Can Tanner Jeannot build on an impactful season?

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty ImagesAs we approach the start of the 2022-23 NHL season, On The Forecheck is taking an in-depth look at expectations for each Nashville Predators player for the new season. Today, we’re taking a look at forward Tanner Jeannot.

2021-22 Recap:

Regular Season: 81 GP, 24 G, 17 A, 41 P, CF (5v5) 48.0%, 15:59 ATOI

Playoffs: 4 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, CF (5v5) 37.5%, 17:07 ATOI

Heading into the 2021 postseason, when the Preds took on the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, I listed Jeannot—who’d made his NHL debut in March of that year—as a player to keep an eye on in that series.

I was wrong about the series, where Jeannot fizzled like the rest of the team, but he…