The Nashville Predators have always been known as a defense-first hockey club, but the last two years under head coach Peter Laviolette we have slowly risen to a high shot percentage and a high scoring team. On June 27th during the 2014 NHL Draft General Manager David Poile made a big trade for a type of player we have never seen in a Predator jersey. A sniper.
Poile had just let go of long-time head coach Barry Trotz and replaced him with Peter Laviolette, whose philosophy is all about the offense, and he needed someone who could complement that philosophy.