Everyone remembers the Nashville Predators coming into the season last year with strong expectations, only to stumble out of the gate with an 0-5-0 start. It was a complete disaster, and it felt like the sky was falling after Barry Trotz's massive splurge in the offseason.
He and Andrew Brunette quickly realized that the Predators were not going anywhere meaningful with the roster that started out the season, which prompted them to shake things up a bit. Most of what that entailed was giving unexpected opportunities to some of the youngsters, and few benefitted from it more than Zachary L'Heureux.