Nashville is very proud of their Western Conference championship. However, it’s November, and the Predators are 5-4-2 and about to take a long road trip out west.
*For the purposes of this series, I will divide the season into 10-11 games to analyze goaltender progression/regression and season-long performance.
It’s helpful to remind ourselves that stellar goaltending is arguably the primary reason the Predators were able advance to the conference final. Of course, ear-shattering goals from Kevin Fiala, Colton Sissons, and Ryan Ellis certainly helped.
It’s not exactly a secret that Pekka Rinne provided the Predators with steady goaltending when they needed him the most last season.