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Nashville Predators: Top Players They Could’ve Drafted But Didn’t

By Chad Minton

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY - OCTOBER 06: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman prepares for the first round of the 2020 National Hockey League Draft at the NHL Network Studio on October 06, 2020 in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY - OCTOBER 06: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman prepares for the first round of the 2020 National Hockey League Draft at the NHL Network Studio on October 06, 2020 in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /
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Patrice Bergeron (2003, 2nd Round)

The Predators had already picked at the 7th-overall pick and taken Ryan Suter, which ended up being a pretty rewarding pick for them for a while.

However, the Predators entered the second round of the draft with two picks very close together and went the route of taking left wing Konstantin Glazachev with the 35th-overall pick, and then took another defenseman in Kevin Klein at the 37th-overall pick.

Klein ended up being a solid player for the franchise, but what stings is that Patrice Bergeron went just a few picks later to the Boston Bruins. A franchise center that, to be fair to the Predators, a lot of teams passed on this draft before Boston took him.

Bergeron is still a great player to this day in 2021 as he’s inching closer to 1,000 career points. Even this season he’s got 41 points in 46 games, which would easily be leading the Predators right now.

Yeah, I got a little nauseous after seeing that one as well. If it makes you feel any better, the Predators did make up for it by taking Shea Weber right after Bergeron went.

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