With the Predators out of the playoff run, their ain't much to talk
about in the Music City. The trend of late is the Predators will
win a game, then lose one or two, then win another...ho-hum, not a
big deal.
As for the Predators of the future, there is some news. Nashville
has rejected the latest contract offer from the team's first-ever
draft pick, David Legwand.
Legwand, who was picked second behind Vincent Lecavalier in the 1998
draft, is playing in the Ontario Hockey League with the Plymouth
Whalers. Although not as cool as the old Hartford Whalers, the lil'
Whale are currently in the second round of the playoffs. During the
regular season Legwand scored 31 goals and 49 assists. That's down
from the 54 goals and 51 assists he had last season when he won
league MVP.
Legwand blames the drop in production on The Man. "The Man is
keeping me down," Legwand might have said had I chose to interview
him.
Actually, Legwand blames the lower numbers on defense -- as in his
own. Legwand said he's concentrated on playing in his own end more,
just like the Preds asked him to. Sure, it's the evil defense that
is holding him back. Everyone always blames it on the defense...
Legwand has also suffered from mono during the season.
In other news...
There just isn't much to talk about in Pred-town, so I figured I'd
try to find out a little bit more about the city of Nashville. LCS
Hockey's Stat Girl visited the fine city once. Here's what she had
to say:
"I went to Conway Twitty City," she said. "It was dripping with
cheese."
Speaking of cheese, Stat Girl's college roommate, we'll call her
"Mary", is lactose intolerant. And ironically, she has also
visited the Music City. Her fondest memories?
"The Grand Ole Opry Hotel is pretty nice," she said. "It has
waterfalls inside. And if you're an old person, you can walk
outside on the street and in front of all the bars they have signs
that say what country singer played there."
Aww...that's was swell, that was fun. What? Oh, there's more...
"I also ate at a bar-b-que place that Willie Nelson goes to eat when
he's in town."
Thanks Mary. Ok, let's move on to...
"And on the airplane there I met a boy whose mom treated Garth
Brooks in the hospital for a sore throat."
Alrighty then...well, I think we should end this fine team report on
that note. Thanks for listenin' folks. Y'all come back now, ya'
hear!
