Coach Peter Laviolette took over the Nashville Predators at the start of the 2014-2015 season, and his reign ended earlier this week. It’s fitting to be leaving the team at the start of a new decade.
I can’t think of a single person who had the impact on Nashville or even the state over the last decade more so than Laviolette.
Laviolette put Nashville on the map and gave us a name in the hockey world, a team that went from no coverage to being the team with the most nationally televised games. He brought us two Central Division banners, a Western conference championship banner, a trip to the Stanley Cup Final and a Presidents Trophy.