Nashville Predators Christmas Wish List: Keep Proving Us Wrong

Rookies Continue to Feast

It’s been really fun watching the Nashville Predators rookies all contribute noticeably to the early success of the 2021-22 campaign. The Predators have four techinical NHL rookies playing regular minutes this season:

• Tanner Jeannot: 8 goals, 9 assists, 2 game-winning goals, 5th on teamin points
• Alexandre Carrier: 2 goals, 10 assists, 4th on team among skater in ice time (20:04)
• Philip Tomasino: 5 goals 4 assists, 15.6 shooting percentage (5th on team)
• Tommy Novak: 1 goal, 6 assists, 4 power play points

Those are your main four Predators rookies in the regular lineup. Connor Ingram and Cole Smith have also made appearances as rookies, and Ingram really stood out by getting a gutsy win in his first NHL start against the first-place Minnesota Wild.

The first wish list item I have for Christmas regarding the Predators is that these rookies continue to collectively show out and make big impacts on the team’s success.

Furthermore, I wouldn’t count out Jeannot to stick around in the Calder Trophy discussion for best rookie. He almost certainly won’t win it, but even being in the discussion will be awesome.