The Predators open their home and home series against the Blackhawks in Nashville, desperately needing a win against the league's best team.

While we NHL fans fret over whether our team will make the playoffs, or win the Stanley Cup, it's worth recalling that victory can come from merely getting out there and being part of a team.

The Nashville Predators face a significant challenge this summer, facing their biggest disappointment since the Great Fire Sale of 2007. How the franchise responds to that challenge is the hot topic of the day in Smashville.

Columbus and their new star Marian Gaborik rolled into Smashville and took a critical victory.

Even though the Columbus Blue Jackets are moving to a new division next season, they'll run into a bunch of familiar faces.

The Columbus Blue Jackets come to town trying to push their way past the Predators, but with a new weapon in their arsenal: goal-scoring winger Marian Gaborik.

Now that we've had time to let the shock from the Martin Erat trade wear off, our focus turns to the opportunity which lies ahead for the remaining Nashville Predators. Who will take advantage of the new opening at the top of the winger depth chart?

Just when we thought the Predators were settling in for a relatively quiet NHL Trade Deadline, the Martin Erat/Filip Forsberg trade hit us like a punch in the gut.

The San Jose Sharks made the first big trade on deadline day, acquiring veteran defenseman Scott Hannan.