Cool idea, KevFist; it's great connecting in person with peeps from here.
Name:Gene
Location: Bellevue, just 20 min away from The Bridge
Occupation: Hair salon manager
Preds Fan Since: Followed passingly since launch. Started in-depth 2,003-04. I would usually attend 1 game a year, just to see favorite players from other teams.
All-Time Favorite Pred: J. P. Duuuuuuuuuumont
Favorite Current Pred: Patric Hornqvist
Most Memorable Preds Moment: October 5, 2005- end of that year's "you know what", and my first game as a season ticket holder (win against S.J.)
Best Trade: For timing purposes, a slight edge to the Foppa deal.
Worst Trade: I really wasn't a close PREDS fan then, but from what other's have said, the Roning deal
Best UFA Signing: P.K.
Worst UFA Signing: Bergfors
Jerseys Owned: Road Rebok, 3rd Black and Blue, Home Gold(personalized with Clean Gene 3) Current Road (personalized with Horns name/number) for the PREDS. Gretzky NYR 3rd and Habs home.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: casual following of baseball and college football.
Favorite Movie: "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest"
Favorite Music: All around the board, but favorite group The Beatles, favorite male Rod Stewart, and favorite female Sheryl Crow.
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: 326 row G- almost center ice, up enough to see entire ice, and the best usher in The Bridge.
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Occupation: SHIP/REC Manager at Nike Distribution Center. Commercial Welder.
Preds Fan Since: Casual fan since creation. Passionate fan when Sullivan joined in the 2003 season. (followed his career through Tor/Chi)
All-Time Favorite Pred: Steve Sullivan
Favorite Current Pred: Colin Wilson
Most Memorable Preds Moment: Halischuk's OT goal against the Nucks.
Best Trade: D.Boyd/D.Ellis for S.Kostitsyn
Worst Trade: Timmonen/Hartnell To PHI for 1st round pick (Blum)
Best UFA Signing: (haven't been that many to be honest)
Worst UFA Signing: Radek Bonk (Alot of hype, never delivered)
Jerseys Owned: 2008/9 home Sullivan. 2008/9 away Tootoo.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Formula1/Baseball/Football. I love most sports.
Favorite Movie: James Bond: From Russia With Love
Favorite Music: Wide variety. Favourite band is the Foo Fighters though.
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: (never been the the bridgestone arena, this is just general) 2nd deck, smack dab in the middle. Love the view.
I know who you're talking about, and yes he does! My fav is Big Cliff in 326- he's not only very knowledgeable about the game, but can really "break it down" during some of the dance songs. I've missed the atmosphere so much already.....THIS STUPID L.O. BETTER NOT LAST LONG!!!!!
Preds Fan Since: 2001. Saw Preds vs. Caps. Hooked.
All-Time Favorite Pred: Probably Weber but in the interest of not going current I'll go Sullivan
Favorite Current Pred: See screen name
Most Memorable Preds Moment: Game 6 vs. Anaheim. Almost in tears to win a series.
Best Trade: Sullivan (credit to Legionnaire)
Worst Trade: Hartnell and Timonen for a first rounder (Blum)
Best UFA Signing: Kariya
Worst UFA Signing: None are horrible off the top of my head.
Jerseys Owned: Never owned a jersey. I'm more of the t shirt/jersey (shirsey) guy. Kariya, Weber (worn this to nearly every game for last 3 seasons), and just got a Gold Smith shirsey.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Football.
Favorite Movie: Drama: The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Departed Comedy: The Big Lebowski, CaddyShack
Favorite Music: 311, Foo Fighters, the Beatles, Band of Horses, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin, could go on for a long time.........
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: 325! Dead center.
Last edited by Shea Weber: 09-19-2012 at 02:17 PM.
Occupation: Retail, working on opening a Childcare business!
Preds Fan Since: 1996, caught on during the bidding process.
All-Time Favorite Pred: David Legwand
Favorite Current Pred: David Legwand
Most Memorable Preds Moment: First home playoff game.
Best Trade: Steve Sullivan
Worst Trade: Vitaly Vishnevskiy
Best UFA Signing: Paul Kariya
Worst UFA Signing: There haven't really been any, maybe Aaron Johnson. Most FA signings that didn't work were low value contracts and didn't hurt the team.
Occupation: Work at an animation house. My job specifically is "Secretary Treasurer" combined with HR/Payroll/AP/AR/Insurance, etc. If it doesn't involve animating, I do that. I also feed the cat, who is, incidentally, the model for the Predator in the very first Preds animation.
Preds Fan Since: 1997 We did the roll out of the name "Nashville Predators"
All-Time Favorite Pred: Cale Hulse, duh.
Favorite Current Pred: Hmmm. Shea's gotta prove himself to me, so I'll say Sergei. But I love them all.
Most Memorable Preds Moment: The first playoff game.
Best Trade: No clue. Some trades seem great for awhile then tarnish over time. Remember when we were all so stoked over Marek Zidlicky for Dunham?
Worst Trade: Don't know about worst, but my least favorites were: Eric Belanger before we even got to see him suit up, Tomas Vokoun for anything or anybody, and Hartnell.
Best UFA Signing: Paul Kariya
Worst UFA Signing: No clue
Jerseys Owned: White from second or third year, Blue from about a year later, Mustard Kariya, son owns a Mustard Dunham I wear for reverse the losses mojo, blue third, new blue, Gold Also have a signed Cale Hulse white from 2/25/03 which is probably significant to only 3 people.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Football but it's a distant second.
Favorite Movie: Currently AFTER since we did the special effects (you should go see it!) but other than that, Blazing Saddles.
Favorite Music: I guess I like rock the best but I like a large variety of music. I prefer the peppier songs, stuff that makes you want to dance and sing along, but my favorite singers are probably David Bowie, Ian Anderson and (RIP) the old INXS. Was a HUGE Alice Cooper fan in HS and college. Edit: Can't believe I forgot White Stripes and the Hives. Them too!
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: Far far away from marching bands.
Most Memorable Preds Moment: The first "Last TV Timeout Standing Ovation" against St. Louis, April 3, 2008.
Best Trade: 2/16/04 - Acquired Steve Sullivan in exchange for second-round picks in 2004 (Ryan Garlock) and 2005 (Mike Blunden?)
Worst Trade: 7/18/06 - Acquired Josef Vasicek in exchange for Scott Walker. Vasicek produced at roughly 0.3 points per game, was believed at the time to be problematic in the dressing room, and was ultimately traded back to Carolina in February of '07 in the Vitaly Vishnevskiy trade sequence. Walker had an extremely productive season with the Hurricanes, scoring 21 goals and 51 points, following that up with an injury-shortened season in which he scored the series-winning goal in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in overtime of Game 7 against Boston.
Best UFA Signing: Paul Kariya. Completely changed the franchise.
Worst UFA Signing: Matthew Lombardi. Lasted two games.
Jerseys Owned: Nashville original blue with the silver sleeves (Fitzgerald, autographed), Nashville mustard alternate (no name/number), Nashville "Edge" blue (no name/number), Nashville white (Legwand), 08-09 Milwaukee white (Alex Sulzer), 99-00 Pittsburgh alternate (Lemieux), 03-04 Tampa Bay white (no name/number), 1990s Dallas Stars black (no name/number; actually too small for me).
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Soccer.
Favorite Movie:Kill Bill Vol. 1
Favorite Music: Depends on my mood. Could be folk, electronica, jazz, metal, or indie stuff. I tend to be very choosy on hip-hop and country, the latter almost exclusively being Dwight Yoakam and his forerunners (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and the like).
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: At the base of the corners in the upper bowl; lessens the distortion of depth perception that one gets from sitting behind the nets, and allows the spectator to see the plays develop.
Preds Fan Since: 03-04, hockey fan since late 70s.
All-Time Favorite Pred: Vokoun
Favorite Current Pred: All of them when they fill their roles.
Most Memorable Preds Moment: First home playoff goal.
Best Trade: Sullivan, easy choice. The rights for Ellis and Boyd for SK is another good one.
Worst Trade: Vishy
Best UFA Signing: Kariya followed by Dumont
Worst UFA Signing: Tossup between previously mentioned moves.
Jerseys Owned: OK … the Preds related only …. 1999-2000 Johnson road blue (game worn), 2000-01 Skrastins road blue (game worn), 2002-03 Houlder road blue pre-season (game worn), 2006-07 Legwand road white (game worn), 2007-08 Smithson home blue (game worn), 2009-10 Hutchinson Texas Stars home and road (game worn), 2003-04 Kulyash CSKA red (game worn), replica mustard blank, replica home blue CCM. Several more gamers in the closet from various hockey leagues, the NFL, NCAA football, and pro baseball.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Golf
Favorite Movie: Patton / Casablanca / Stripes
Favorite Music: Classic rock.
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: Upper bowl corners with the occasional down low end seats to remember the speed of the game.
Occupation: Correctional Officer, DCSO (but looking for a job with weekends off.
Preds Fan Since: The beginning
All-Time Favorite Pred: If I had to pick one, Erat.
Favorite Current Pred: Erat, Weber, Smith
Most Memorable Preds Moment: Beating the Ducks in the first round.
Best Trade: Sully for 2 2nd round picks
Worst Trade: Brendan Witt
Best UFA Signing: Paul Kariya
Worst UFA Signing: Greg de Vries
Jerseys Owned: Erat mustard (White letters, but they wore blue letters in game. White was used for team picture only. Reebok rep sent it to me before the switch was made.) Weber white from 3 years ago, Suter 3rd, SK74 current white, Smith gold, blank gold (Weber).
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Golf
Favorite Movie: Happy Gilmore
Favorite Music: I like all kinds of music.
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: I miss my seats in 315.. front row aisle were the absolute best seats in the house.
Location: The Land that Darwin forgot.....also known as the Southern Tier of NY
Occupation: Bum, loser, schmuck
Preds Fan Since: 2002
All-Time Favorite Pred: None
Favorite Current Pred: None
Most Memorable Preds Moment: The fightfest vs. Detroit
Best Trade: Sullivan for 2 seconds, or Ronning for futures
Worst Trade:Trading my cousin Eric Belanger to the ATL 24 hrs after getting him
Best UFA Signing: Kariya
Worst UFA Signing: Lombardi
Jerseys Owned: Blank Expansion white, Blank 2nd jersey Blue, Blue and black checker, New England College Jersey #9, Tedi Bruschi New England Patriots blue.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: Football (Patriots), Baseball (Red Sox), CFL (Toronto Argos, only to piss off a friend who was the former mascot for Hamilton.)
Favorite Movie: Schindler's List
Favorite Music: Any but Country
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: Any place where I can watch the ****ing game.
Most Memorable Preds Moment: Hockey-wise, it's game 5 Chicago loss in 2009/10; will never forget that game ever, especially since the Hawks went on to win it all. Still love Erat regardless. Not exactly hockey-related, but the time I partied with Anders Lindback until 5 AM in Nashville will always be remembered though I wish I had kept a better lid on it in retrospect.
Best Trade: We haven't really made a ton of significant trades period. No idea, maybe picking up AK from the Habs for next to nothing. Post season drama aside, AK did put up some points.
Worst Trade: Forsberg
Best UFA Signing: Kariya
Worst UFA Signing: ???
Jerseys Owned: 2011 Team Issued Authentic Away Erat, 2011 Authentic Thirds Suter, 2007 Authentic Home Weber
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: College football or college basketball followed closely by NFL
Favorite Movie: Heat w/ Deniro and Pacino
Favorite Music: All over the map; love everything from Zeppelin to Armin van Buuren
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: Lower bowl, center ice
Most Memorable Preds Moment: Preds/Jets last March.
Best Trade: Haven't been around long enough to judge. (SK?)
Worst Trade: Timmonen/Hartnell's departure.
Jerseys Owned: Thrashers Hossa
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: NFL/MLB
Favorite Movie: Fletch
Favorite Music: Just about anything, except country, and the newer pop sutff (auto-tune??) is crap. Favorite bands are 311, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighers, Pearl Jam, Death Cab, Cold Play. I also have a soft spot for Jazz (random, I know).
Occupation: Full-time student (though I work in retail and in a library if that counts)
Preds Fan Since: I've been a fan since they first came into existence, but my parents weren't into hockey (we did go to some Knights and Nighthawkws games, and I got to see my first NHL game in the first Preds season). I guess I became a really big fan around when I was old enough to take myself to games, or go with friends. Right around the same time as the last lockout, actually
All-Time Favorite Pred: Shea Weber
Favorite Current Pred: Shea Weber
Most Memorable Preds Moment: Finally advancing to the second round of the playoffs (leaving this because I agree, though being at the game where we finally eliminated Detroit from the playoffs was pretty awesome
Best Trade: Maybe not the best in terms of what happened after, but my favorite trade was for Peter Forsberg. One of my all-time favorite players finally putting on our sweater, AND our team was stacked? Yes, please. It's a shame he spent his final minutes in Nashville (and almost in the NHL period) in the penalty box.
Worst Trade: Witt
Best UFA Signing: PK
Worst UFA Signing: Lombardi. Had to dump Franson just to get rid of him.
Jerseys Owned: Weber, new home gold
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: I probably enjoy watching Rugby the most, but I watch more football than any other sport other than hockey.
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Music: A lot of different stuff. My favorite band is Between the Buried and Me if that counts for anything.
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: Pretty much anywhere in the 200s is nice. I think the best place I've sat was a suite
just a comment, dont want to turn the thread into something else, but I do not get the hating on the Hartnell/Kimmo deal.. I mean, I understand that the circumstances that kept us from signing them and forced the trade absolutely sucked, but to actually get a first for the rights to two guys who were 100% gone in a week anyway seems to me to be a damn fine deal...
Cool idea, KevFist; it's great connecting in person with peeps from here.
Name:Gene
Location: Bellevue, just 20 min away from The Bridge
Occupation: Hair salon manager
Preds Fan Since: Followed passingly since launch. Started in-depth 2,003-04. I would usually attend 1 game a year, just to see favorite players from other teams.
All-Time Favorite Pred: J. P. Duuuuuuuuuumont
Favorite Current Pred: Patric Hornqvist
Most Memorable Preds Moment: October 5, 2005- end of that year's "you know what", and my first game as a season ticket holder (win against S.J.)
Best Trade: For timing purposes, a slight edge to the Foppa deal.
Worst Trade: I really wasn't a close PREDS fan then, but from what other's have said, the Roning deal
Best UFA Signing: P.K.
Worst UFA Signing: Bergfors
Jerseys Owned: Road Rebok, 3rd Black and Blue, Home Gold(personalized with Clean Gene 3) Current Road (personalized with Horns name/number) for the PREDS. Gretzky NYR 3rd and Habs home.
Favorite Sport Other than Hockey: casual following of baseball and college football.
Favorite Movie: "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest"
Favorite Music: All around the board, but favorite group The Beatles, favorite male Rod Stewart, and favorite female Sheryl Crow.
Favorite Place To Sit at A Game: 326 row G- almost center ice, up enough to see entire ice, and the best usher in The Bridge.feel free to add questions
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shea Weber
The gray haired man? I'm in 325. That guy rules.
That guy does rule! We should really know his name. I've been in 325A for 3 years and always talk to him but have never asked his name. He gave "what for" to a loud mouth Detroit fan last season about whose barn he was in and how he should act, and he runs folks outta my seats to save me the conflict if I get there late. Props to our Usher!
