The Nashville Predators’ season is over. In many ways, that fact seems merciful.
In many ways, their Game 4 overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday was a microcosm of the Preds’ entire year. The late rally, courtesy of Filip Forsberg’s tying goal with just 32 seconds left, simply wasn’t enough to erase the team’s earlier struggles. The Coyotes won in overtime, unceremoniously ending a Predators season that seemed steeped in potential, but was ultimately doomed from the start.
The Predators will of course sing Arizona’s praises. They’ll give kudos to Darcy Kuemper’s elite performance in goal.