In what has been a hectic couple of weeks for the Nashville Predators with roster changes, the 2021-22 NHL schedule has now been released, and how nice is it to see an normal 82-game schedule again.
After getting through the 56-game schedule that only included divisional matchups, it’s going to be fun to see old rivalries renewed with matchups against the St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins and other teams we collectively can’t stand as Predators fans.
I’ll even throw the Winnipeg Jets in there as I still haven’t gotten over the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs and having our Presidents Trophy season wasted with a second round loss to them.
The 2021-22 NHL regular season begins on October 12 with a pretty entertaining doubleheader of Penguins at Lightning, and Kraken at the Golden Knights. No shortage of storylines or star players in those to matchups.
As for the Predators, we’ll have to wait until two days later to see them take the ice for the first time with what will be a much different looking roster that has already lost four core players in Pekka Rinne (retirement) Calle Jarnkrok (expansion draft), Ryan Ellis (trade) and Viktor Arvidsson (trade).
Here are the highlights of the 2021-22 Nashville Predators schedule.