Nashville Predators: Assembling Franchise’s All-Time Best Offensive Weapons
By Chad Minton
Left Wing- Filip Forsberg
Three seasons of lethal offensive hockey from Filip Forsberg is a large enough sample size for me to already put him on the all-time best scorer list for the Predators. You have to remember this team doesn’t have a rich history of scoring threats. Forsberg is on a fast track to become the franchise’s best ever if he keeps up this pace.
To put it into perspective, Forsberg nearly cracked 30 goals as a rookie. He’s followed that up with seasons of 33 goals and 31 goals. He’s going to keep ascending, and I fully expect to watch him become one of the top offensive players in the league.
Left Wing- Paul Kariya
Even with only two seasons in a Predators uniform, Paul Kariya has to be on here. He’s one of the newest members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and is the first true offensive superstar in Predators history.
The addition of Kariya in 2005 made that team really fun to watch. At that time, the Predators had already made a their first ever trip to the playoffs. The problem was no one thought they could go any further than the first round. Kariya changed that belief with his offensive firepower that added some flash to an otherwise boring team that had to grind out wins in 2-1 fashion.