Nashville Predators Free Agency Preview: David Backes

The Nashville Predators might take a look at David Backes. His time with the St. Louis Blues may have come to an end.

David Poile has already once addressed the Nashville Predators depth at the center position, most notably by trading Seth Jones for Ryan Johansen and giving the franchise its first true number one center in the process. However, the Predators still have a situation with depth down the middle and are surely looking at all of their options this off-season.

Only Ryan Johansen and Colton Sissons are locks at their position when the pucks drops for the 2017 NHL season. Johansen is the undisputed number one center and has already settled in nicely at the position while Sissons has…