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NASHVILLE -- The Pittsburgh Penguins sent forward James Neal to the Nashville Predators on Friday in exchange for forwards Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. The addition of Neal signals the Predators emphasis on boosting their offence under new coach Peter Laviolette as they attempt to return to the playoffs after a two-year absence. The Predators have had a reputation as a defence-oriented team for virtually the franchises entire history. The 26-year-old Neal had 27 goals and 34 assists in 59 games for the Penguins this season, which marked the sixth straight year he scored at least 20 goals. Neal scored 40 goals in 2011-12 and had 21 goals in only 40 games during the 2012-13 season. He has 161 career goals and 154 assists in 413 career regular-season games, and has been a force on power plays. Neal had been with the Penguins since 2010 after beginning his career with the Dallas Stars. Hornqvist, 27, had 22 goals and 31 assists in 76 games this season, which marked the fourth time in his career he reached the 20-goal mark. He has 106 goals and 110 assists in 363 career regular-season games, all with Nashville. Hornqvists best season came in 2009-10, when he scored a career-high 30 goals. "In this deal, we got to drop our cap a little bit with Hornqvist," Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford said. "We like Hornqvist as an all-around player. Hornqvist plays at the net, goes to the net, works the corners. We like his all-around play." Spaling, 25, had 13 goals and 19 assists in 71 games for Nashville this season. He has 40 goals and 44 assists in 207 career regular-season games. "We like Spalding, he can play all three positions on the third line," Rutherford said. "I think we were just trying to change the mix of our team a little bit and get a little different type player." David Peralta Jersey . - Bryan Price sat down in the cushy chair. 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The right-hander dropped his fourth straight decision in Los Angeles 6-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night, leaving his status very much in doubt as the Dodgers prepare for the stretch drive.SAO PAULO - Williams wants to follow Red Bulls model for success to be able to start winning again in Formula One.The traditional British team improved this season after years of struggles, moving a step closer to becoming a championship contender for the first time since it thrived in the late 1990s.To make that final jump back to its glory days, the team is looking to follow on footsteps of Red Bull, which put together a close-knit team that changed very little at its core and was eventually able to win four straight constructors and drivers championships.They started off some years back with not the quickest car and certainly not the best operation, said Rob Smedley, Williams head of vehicle performance. And right now, in terms of their chassis, they still have a fantastic chassis, in terms of how they operate, they operate very well — but its because the same core group was there for a long time. And thats what we have to do at Williams.Smedley arrived from Ferrari in the beginning of the year and helped in the teams restructuring.Weve got reasonably sensible people now, Smedley said on the eve of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Theres a good level of competence, a good level of young talent as well, which is always important. Its not just the people at the top end who make all the decisions but the people who actually do the work as well.Williams is third in the constructtors championship with two races left, still with a chance to overcome Red Bull for second.dddddddddddd Williams has finished fourth or worst in the championship every time since 2004. The team won nine constructors titles and seven drivers championships in the 1980s and 1990, with the last two trophies coming in 1997.The teams got to get back to being able to win, being ready to win, being pretty much ready to beat everybody, Smedley said. For the moment its working. Theres more to do. We have to go further but as long we stay on the road that were on, hopefully it will work out.He said the restructuring is a long term project.You have to change cultures and methodology within the team and, like Ive always said since I arrived at Williams, its very easy to change process, you can change process in a week, but its much more difficult to change culture, he said.Brazilian driver Felipe Massa has already felt some of the transformation.The team changed completely the organization, the mentality, Massa said. We are still changing, there are still some improvements we are working to be there before the first race of next year.I really believe in this team. This team has everything to be even more competitive, it has everything to be fighting for victories and I really, really hope, for championships as well.___Follow Tales Azzoni at http://twitter.com/tazzoni ' ' '