With the 2022-23 regular season less than two weeks away, the Nashville Predators enter the season with a major box checked at goaltender with Juuse Saros between the pipes. They’re no strangers to having that luxury over the last decade-plus.
The rest of the Central Division doesn’t look nearly as daunting as it has looked in the past, but there is still plenty of top-notch goaltending for teams to contend with.
Do the Nashville Predators unequivocally have the best goaltender in the Central Division with Saros at the helm, or is there someone else who is emerging to take over at the top?
As preseason hockey is about to start and teams already active at training, let’s rank every projected starting goaltender in the Central Division.