Who are they? The correct answer is…. the Nashville Predators third defensive unit! They’re the current glaring weakness of the team. What’s included in this breakdown:
To effectively explain the issues with the third defensive pairing, we’re going to highlight key stats from this season, last season, breakdown the three current defenseman vying for the third line spot, and breakdown who could get called up to replace one of them. All stats are taken from 5-on-5 hockey and provided by naturalstattrick.com.
The Predators have been going with Matt Irwin, Yannick Weber and Dan Hamhuis on this third pairing early on.