The Predators went into Anaheim and stunned everyone with a 3-1 win, despite not having captain Mike Fisher and top line center Ryan Johansen.
Well, they stunned everyone except for guys like Mattias Ekholm, of course.
“I think it’s more media that thinks, like, ‘Oh sh**, here we go, this is never gonna work,’ we just know we have these guys down our depth chart that can just step up whenever,” Ekholm said after the game in an interview with NHL Network.
“Guys are ready, guys are in game shape and ready to go when they get the assignment.