Things get a little heated this week as co-hosts Michael Gallagher, Megan Seling and special guest J.R. Lind discuss whether or not David Poile should've made a big move before the trade deadline. Sure, the team has been winning lately, but the start of a season was a much different story! Did recency bias keep him from investing in the franchise's future with draft picks and prospects?Also discussed: Is Tanner Jeannot the next Dustin Byfuglien? And was Poile publicly taunting the players in a recent press conference?Plus: Post-season predictions!

It's All Your Fault

For Argument's Sake

It's a very special edition of It's All Your Fault this week as Justin Bradford of Penalty Box Radio joins co-hosts Michael Gallagher and Geert De Lombaerde to talk about all things Preds. Not only is Bradford the editor-in-chief at Penalty Box, but he's also the Commissioner of SECHC Hockey and the author of the book The Making of Smashville. If it's Nashville hockey, Bradford knows all there is to know.

Special Guest Justin Bradford

The youth movement, the youth movement, the youth movement. For months IAYF co-hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling have been begging the Preds coaching staff to trust the youth movement. And now that they finally are, look at what's happening! A six-game winning streak! Eelie Tolvanen scoring game-winning overtime goals and popping up in discussions about the Calder Memorial Trophy. And players insisting they have to "keep the core together" no matter what! But will Hynes and Co. let the young guys, this new "core," keep their much-earned ice time when the more experienced players return from injury? What about if the team makes the playoffs? Will Tolvanen, Alexandre Carrier, Yakov Trenin and Mathieu Olivier still get their chance?Also discussed: Gallagher digs deep into stats to make a case for trading Matt Duchene and Seling mocks hockey players for their terrible musical tastes.

Don't Mess With a Good Thing

Well, well, well, look what we have here. A winning hockey team! The Nashville Predators have won four of their past five games. Some of the younger guys who've had to step up to fill in for injured players are starting to gel and spirits appear to be high as the teammates joke with one another on and off the ice. It's quite a change from a couple of weeks ago when the playoffs felt impossible and fans were chanting "Fire Hynes" at home games.This week, co-hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling wonder how this recent uptick might impact the franchise's plans to make big moves before the trade deadline or start a much-discussed rebuild in the offseason. And while things are going well now, what will happen to that chemistry when some of the injured players start returning to the game?Also discussed: If Poile had to choose between Ryan Johansen and Matt Duchene, who should stay? Plus: Will referee Tim Peel's hot mic incident cause the league to be more transparent about the officiating?

So Are We Rebuilding or What?

Earlier this week Michael Gallagher asked, sincerely, "What keeps you watching Preds games?" The answers were interesting. WhileSome folks said they were ride-or-die fans, in it until the bitter end. Others said they tuned in to see what the younger talent can do. This week, Gallagher and his IAYF co-hosts Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling talk about the importance of the team's youth movement. Not only are these rookies holding the team together in the face of a staggering amount of injuries in a disastrous season, but they're also what's keeping the fanbase interested. Trust the youth, John Hynes and David Poile!Also discussed: Some positive news about the team's power play and Calle Jarnkrok the Great.Plus: What a Gritty-inspired romance novel might look like. Ooh la la.

Have Preds Fans Given Up?

For weeks, months even, IAYF co-hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling have been begging the Nashville Predators to put Eeli Tolvanen on the ice and pair him with top-line players like Filip Forsberg. Well, Coach Hynes finally heard them, and look what happened: Tolvanen has three points in five games, two of which are power-play goals.You have to wonder: With the playoffs being a longshot at this point, why won’t the Preds just admit they’re going to rebuild and give their younger guys a chance?Also discussed this week: What kind of return would the Preds get in a Mattias Eckholm deal? And what’ll happen to the team’s goaltending now that Juuse Saros is out with an injury? Plus: Seling has a great marketing suggestion should the team decide to finally embrace the rebuild.

All the Young Dudes

During the last episode of It's All Your Fault, co-hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling discussed whether or not it was time for the Nashville Predators to rebuild. Fire the coach! Fire the GM! Fire every player! Start over! But then the team started to turn things around, at least a little bit. On Tuesday Pekka Rinna got his 59th shutout of the season and two of the team's four goals happened on the notoriously terrible power play. So are things fixed? Or, at least, in the process of being fixed? Could this momentum be what the team needs to turn things around?Also discussed: Why David Poile shouldn't consider a Filip Forsberg trade and which NHL and AHL coaches could replace John Hynes.Plus: Big dog news in the IAYF world!

Do Two Wins Fix Anything?

Welcome to a very special edition of It's All Your Fault, where hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling literally scream into the mics for 60 minutes. Just kidding, kind of.Not a lot is working out for the Nashville Predators right now so this week's episode asks the question: Is it time for a rebuild? If so, what would that look like? Should the Preds keep promising young guys like Eeli Tolvanen, Rem Pitlick and Alexandre Carrier? And what kind of return would the team get on some of their highest-paid but underperforming players?Also discussed: Why won't John Hynes play Eeli Tolvanen? SERIOUSLY, IT'S GETTING RIDICULOUS.Plus: What went down during that players-only meeting? Was it too little, too late?

It's EVERYONE'S Fault

There have been a lot of changes within the Nashville Predators franchise over the past year -- there's a new head coach, a handful of promising new forwards and a new starting goalie, for instance -- but nine games into the new season and it looks like the team is still haunted by old problems. Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling take a deeper look at what some of the underlying issues may be. There's a lot of talk about fixing the power play and penalty kill, for instance, but there's been little change compared to past seasons. Is it muscle memory? Sheer stubbornness? Or maybe they have pandemic brain like the rest of us?Also discussed: Tolvanen finally got a spot on the roster and scored his first NHL goal Monday night. Is that enough to keep him on the team and off the Taxi Squad? Plus: Seling weighs in on the very important difference between traditional Reese's peanut butter cups and holiday-shaped Reese's peanut butter treats.

Who Are the Nashville Predators?

Well, that didn’t last long. When this episode was recorded Thursday morning, the Nashville Predators were (SOMEHOW!?) sitting at the top of the Central Division. Despite that 0-7 loss to Dallas. Now, on Friday, they’re currently tied for second. Still, an impressive feat for a team with one of the worst power plays in the league!Will the team be able to stay on top so long as their special teams continue to underperform? That’s just one topic hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling explore on this week’s episode. Also discussed: Mikael Granlund is proving to be a vital part of the team’s offense -- can you believe they almost let him get away?Plus: How to inspire Ryan Johansen to shoot the puck, and is a David Legwand Hat Trick in our future?

We Were Number One!

Well, it didn’t take long for COVID-19 to further impact Nashville’s 2020-21 hockey season. Tuesday night’s game -- the second in a back-to-back with the Caroline Hurricanes -- was postponed out of “an abundance of caution” after multiple Hurricanes players were moved to the COVID-19 protocol list. There is good news: As of Wednesday afternoon, no one from the Preds has been placed on the protocol list and the team’s Friday game against Dallas is expected to go on as scheduled. So this week hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling take a closer look at the three games the team did get to play. Which new guy has been the most impressive so far? The answer may surprise you! (OK, probably not. It’s Kunin.)Also discussed: Why can’t the Predators figure out their power play? What kind of magical power is hiding in Filip Forsberg’s mustache? And do we need to start a #FreeEeli campaign?Plus: Gallagher’s number of the week will leave fans feeling optimistic about the team’s defensive strategy.Listen and subscribe to It's All Your Fault on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever your favorite podcasts are heard. And follow us on Twitter at @IAYFpodcast and Instagram at @itsallyourfaultpodcast.

An Abundance of Caution

Get ready, hockey fans, the first Nashville Predators game of what will surely be a very strange season is just hours away -- the Preds face the Blue Jackets on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. So on this week's episode of It's All Your Fault, Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling ponder one burning question going into the season: Will the team's top scorers ... score?Last season several star players struggled to get the puck in the net on a regular basis. Filip Forsberg scoreless in the month of February aka Filbruary and Matt Duchene racked up just 13 goals in 66 games (he was a 30 goal scorer in 2015-16 with the Colorado Avalanche). Even Viktor Arvidsson hit a slump -- he had just 15 goals in 57 games despite breaking the franchise record with 34 goals in 58 games the season before. What changes will Coach Hynes make this year to avoid a similar fate?Also discussed: How has COVID-19 impacted the NHL so far? Is there room on the roster for Yakov Trenin? Plus: Fans got their Pekka Rinne goalie goal and their Forsberg lacrosse goal last season, so what unusual play is on your wishlist this year?

Let's Talk Lines

Welcome to 2021, hockey fans, where the NHL season is only 56 games long and the four divisions are split up unlike ever before. Weird!On the first episode of the new year, cohosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling take a closer look at some of the changes the Nashville Predators made during the offseason. The team signed a handful of new guys including Nick Cousins, Mark Borowiecki, Brad Richardson and Erik Haula and parted ways with Austin Watson, Nick Bonino, Craig Smith and Kyle Turris. What will the new blood bring to the ice? And will there be room on the roster for Eeli Tolvanen?Also discussed: What’s a taxi squad? Will coach John Hynes ever get a full training camp with his new team? And what will happen to the two-way contract players like Rem Pitlick and Tyler Lewington now that the Milwaukee Admirals have opted out of the 2021 season? Plus: Predictions! Sure, it’s too early to tell much of anything, but it’s fun to guess the future.

Embrace the Chaos

In the past week or so, the Nashville Predators have traded away Craig Smith, Austin Watson, Nick Bonino, Kyle Turris and Colin Blackwell, moves that left many Preds fans wondering what kind of tricks GM David Poile had hidden up his sleeve. So this week hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling take a closer look at some of the new guys -- Matt Benning, Mark Borowiecki, Luke Kunin, Devin Cooley and Yaroslav Askarov -- and discuss where they fit in the on the roster and what David Poile might have planned.Is he clearing out cap space for a big star? Is this a move to save money during the pandemic, which has caused sports franchises to lose out on millions of dollars in ticket sales and merchandising? Or are the Preds looking for a fresh start with younger, more moldable players?Plus: What does Poile's decision to use his first draft pick on a goalie say about Juuse Saros's future with the franchise? Should the NHL shorten the 20-21 season? And which new guy has the most unique pet?

What's Poile Plannin'?

Roman Josi is a Norris Trophy-winning defenseman! This week hosts Michael Gallagher, Geert De Lombaerde and Megan Seling celebrate Josi and his much-deserved victory. The voting wasn't even close! Is the NHL finally ready to take Nashville seriously? Also discussed: Mikael Granlund's agent has said the Finnish forward will test free agency. Is this a bluff to try to get David Poile to pay more? Plus: Does the hiring of Dan Hinote mean Ryan Johansen is here to stay? How will Nashville fans greet Peter Laviolette when he returns to town with the Capitals? And, for some reason, Seling sings a Reel Big Fish song.

Roman Josi Wins the Norris

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