The biggest reason to want to mash the panic button right now if you’re a Nashville Predators fan is the fact that they just got completely ran out of the building by a divisional opponent. A division opponent that was missing two of their top players and their starting goaltender.
However, this ugly 9-4 loss to the Avalanche isn’t the lone outlier. There are a few recent games that have my panic meter gradually rising after it was at the very bottom before the collapse against the Calgary Flames.
We’re also seeing the Predators come out of the gate sluggish and sloppy far too often.