Nashville Predators: The Five Tiers of Talent for 2021 Offseason

Tanner Jeannot:

This kid is very exciting. He breathed new life into The Herd as he’s faster and a much better puck handler than Olivier while also managing to stay out of the penalty box.

Jeannot scored five goals in just 15 games, and clearly still has tons of room to grow. He’s aggressive and smart, and I’m very excited to see where his game can go in the next couple of years.

Alexandre Carrier and Jeremy Davies:

Both players felt some growing pains in their first NHL season, as they were sometimes bullied on the ice due to their smaller size. Though, it is worth noting that Ellis doesn’t often see many problems as a defenseman at basically the same size.

Carrier and Davies both have to learn NHL game speed and how to deal with physicality, but we should see some level of improvement next year purely due to experience.

Rem Pitlick:

Pitlick has lots of potential and is already a decently well-rounded prospect. He still needs time to develop further, but it seems as though GM David Poile and HC John Hynes are feeling increased fan pressure to give the young guns increased playing time.

Pitlick has great vision and was an accurate shooter before arriving in the NHL, so hopefully he can build those skills more as the Predators have struggled to score goals as of late.