Egor Afanasyev #70 of the Nashville Predators skates against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on March 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
It figures to be a wild and intense training camp for the new-look Nashville Predators, and perhaps no player will have more to gain than Egor Afanasyev.
Afanasyev, who made his highly-anticipated NHL debut back in March, is a former second-round draft pick from 2019 that the organization is hoping is following the same successful path that other recent prospects have proven to show.