Four-straight games at home to start
The Nashville Predators will get the opportunity to get nice and comfortable at home to open the season with four-straight games. We need the fans back at full force and rowdier than ever to help get the team off to a strong start.
The opponents aren’t cakewalks by any means, however. After opening against the Kraken, the Predators will then host the Carolina Hurricanes, a team that we got to know plenty well enough last season thanks to division realignment and the first round playoff series.
Many people, including myself, would love to be in a division fulltime with the Hurricanes. It could become a big time rivalry thanks to the geographical closeness between the two teams, and how intense the playoff series got.
After that the Predators will welcome another Predators alum that was just traded and that’s Viktor Arvidsson and the LA Kings. I expect the Kings to be a much-improved team, and I’m sure Arvidsson will have some new energy playing with his new club.
Get those tribute videos fired up, because we’ll be presenting two of them rather quickly.
Finally, the homestand will wrap up with a matchup with the New York Rangers, another team that figures to be improved even more. Not an easy four-game slate to start with.