The Nashville Predators (6-1-0) wrap up preseason action tonight at Bridgestone Arena with a game against the Carolina Hurricanes (1-4-0), who fell to Columbus last night in Raleigh. It will be the last chance in game action for those players competing for rosters spots to make an impression on the Preds' coaching and front office staffs (check out Marc's look at the forwards and defense while you're at it).
So who do you think wins them over?
Follow after the jump for the rosters for both teams...
For your visiting Carolina Hurricanes, we have (four of these guys will be scratched):
| NO. | POS. | PLAYER | HT | WT | BIRTHDATE |
| 4 | D | Jamie McBain | 6-2 | 200 | 2/25/88 |
| 5 | D | Bryan Allen | 6-5 | 226 | 8/21/80 |
| 6 | D | Tim Gleason | 6-0 | 217 | 1/29/83 |
| 12 | F | Eric Staal | 6-4 | 205 | 10/29/84 |
| 13 | F | Anthony Stewart | 6-3 | 230 | 1/5/85 |
| 15 | F | Tuomo Ruutu | 6-0 | 205 | 2/16/83 |
| 16 | F | Brandon Sutter | 6-3 | 183 | 2/14/89 |
| 19 | F | Jiri Tlusty | 6-0 | 209 | 3/16/88 |
| 20 | F | Riley Nash | 6-1 | 191 | 5/9/89 |
| 22 | F | Zac Dalpe | 6-1 | 195 | 11/1/89 |
| 23 | F | Alexei Ponikarovsky | 6-4 | 226 | 4/9/80 |
| 25 | D | Joni Pitkanen | 6-3 | 210 | 9/19/83 |
| 27 | D | Derek Joslin | 6-1 | 210 | 3/17/87 |
| 28 | D | Justin Faulk | 6-0 | 205 | 3/20/92 |
| 36 | F | Jussi Jokinen | 5-11 | 198 | 4/1/83 |
| 37 | F | Tim Brent | 6-0 | 188 | 3/10/84 |
| 38 | D | Ryan Murphy | 5-11 | 176 | 3/31/93 |
| 39 | F | Patrick Dwyer | 5-11 | 175 | 6/22/83 |
| 44 | D | Jay Harrison | 6-4 | 211 | 11/3/82 |
| 51 | D | Tomas Kaberle | 6-1 | 214 | 3/2/78 |
| 53 | F | Jeff Skinner | 5-11 | 193 | 5/16/92 |
| 59 | F | Chad LaRose | 5-10 | 181 | 3/27/82 |
| NO. | GOALTENDER | HT | WT | BIRTHDATE | |
| 30 | Cam Ward | 6-1 | 185 | 2/29/84 | |
| 33 | Brian Boucher | 6-2 | 200 | 1/2/77 |
And for the good guys, of which seven will be scratched. There's no morning skate today for the Preds, so don't expect to hear further word on the lineup until later this afternoon.
| NO. | POS. | PLAYER | HT | WT | BIRTHDATE |
| 2 | D | Teemu Laakso | 6-1 | 215 | 8/27/87 |
| 6 | D | Shea Weber | 6-4 | 232 | 8/14/85 |
| 7 | D | Jonathon Blum | 6-1 | 190 | 1/30/89 |
| 8 | D | Kevin Klein | 6-1 | 200 | 12/13/84 |
| 10 | F | Martin Erat | 6-0 | 201 | 8/29/81 |
| 11 | F | David Legwand | 6-2 | 204 | 8/17/80 |
| 13 | F | Nick Spaling | 6-1 | 198 | 9/19/88 |
| 15 | F | Craig Smith | 6-1 | 197 | 9/5/89 |
| 16 | F | Cal O'Reilly | 6-0 | 188 | 9/30/86 |
| 17 | F | Chris Mueller | 5-10 | 180 | 3/6/86 |
| 18 | F | Niclas Bergfors | 5-10 | 194 | 3/7/87 |
| 20 | D | Ryan Suter | 6-1 | 198 | 1/21/85 |
| 21 | F | Zack Stortini | 6-4 | 215 | 9/11/85 |
| 22 | F | Jordin Tootoo | 5-9 | 199 | 2/2/83 |
| 24 | F | Matt Halischuk | 6-0 | 185 | 6/1/88 |
| 25 | F | Jerred Smithson | 6-3 | 209 | 2/4/79 |
| 27 | F | Patric Hornqvist | 6-0 | 188 | 1/1/87 |
| 28 | F | Kyle Wilson | 6-0 | 201 | 12/15/84 |
| 33 | F | Colin Wilson | 6-1 | 210 | 10/20/89 |
| 38 | D | Jack Hillen | 5-10 | 190 | 1/24/86 |
| 42 | D | Mattias Ekholm | 6-4 | 204 | 5/24/90 |
| 49 | D | Ryan Ellis | 5-10 | 179 | 1/3/91 |
| 57 | F | Gabriel Bourque | 5-10 | 192 | 9/23/90 |
| 74 | F | Sergei Kostitsyn | 6-0 | 207 | 3/20/87 |
| 89 | D | Tyler Sloan | 6-4 | 214 | 3/15/81 |
| NO. | GOALTENDER | HT | WT | BIRTHDATE | |
| 35 | Pekka Rinne | 6-5 | 209 | 11/3/83 | |
| 39 | Anders Lindback | 6-6 | 203 | 5/3/88 |
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