It’s LeviOOOsa: Grading the Predators’ 2001 offseason

Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty ImagesBecause nostalgia is the “it” thing right now, this summer, we’ll be taking an in-depth look at the off-seasons from the Predators’ past. For this series, we’re only looking at moves made between the end of the season and the start of the regular season.

Ahh we’ve made it to 2001... Shrek and Donkey went on an adventure to save Fiona, Apple unveiled some new thing called the “iPod,” and Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears wore THAT denim ensemble to the VMAs.

And our Predators? They just wrapped up year three in the NHL. “Smashville” had just become a marketing thing for the first time, and, at the time, it looked like they…