Nashville Predators: Three Reasons to Keep Hope Alive for Game 6

High Pressure is nothing new for Predators

We don’t have to worry about this team folding on Thursday night. They might get beat by the better team, but I don’t think it will be due to the Predators choking it away.

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Even with the Hurricanes up 3-2 in the series, I still think they’re facing just as much, if not more, pressure. The Hurricanes are supposed to win this series, and win it rather easily at that. But this has been a dogfight to say the least, and the Predators have been in every game.

I expect the Predators veterans to play their best games of the series on in Game 6. That might be a crazy belief considering they have had their disappearing acts at times, but I still have confidence they can come together for another gutsy win. But they need two of them, unfortunately.

They know what’s clearly at stake going into Game 6. They know it could very well be the last game for several of them in Nashville, including Pekka Rinne’s possible last time on the Predators bench.

On the flip side, it feels almost like the Predators are playing with house money. No one even expected them to get this far. There’s restored hope when the offseason gets here thanks to so many inexperienced players taking on full-time roles and excelling.

I’m expecting a team that’s playing loose and leaves it all out there for the home fans.