At long last you have your chance to see guys like Mike Fisher, Shea Weber, and the rest of the Nashville Predators hit the ice, as the 2013 Training Camp gets up to full speed tomorrow at Centennial Sportsplex. All on-ice sessions are open to the public.
NOTE: Thursday’s sessions have been moved to Bridgestone Arena due to problems at Centennial, but are still open to the public.
The Predators released the following schedule for the next few days:
THURSDAY, Sept. 12
Time
Event Location 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. On-Ice Sessions (Blue)
BRIDGESTONE ARENA 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. On-Ice Sessions (White) BRIDGESTONE ARENA
12:15 p.m.-2 p.m. On-Ice Sessions (Silver) BRIDGESTONE ARENA
FRIDAY, Sept. 13
Time
Event Location 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. On-Ice Sessions (Blue) Centennial Sportsplex
12 p.m.-2 p.m. On-Ice Sessions (Silver/White)
Centennial Sportsplex
SATURDAY, Sept. 14
Time
Event 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. On-Ice Sessions (White) Centennial Sportsplex
12 p.m.-2 p.m. On-Ice Sessions (Blue/Silver) Centennial Sportsplex
SUNDAY, Sept. 15
Time
Event 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. On-Ice Sessions (Silver) Centennial Sportsplex
12 p.m.-2 p.m. On-Ice Sessions (White/Blue) Centennial Sportsplex
The teams are broken down as follows:
| Blue Team | |||
| POS. | NO. | Name | Shoots |
| D | 4 | Ryan Ellis | R |
| D | 6 | Shea Weber | R |
| F | 7 | Matt Cullen | L |
| F | 10 | Patrick Cehlin | R |
| F | 18 | Kevin Henderson | L |
| F | 21 | Simon Moser+ | L |
| D | 22 | Scott Valentine | L |
| F | 25 | Viktor Stalberg | L |
| F | 33 | Colin Wilson | L |
| G | 30 | Carter Hutton | L |
| D | 32 | Bryan Rodney | R |
| G | 45 | Magnus Hellberg | L |
| D | 47 | Joe Piskula | L |
| F | 56 | Paul Crowder* | R |
| F | 62 | Barry Almeida* | L |
| F | 67 | Miikka Salomaki | L |
| F | 72 | Joonas Rask | R |
| F | 84 | Colton Sissons | R |
| D | 85 | Mikko Vainonen | L |
| Silver Team | |||
| POS. | NO. | Name | Shoots |
| D | 2 | Scott Ford* | R |
| D | 3 | Seth Jones | R |
| D | 8 | Kevin Klein | R |
| F | 9 | Filip Forsberg | R |
| F | 12 | Mike Fisher | R |
| F | 13 | Nick Spaling | L |
| F | 24 | Eric Nystrom | L |
| F | 27 | Patric Hornqvist | R |
| F | 29 | Mark Van Guilder | R |
| G | 36 | Scott Darling* | L |
| G | 39 | Marek Mazanec | R |
| F | 41 | Taylor Beck | R |
| D | 46 | Joonas Jarvinen | L |
| F | 48 | Josh Shalla | L |
| F | 49 | Mathieu Tousignant* | L |
| D | 55 | Kayle Doetzel+ | R |
| D | 65 | Teddy Ruth* | R |
| D | 83 | Anthony Bitetto | L |
| F | 89 | Michael Liambas* | L |
| White Team | |||
| POS. | NO. | Name | Shoots |
| F | 11 | David Legwand | L |
| F | 15 | Craig Smith | R |
| F | 16 | Rich Clune | L |
| F | 26 | Matt Hendricks | L |
| F | 28 | Paul Gaustad | L |
| G | 34 | Eric Levine+ | L |
| G | 35 | Pekka Rinne | L |
| G | 37 | Cody Reichard+ | L |
| F | 40 | Brendan Leipsic | L |
| D | 42 | Mattias Ekholm | L |
| F | 43 | Vinny Saponari* | R |
| F | 52 | Austin Watson | R |
| D | 54 | Charles Roussel | R |
| F | 57 | Gabriel Bourque | L |
| D | 59 | Roman Josi | L |
| D | 64 | Victor Bartley | L |
| D | 71 | Taylor Aronson | R |
| F | 73 | Felix Girard | R |
| F | 76 | Zach Budish | R |
| D | 81 | Michael Moffat+ | L |
* – Attending camp on an AHL contract with Milwaukee + – attending camp on a tryout agreement
What combinations jump out at you? For me, the Blue Team’s trio of Colin Wilson, Matt Cullen & Viktor Stalberg might well be Nashville’s top line at the start of the season, and I wonder if Rich Clune, Paul Gaustad & Matt Hendricks on the White Team might represent the new 4th line.
No matter what, it will be interesting to see how things develop over the next three weeks as we gear up for the season opener on October 3rd at St. Louis…