This class is pretty good, I mean the make up of it that is. In his mind I went from barely awake to the most dedicated note taker in class. Or maybe it's the sudden influx of typing that through him off. Frig, the guy to my left just looked at me, maybe I am typing too much now. Do you know how uncomfortably they are with a sweaty bum? Hopefully not. So here I am, figuratively sweating my balls off (literally noticeably sweating from my forehead) in my three hour marathon night class at UNB with the prof whose name I can't yet pronounce and I find myself wondering "am I typing enough"? Do you know how uncomfortable these chairs are? Probably. This in itself is amazing for the Predators, but it is also always exciting to see big names join the roster, even if it is only for a limited time. Players such as Shea Weber, Ryan Sutter, Jordin Tootoo, Joel Ward, Martin Erat and more were all drafter by the predators and worked their ranks through the Predators system before cracking the starting lineup. The Predators have a great development system and most of their best talent is developed within.
NHL Greats like Peter Forseberg, Paul Kariya, Jason Arnott, Steve Sullivan have all joined the Predators roster for bit of a season, some even stayed around a bit longer. Because of great work from Smashville Alumni, the team was able to stay in Tennessee and hockey in the state has since blossomed. The still expanding team couldn't produce the victories or the players to keep Predators fans interested in the game. In the early season Nashville had a hard time holding onto a market. In game four, starting goalie Tomas Vokoun recorded his career's first (and only to date) playoff shoutout.
They used speed, high work ethic and ran four lines to win games 3 and 4 on home ice. Predators Pushed the Wings to game six before going down to the experienced wings. As they finished 8th in the conference they were set to face up against first seed, powerhouse and clear favorites the Detroit Red Wings. That being said, Nashville did quite well for an expansion team, hitting the 100 win plateau the second fastest out of the 1990's expansion teams.Īfter the first 5 seasons, the Predators made the playoffs for the first time in Franchise history. They did not qualify for playoffs, finishing 14th, 15th, 10th, 14th and 15th in their first five years respectively. In the first five years they had a combined record of 145/199/58. A new franchise will always have a very hard time hitting the ground running.