Nashville Predators Talk - 2024/2025 Season

[Kat Predator]

Youll see smith out there on crutches 2 mins a game.

Also, we had 11 forwards and 7 dmen and Novak still ended up with the least amount of TOI of everyone not named McCarron

Schenn and ROR finished a 5-2 game with a -1.

 

[Armourboy]

4-1-1 the last six. 11 points out of a playoff spot with almost 50 games left of the season. Playoffs back on?

Breaks tend to end runs so we will see what they look like after Christmas. They honestly need an 18 game run like last year just to put pressure on teams just to make the playoffs.

 

[originalpredfan]

I find it very enlightening to see that ever since Marchessault made his comment to the Montreal reporter about the ridiculous switching of line-mates during the game by Bruno that the Preds seem to be playing much better. Perhaps Marchy should be the player/coach or at the very least Captain of this team.

 

[herzausstein]

Well our stretch of good play has us 11 points out of the wild card with 2 more games played than the wildcard team.
We are up to 29th place

 

[nine_inch_fang]

Need to be 19 games above .500 for the rest of the season to get to 95 points which may or may not get into the playoffs. To, almost, be guaranteed a playoff spot they need to be 22 games above .500 for 98 points. With 47 games left you're looking at something like 33-11-3.

This is basically winning 2 out of 3 games consistently. Seems dubious for this team but let's see what they've got. I think this is the first year that I'm truly pessimistic about their chances to turn things around.

 

[glenngineer]

Need to be 19 games above .500 for the rest of the season to get to 95 points which may or may not get into the playoffs. To, almost, be guaranteed a playoff spot they need to be 22 games above .500 for 98 points. With 47 games left you're looking at something like 33-11-3.

This is basically winning 2 out of 3 games consistently. Seems dubious for this team but let's see what they've got. I think this is the first year that I'm truly pessimistic about their chances to turn things around.

I think it's winning 3 out of 4 games if my math is correct.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

I think it's winning 3 out of 4 games if my math is correct.

3 of 4 gets them to 99 points. To be more specific .7 or 7 out of 10 games puts them at 95 points and 2 of 3 or .66666666666666 put them at 92.

The urgency for this team should be 2 of every 3 at a minimum or they're falling further behind and their asses should pucker tighter any time they fail that in any 3 game stretch.

 

[ShagDaddy]

Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope that you get to enjoy some awesome time with family and friends this holiday season.

 

[101st_fan]

Need to be 19 games above .500 for the rest of the season to get to 95 points which may or may not get into the playoffs. To, almost, be guaranteed a playoff spot they need to be 22 games above .500 for 98 points. With 47 games left you're looking at something like 33-11-3.

This is basically winning 2 out of 3 games consistently. Seems dubious for this team but let's see what they've got. I think this is the first year that I'm truly pessimistic about their chances to turn things around.

A six game winning streak to get to .500 at the midpoint is a pipedream for an 11 win team thru the holiday break.

 

[herzausstein]

A six game winning streak to get to .500 at the midpoint is a pipedream for an 11 win team thru the holiday break.

Next 6 games:
STL
WPG
MIN
VAN
CGY
WPG

Our away record is 3-10-4. It is possible... but holy hell would that be a dramatic turnaround considering our record and who we will be facing

 

[hockey diva]

May your food be delicious, your conversation congenial and your gifts just right !

 

[LCPreds]

4-1-1 the last six. 11 points out of a playoff spot with almost 50 games left of the season. Playoffs back on?

Probably not. Unsurprisingly, the 15th pick is certainly in play.

 

[originalpredfan]

Probably not. Unsurprisingly, the 15th pick is certainly in play.

AKA mushy middle

 

[101st_fan]

Probably not. Unsurprisingly, the 15th pick is certainly in play.

So is the 1st overall with the Preds just three points ahead of the Hawks, in the mix with SJ, BUF, and DET for the bottom five in the league.

 

[Legionnaire11]

After nearly three years, the Predators YouTube page has uploaded a new video!

 

[Roman Yoshi]

If we end up with anything over than a top 5 pick I may pull my hair out. Why can't this team be elite or be trash to build towards being elite?

 

[beardawg]

If we end up with anything over than a top 5 pick I may pull my hair out. Why can't this team be elite or be trash to build towards being elite?

Id be happy with someone like McQueen or Misa if we land in the 5-10 range, but Trotz would take Hensler

 

[Kat Predator]

Id be happy with someone like McQueen or Misa if we land in the 5-10 range, but Trotz would take Hensler

If we get 5th, one of Hagens, Frondell, Ryabkin, or Misa should be available, depending on which C falls, which is a late riser, etc., etc. (Misa is ranked #1 overall on a few lists at the moment.)

If we draft 10th overall, we ought to be out of the running for one of those guys and the W and D really start to come more into play. Drafting at 10 is more like remaining in the mushy middle with this shallow draft, it seems.

 

[101st_fan]

Coming out of the holiday break we sit 3 points ahead of last place Chicago and 11 points back from WC2 ... needing to gain 12 points and jump over six teams to make the post season.

I have a better chance of winning the Mega Millions without buying a ticket.

 

[Kat Predator]

Coming out of the holiday break we sit 3 points ahead of last place Chicago and 11 points back from WC2 ... needing to gain 12 points and jump over six teams to make the post season.

I have a better chance of winning the Mega Millions without buying a ticket.

The loser points throws a twist into things, but if we think of it as a zero-sum game and hope that everyone ahead of us plays each other to a 50/50 standstill in the standings, then we need a winning streak over them all that is double the number of points we are back. So a 22 game win streak, just to have a chance. Add, if 8 teams ahead of us do better than 50/50, then that streak just gets longer. (The loser points make it even more difficult, since we might be trying to overtake a team that is losing games but still getting points in the standings.)

Don't tell Trotz, but the odds are not forever in his favor in this situation.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I am just looking at this team trying to determine if there is even a framework for a competitive team to build around. Playoffs aren't even a question to me at this point. I just want to see if there is something competent here or there that might resemble our players not all simultaneously having some of their worst career years.

Is there even a flicker of flame in the rubble that can be stoked back into a competitive team or is this just a lost cause and we are all waiting until Trotz realizes that.

 

[hockey diva]

I am on the latter side, just not sure Trotz is seeing what we are seeing...