Nashville Predators Talk - 2024/2025 Season II

[Viqsi]

People are spoiled having had Ekholm here as a #3 for so long. That guy was a #1 Dman so if that is what you are expecting to see out of a #3 or 4 you are going to be disappointed for a long time. Our Dcorp for years has essentially been Crosby+Malkin combo but just on the defensive side. It's an exception and not rule.

To be fair, before Ekholm, our #3 was Hamhuis - who also went to western Canada to become a top-pairing guy.

 

[MrJoshua]

To be fair, before Ekholm, our #3 was Hamhuis - who also went to western Canada to become a top-pairing guy.

I mean, at one point Nashville’s defense corps had Weber, Josi, Ekholm, Jones, and Ellis. We’re pretty spoiled when it comes to defense. I’m not sure they’ve had defensive depth this weak since the turn of the millennium.