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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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T.J. Oshie (2005, 1st Round)

I’ve always been a big fan of T.J. Oshie’s game, and he’s still a very productive player to this day for the Washington Capitals. But he was originally drafted by the St. Louis Blues with the 24th-overall pick in 2005.

As for the Predators, they swung and missed badly with their first-round pick that year by taking defenseman Ryan Parent, who never played a game for them.

Parent ended up only appearing in 106 NHL games and didn’t play in the NHL past the 2010-11 season. He did spend a little time in the AHL after that.

Oshie has gone on to have an outstanding NHL career with over 600 career points and 255 goals. Yet another dynamic offensive player that the Predators missed out on.

Later in that draft other solid offensive players like James Neal and Paul Statsny also went before the Predators could pick again in the third round to take Cody Fransen and Teemu Laakso.

Yeah, let’s try to forget about the 2005 Draft for the Predators after seeing those misses. But hey, they did take Patric Hornqvist with the very last pick in the entire draft at 230th overall!

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