It was illustrated in a pretty clear way this season how important Ryan Ellis is to the Nashville Predators and what all he brings to the table.
Ellis missed 20 games this season after taking a blow to the head from Dallas’ Corey Perry in the Winter Classic on New Year’s Day. This was right around the time that the Predators really started to go near the edge of the cliff.
We’re looking for anything to talk about with the NHL season on pause, along with virtually the rest of the sports world. With that said, the NHL on NBC released their top-five most underrated players in the NHL, courtesy of Adam Gretz:
Ellis comes in at NBC’s No.