Nashville Predators: We have a love/hate relationship with the roster news

Nashville Predators had to get their roster below the league maximum of 23 before the deadline this evening. They have made their decisions.

Nashville Predators had until 4:59 PM/ET today to cut their NHL active roster down to 23 players. They were not left with a rigorous debate, it seems, since they made their decisions well before the deadline. Undoubtedly, it was a difficult decision. The Predators decided to stick with almost the exact same roster as they had in the playoffs. Unfortunately for some, that decision comes with sacrificing the opportunity for some younger players to get some much-needed NHL action.

The main players considered to be on the chopping block today were Cody McLeod, Samuel Girard, Vladislav Kamenev, and Frederick Gaudreau. Those are all young skaters the Predators are excited about, save the veteran Cody McLeod.

It is never easy to cut skaters off of the NHL roster. It is what they have dreamed about their whole lives. To be on a final cut is even harder since you can almost smell the opening night air. The Predators, however, made the wrong decisions with most of their final cuts. Read on to find out which moves I love, and which ones I hate. I will give you a hint, there is a lot of hate.