Nashville Predators: Players Who Need to Elevate After Two Early Losses

4. Colton Sissons

Sensing a them here for these last three players? It’s because the depth is becoming a major concern for the Nashville Predators. All of the pressure is on the top-six to be perfect, and quite frankly that’s not happening, either.

But as far as depth is concerned, the Predators haven’t gotten much from them in the first two games. Colton Sissons, who I’ve always respected and though he plays his role well, has been pretty quite so far.

Sissons does all the dirty things well. He forechecks hard, wins faceoffs, gets in the dirty areas in front of the net, and lays out some big hits as a forward. I haven’t seen as much as I would like from him in those areas through two games.

I realize Sissons is never going to be the bottom-six clutch goal scorer, but I know he still can make a huge impact on this team in terms of being a defensive boost. He’s registered just one shot on goal through two games, and is getting less than 14 minutes average of ice time.

Sissons is still making his presence felt in the faceoff circle, winning 75 percent of his faceoffs so far. I was relieved that he wasn’t lost in the Expansion Draft to Seattle, and now I’m looking for him to step up in these next couple of games against the Kings, Rangers and Jets.