The Colorado Avalanche are going to need to bring some extra will to win to the table when they face the Central Division rival Nashville Predators.
June 29th was a bombshell of a day in the NHL. Just two days before free agency opened, Steven Stamkos signed an extension with Tampa Bay, the Edmonton Oilers made a — to put it mildly– questionable trade that saw them part ways with Taylor Hall, and the Nashville Predators traded elite defenseman Shea Weber for the slightly younger and more offensively-minded elite defenseman, P.K. Subban.
Now I don’t think the Subban-Weber trade is as one-sided as a lot of folks believe, but I do think, from contract to age to point production, the Predators came out on top, and have taken a step towards being a legitimate cup contender.