Rivalries are sometimes thrown around too loosely in sports, but the Nashville Predators have had their fair share of heated battles over the years.
One of the things that makes sports so awesome is watching all of the heated rivalries develop, and the Nashville Predators have had two decades to build their own rivalries.
This isn’t going to be a scientific study, but with the NHL regular season brought to a halt, I naturally have been going back into franchise history as the Predators have gradually built into a perennial playoff contender.
The early days were tough. Those were blue collar teams that went up against some really historically great franchises. Rivalries over the years for the Predators developed over time as the team got better, and eventually made their first playoff appearance.
Time to go down memory lane a bit, and rank the top five biggest and best rivals in Predators franchise history.