The Nashville Predators are at a crossroads in their 2022-23 season. While they are in the thick of the playoff race, they are in one of the worst places that any hockey team can be in. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. The Predators are stuck in hockey purgatory. What is hockey purgatory you
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A water main break is never a good thing. However, the Nashville Predators have won three straight games after a water main break forced the cancelation of two games, giving them an unexpected six-day break. After two overtime wins against the Anaheim Ducks and New Jersey Devils (Nov. 29 and Dec. 1), the Preds defeated
The role of an NHL goaltender is one of the most complicated in all of sports. While hockey is a team game, ultimately the success or failure of a franchise can be dictated by goaltending. A great goaltender can steal games that a team has no right winning, while a bad game or two can
In the 2022 offseason, the NHL witnessed a flurry of goaltending moves, with the Central Division seeing a lot of the action. In all, seven of the eight teams in the division made a move to acquire either a new starter or a new backup into the mix. For this series, we are going to
In 2022-23, the Winnipeg Jets have 26 tilts against fellow Central Division teams — four games apiece against the Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and three games apiece against the Arizona Coyotes and Dallas Stars. In anticipation of the campaign to come, our THW Jets team’s “Opponent Preview” Series
The Nashville Predators 2021-22 regular season was one for the ages, but it came crashing down with the injury to Juuse Saros and a crushing first-round exit against the Colorado Avalanche in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The loss was inevitable, but the Predators crew left the playoffs with their heads held high, surpassing expectations
The Nashville Predators made some noise ahead of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft by landing defenseman Ryan McDonagh for what essentially was nickels on the dime. General manager David Poile took on some cap but maneuvered his way around it by shedding Luke Kunin’s contract and exiling him to the San Jose Sharks. The trade
We’ve made it to double-digits, welcome to the 10th edition of the Weekly Lost & Found. However, it would be more of a celebration if the state of the league, let alone the world, was in a better place entering the climax of the holiday season. This edition will feature three teams, one lost and two
As the Western Conference wild-card race heats up, the Nashville Predators find themselves on the outside looking in as they hit the road for a four-game road trip. They’ll need to be better than their current 5-5-1 record when playing on enemy territory if they hope to hang on and the upcoming week is a
Lost: Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins Have Winless Weeks Canucks Haven’t Capitalized on Home Ice Last week was brutal for the Vancouver Canucks. They played their first three home games of the season and lost all of them by a goal. The Canucks’ goal-scoring issues were on display as they only scored four goals in
Well, hockey fans, we made it! After a bubble, a condensed season, and weird, temporarily aligned divisions, we are knocking on the door of returning to “normal.” A full, 82-game season, with more familiar divisional rivals, is about to get underway for the Nashville Predators. Of course, the Central Division doesn’t look the same as
After the moves that were made in the offseason and as we head into the preseason and regular season, there are still a lot of questions in Smashville. There were not a lot of big splashes in free agency, and while the focus of GM David Poile was to get younger, which they did, one
The first day of July started with a bang, as news from Pierre LeBrun surfaced that Viktor Arvidsson of the Nashville Predators is headed to the Los Angeles Kings for a second-round pick in the upcoming 2021 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round pick in next year’s 2022 Entry Draft. A player who appeals to
I like to wonder what hockey purists from 50, or 100, or even as recent as 30 years ago would think if they saw some of the things happening around the NHL today. The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t won a Stanley Cup in more than half a century. Connor McDavid is unlike any player we’ve
The Nashville Predators have been a part of the NHL since their expansion draft in 1998. In that time, they have reached the Stanley Cup Final once, and across the more than 20 years, the team has maintained a reputation for stingy defensive play and a hard work ethic. What this has led to in
Here we go, boys and girls! The Chicago Blackhawks split their last two tilts against the Detroit Red Wings, while the Nashville Predators lost their last two contests versus the Carolina Hurricanes. This leaves the Blackhawks just two points back in the standings, with 47 points to the Predators’ 49. That final playoff spot in
Week 11 is in the books! Scoring across the league took a slight step back this week. 33 of the 51 games featured five or more goals in the contest, a four percent decrease. Furthermore, there were three more shutouts than last week, nine in total. Nevertheless, there was still a multitude of explosive offensive
The Nashville Predators began the season with +1450 odds to win the Stanley Cup, which had them placed with the eighth-best odds to win hockey’s most coveted prize. Ahead of them in sixth and seventh place, respectively, were the Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues, the last two teams to win it all. Related: 10