Category: 2023 NHL Draft

Nashville Predators select Matthew Wood 15th overall

By Kate R | Jun 29th 2023 | 1 min read |

With the 15th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, in front of a cheering home crowd, the Nashville Predators added Matthew Wood from the University of...

Open Thread: 2023 NHL Draft

By Kate R | Jun 28th 2023 | 1 min read |

One hour to draft time; settle in and get ready to see what the Preds do! We’ll have analysis on the picks, and the draft as a whole, coming up ...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Dmitri Simashev

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 28th 2023 | 5 min read |

Well, we’ve made it. It’s the first day of the NHL Draft, and this will be the last prospect profile I write before the event begins and t...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Matthew Wood

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 27th 2023 | 5 min read |

Going from Nate Danielson to Gavin Brindley is certainly a big change in the height department over the course of two prospect profiles, but here we a...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Nate Danielson

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 27th 2023 | 5 min read |

In my last prospect profile, I wrote about Oliver Moore, a player that scouts have dubbed as the best skater in the 2023 NHL Draft class, and it’...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Gavin Brindley

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 27th 2023 | 4 min read |

All of the prospect profles I have written up to this point have been about players that the Nashville Predators would be looking to select with their...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Oliver Moore

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 26th 2023 | 5 min read |

I already wrote about one product of the US National Team Development Program already in Gabe Perreault, who was a part of “the big three”...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Gabe Perreault

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 26th 2023 | 4 min read |

In the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, the Swedes had a “dream line” comprised of three prospects that were first rounders: Liam Ohgren (picked 19th...

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Zach Benson

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 26th 2023 | 4 min read |

The 2023 NHL Draft continues to inch closer with the 1st round being on Wednesday, June 28th, and rounds 2-7 happening on Thursday, June 29th. So, bef...

"Get me some guys that get people out of their seats": Barry Trotz's draft philosophy is ahead of the curve and important for Predators' future

By Jeff Middleton | Jun 1st 2023 | 4 min read |

The Nashville Predators are going to be a team to watch moving forward. That’s what most people around the hockey world gained from the introduc...