In a season where the Nashville Predators are coined as a rebuilding team, the pressure is on to prove they’re heading in the right direction.
Virtually every analyst or fan alike feels like the Nashville Predators are probably heading into a non-playoff year and won’t be playing in the postseason for the first time since 2014, Barry Trotz’s last year.
Missing the playoffs has become a rarity for the Nashville Predators, despite the disappointing showings once they get into the playoffs in recent memory. If most of the preseason predictions come true, their playoff streak coming to an end might not be the only thing of value that ends for the Predators.