The Predators are 15 games into the season, and it’s still difficult to get a good feel for how the 2023-24 campaign will go for the team. The current standings aren’t pretty, though.
Nashville’s 5-10-0 record puts it at the bottom of the Central Division. At their current pace, the Predators would very much be in the Macklin Celebrini sweepstakes. But the underlying numbers suggest that not everything might be as bad as it seems in Smashville. Here are a few notes, with the caveat that it is still very, very early:
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