Nashville Predators: Top 3 Things Coming Back to Nashville
By Jake Evans
The JOFA Line
The biggest thing that is returning to Nashville next year, is the JOFA line. Consisting of Filip Forsberg, Viktor Arvidsson, and Ryan Johansen, this line was the third best offensive line in the entire NHL last season. This line contains two 30+ goal scorers in Forsberg and Arvidsson, both of whom were top 25 in the NHL in scoring last season as well. Skating in between those two elite wingers is Johansen, a center who had the 11th most assists in the league last season. This line alone scored 35% of the Predators goals this past season, and almost 30% of all Predator points.
These three were the offensive leaders for Nashville this year. Arvidsson and Johansen both tallied 61 points, and Forsberg, 58. Long story short, this line anchors the Nashville offensive attack, with aggressive and frequent goal scoring. They zip up and down the ice together, and ferociously forecheck. Arvidsson and Forsberg are deadly scorers who have the ability to snap off quick, accurate shots from anywhere in the zone.
They work perfectly with Johansen, as the best aspect of his game is his ability to possess the puck, and fit it into tight spaces. It is as good a line as you can find anywhere in the NHL. With that line maturing, and gaining even more chemistry together, the sky is the limit.