Everything came to a boiling point for the Nashville Predators back at the 2023 trade deadline, but this team has been going through gradual changes even before that.
Going into 2023-24, Matt Duchene and Ryan Johansen will be focal points as former Nashville Predators with their new teams, and division rivals to the Nashville Predators no less.
The Predators have lost a lot of fan favorites in just a few years after the franchise failed over and over again to replicated their magical 2017 Stanley Cup run that had Nashville buzzing and bringing in new fans to what we call “Smashville”.
There’s a new era of hockey brewing for the Nashville Predators now for 2023-24 with the regular season puck drop less than two weeks away.
Let’s get caught up with some former Nashville Predators who were critical parts of this franchise when the Stanley Cup window was still seen as being wide open.