In the end it was the Nashville Predators’ prospects that picked up the win, 3-2, over the Tampa Bay Lightning’s prospects. While it is always nice to pick up a victory, how the game was played is more important than the final score. For the most part, it was a fairly well-played game for the Bolts that provided a pretty accurate representation of where their prospect group is at a whole.
The initial impression of the group as a whole is that this current crop of future rookies is an ornery bunch. Pretty much from the first drop of the puck through the end of the game, they were forechecking, hitting, and getting into post-whistle scrums.