Barry Trotz: So I got a pair of Swedes and I'm sure I'll end up with at least one more Canadian. Throw a dead cat and you hit a Canadian around these drafts. Not that I'd waste a dead cat. You'd be amazed how useful the tendons are, in that-
Gary Bettman: For the luv of- Trotz, knock the macabre stuff off.
Barry Trotz: Putz. Anyway, I only have one Russian so maybe it's a good time to get another. I'd mention the better chance of genetic compatibility, but you-know-who would get up in arms about it. Anyway, who knows? Maybe this guy ends up like Predators great Alexander Radulov. Except without the bolting back to Russia thing. And also the breaking curfew in the playoffs thing. Okay, so maybe not like Radulov. A Russian JP Dumont?
Before Bettman gets uppity, let me say that the Nashville Predators are pleased to select, with the 58th pick of the 2025 Entry Draft, from Tolpar Ufa of the MHL, Alexander Zharovsky.
Nashville Predators
5) Anton Frondell, C, Djurgårdens, SHL
26) Cameron Reid, LD, Kitchener Rangers, OHL
30) Kurban Limatov, LD, Dynamo Moskva, MHL
35) Jakob Ihs-Wozniak, RW, Lulea, SHL
58) Alexander Zharovsky, RW, Tolpar Ufa, MHL
@Chuck Downie is up.