee Report from the Tennessean. This one addresses Beck and Maclellan.

http://blogs.tennessean.com/predator...ukee-report-5/

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)