The Nashville Predators are dead.
This NHL season wrapped up on Sunday night when the Penguins clinched the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-0 victory in Game 6 against the Preds in Nashville.
With the win, Pittsburgh becomes the league's first repeat champs in nearly 20 years.
As for the Predators, their riveting Cinderella playoff run ultimately comes up just short of hockey's summit, but there are plenty of reasons to feel good about the future of hockey in Nashville.
Let's take a look at a handful of reasons why it's the Penguins, not the Predators, that finish as the last team standing.