Nashville is one of my favorite teams to watch in the entire National Hockey League. Head Coach Barry Trotz, who has been behind the Predators bench since the organization's inaugural season, never fails to extract every last ounce of talent from his roster each and every year. As with most teams in non-traditional hockey markets, the Predators are constrained by a self-imposed salary cap annually, meaning that their forays into free agency are usually comprised of role players and the occasional top-six winger. You're not going to see them linked to the premier talent available at the Trade Deadline or on July 1st. But that doesn't mean they're not contenders.



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