As the Carolina Hurricanes’ first ever playoff series against the Nashville Predators draws closer, we continue to break down the opponent and the challenges they present. Who better to help us do that than our SB Nation counterparts?
We caught up with On the Forecheck editor Kate Rice and her team to ask five questions about Nashville heading into this series, check out their answers below:
1. The Hurricanes went 6-2-0 in the regular-season series. What went wrong for the Predators there, and what adjustments do they need to make here?
Nashville has maintained some of its characteristic stingy defensive qualities, forcing many games into low-scoring affairs by sacrificing quantity against in order to limit quality.