Nashville Predators Central Division Not as Strong

The Nashville Predators played in the toughest division in all of hockey last season. The Central may not be quite as tough this season.

The Nashville Predators were 13th in the entire NHL but only 4th in the Central. Three of the top five teams in the league by points were in the Central. The Preds lost to San Jose which lost in the finals of the Stanley Cup and St Louis fell to them in the Conference Finals.

That and the Chicago Blackhawks were the defending Stanley Cup Champs and have retained their core of players. All-in-all, there aren’t too many bad things you can say about the Central. Even the two teams who didn’t make the playoffs, Arizona and Winnipeg weren’t far out of the…