Predators Spend New Year’s Eve in the Nation’s Capital
You could argue there are few better places to spend New Year’s Eve than in Washington DC. They’ve got a great fireworks show, not quite the crowd that Times Square has, and this year, they’ve got a hell of a hockey game scheduled. The Predators travel to DC for NYE to take on the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Washington Capitals. It’s always exciting to see how your team stacks up against the defending Cup champions, especially with the Capitals.
I really think that had Game 7 of the Winnipeg series gone differently, the Preds could’ve beat the Golden Knights and made their second consecutive Cup Final against the Caps. However, that’s not how the cards played out. This season’s NYE game will give fans a look at how a hypothetical Cup Final between both teams would’ve been. Both teams have almost the same exact roster; the only main difference for the Caps being the absence of Barry Trotz.
Another reason I’m excited for this game is this crazy fact: this will be the first time in NHL history that the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals have played a game without Barry Trotz involved. Twenty-one years the Predators have been in the league, and we’re just now getting to see a Preds/Caps matchup sans Trotzy.