At long, long, long last, we’ll see hear read about some pucks fired in anger tomorrow, as the Nashville Predators take on the Florida Panthers in pre-season action (there’s no indication of any radio or TV coverage, sorry). The Preds sent out an update this afternoon listing the rosters for tomorrow’s games, which take place at 1:30 and 6:00 p.m. Central:
| Game 1 | |||
| POS. | NO. | Name | Shoots |
| D | 2 | Scott Ford | R |
| D | 4 | Ryan Ellis | R |
| D | 6 | Shea Weber | R |
| F | 7 | Matt Cullen | L |
| F | 9 | Filip Forsberg | R |
| F | 16 | Rich Clune | L |
| F | 18 | Kevin Henderson | L |
| F | 25 | Viktor Stalberg | L |
| F | 28 | Paul Gaustad | L |
| F | 29 | Mark Van Guilder | R |
| F | 33 | Colin Wilson | L |
| G | 36 | Scott Darling | L |
| G | 39 | Marek Mazanec | R |
| F | 40 | Brendan Leipsic | L |
| F | 43 | Vinny Saponari | R |
| F | 49 | Mathieu Tousignant | L |
| D | 64 | Victor Bartley | L |
| F | 72 | Joonas Rask | R |
| D | 83 | Anthony Bitetto | L |
| F | 84 | Colton Sissons | R |
| D | 85 | Mikko Vainonen | L |
| Game 2 | |||
| D | 3 | Seth Jones | R |
| F | 10 | Patrick Cehlin | R |
| F | 11 | David Legwand | L |
| F | 12 | Mike Fisher | R |
| F | 13 | Nick Spaling | L |
| F | 15 | Craig Smith | R |
| F | 21 | Simon Moser | L |
| F | 24 | Eric Nystrom | L |
| F | 27 | Patric Hornqvist | R |
| G | 30 | Carter Hutton | L |
| G | 31 | Allan York | R |
| G | 37 | Cody Reichard | L |
| F | 41 | Taylor Beck | R |
| D | 42 | Mattias Ekholm | L |
| D | 46 | Joonas Jarvinen | L |
| D | 47 | Joe Piskula | L |
| F | 57 | Gabriel Bourque | L |
| D | 59 | Roman Josi | L |
| F | 67 | Miikka Salomaki | L |
| F | 89 | Michael Liambas | L |
So what combinations strike your interest?
As expected, Pekka Rinne isn’t scheduled to participate in tomorrow’s action. So far everything sounds positive regarding his recovery from off-season hip surgery, but there’s no point in putting him in a game situation right now.
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