Category: Nashville Predators Season Preview

NHL Predictions: Half of ESPN Experts Pick Seth Jones as Calder Trophy Winner

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 25th 2019 | 2 min read |

Now is the time when anybody and everybody posts their predictions for the NHL season, and here in Nashville, the response is usually to complain that...

NHL Season Preview: 3 Big Questions Facing the Nashville Predators

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 24th 2019 | 7 min read |

1. Does Seth Jones make an immediate impact at the NHL level? It looks like that’s going to be the case, based on the results we’ve seen d...

Colin Wilson Season Preview: Shouldering the Offensive Load Post-surgery

By George Scoville | Feb 24th 2019 | 7 min read |

Nashville Predators forward Colin Wilson decided to forego his final two years of NCAA playing eligibility to make the leap to the NHL, after helping ...

Craig Smith Season Preview: How Will He Respond to a Dreadful 2013?

By Jonathan Garcia | Feb 24th 2019 | 6 min read |

Craig Smith has become somewhat of a polarizing figure in Nashville these days.  To some, he’s a prospect that has shown glimpses of being a so...

Rich Clune Season Preview: Is the Statue Ready Yet?

By George Scoville | Feb 24th 2019 | 3 min read |

As Dirk noted over on the OTF Facebook page last night (have you given us a “Like” over there yet?), Rich Clune can definitely scrap, but ...

Seth Jones Season Preview: A New Hope

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 24th 2019 | 8 min read |

After finally getting to see Seth Jones in competitive action last night, anticipation is building ever higher among Nashville Predators fans for what...

2013 Nashville Predators Training Camp: Magnus Hellberg Deployed to Milwaukee

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 24th 2019 | 3 min read |

The scythe has swung again, as nine more players were sent from the Nashville Predators training camp today, following 19 from the day before. Quoth t...

Fantasy Hockey 2013-2014: Projections for the Nashville Predators

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 24th 2019 | 17 min read |

With the opening of the 2013-2014 NHL season less than a fortnight away, fantasy hockey draft season is officially open, so as a resource for you hock...

Mattias Ekholm Season Preview: "Horrible, Just Horrible," Hero, or Holed up in Milwaukee?

By George Scoville | Feb 24th 2019 | 3 min read |

Drafted by Nashville in the 4th round (102nd overall) in the 2009 entry draft as an agile puck-moving defenseman with European flair, blueliner Mattia...

Who Will Lead the Nashville Predators in Scoring?

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 24th 2019 | 18 min read |

Despite the mantra that team results are the only things that truly matter, there is a bit of pride to be had in leading your hockey team in scoring. ...