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Season officially started last night, but the Preds debut tonight at home against Ottawa and a returning David Legwand.  


Some interesting things to watch this season:


Forsberg has been lighting it up during TC and preseason - will it carry over into the regular season?  Also, he's been reported as getting some time at C as opposed to LW as of late.

 

Is Borque a first liner?  Recent line-pairings have him with Neal and Riberio  on the right wing.  Will be interesting to see how that plays out.

 

What is Colin Wilson's future?  He's had two disappointing seasons after what appeared to be a breakout at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012.  Can Lav get him back on track, or are his days numbered with the Predators?

Will Craig Smith continue his upward momentum?  Like Wilson currently, he was viewed as a bit of a letdown until a rather impressive 2013 season made him the key forward to watch.

 

How will Shea Weber, Roman Josi, and Pekke Rinne perform in this new system?  As cornerstones of elite defense in past-season, will it translate in a more up-tempo offense where they could see less support on their own end of the ice?


And finally, just how good/bad will the Predators be this season?  No one is picking us to do much this year as a lack of overall talent at the forwards corp.  However, no one is pegging us to be in the McDavid sweepstakes as of yet either.

 

The development and production of young players like Seth Jones, Filip Forsberg, and Calle Jarnkrok could very well either make us a sexy sleeper pick to make the playoffs or very well have us in the thick of things for a really early pick in the 2015 draft.

 

Also of note, the official goal song has been changed from Captain Pedophile Gary Glitter to a mashup of The Black Keys "Gold on the Ceiling" - so hopefully the home crowds will be able to get their chants switched up accordingly.  

 

Either way, I'm excited the season's back on again.  Go Preds!

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Trust me, Caps fans are thanking their bloody stars McPhee finally got canned as the GM. The Forsberg Erat trade was retarded. As for Trotz I didn't like the hire at first but boy was I wrong. He got

I'm also excited to see this team with a different coach. Should be a fun year. Their game day experience blows the Titans away all day. James Neal should break the Preds goal scoring record,

Season officially started last night, but the Preds debut tonight at home against Ottawa and a returning David Legwand.   Some interesting things to watch this season: Forsberg has been lighting

Going back and rewatching the highlights, Forsberg again really stood out.  That toe-drag that deked Karlsson out of his skates that set up the Weber backhand was a beauty.  Also, check out the new intro, pretty awesome stuff:

 

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4-1 win. 2-0 to start the season with tonight's win over the Stars. I'm loving the pace of the team this year. We've dominated SOG and we're seeming to wear the other team out late in the 2nd. In both games the 3rd periods have been all Predators whereas in previous years the final 20 was generally us hanging on for our lives.

Another great game by Weber (like that even needs to be said), Forsberg, Nystrom, and Gaustad.

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I'm also excited to see this team with a different coach.

Should be a fun year. Their game day experience blows the Titans away all day.

James Neal should break the Preds goal scoring record, which is 33.

Going to see if I can get tickets to the game tonight.

I'm SO F'n glad they have a new coach! Now hopefully the Preds will SHOOT THE DAMN PUCK AND SCORE! !!!!!

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I'm SO F'n glad they have a new coach! Now hopefully the Preds will SHOOT THE DAMN PUCK AND SCORE! !!!!!

They look really good so far. Peter Laviolette was the right choice for this team.

 

He sees where they are struggling early and make the right adjustments as the game goes on.

 

Nystrom, Forsberg and Gaustad are playing better than I've ever seen them play before. Weber with 2 goals in 2 games too.

 

With this new found offense to go with that great deffense, the skies  the the limit for this club.

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This team is looking so good, like a legitimate sleeper. I know it has only been 2 games, but the tale is in the tape and the team is obviously playing with a different kind of urgency than ever before. If nothing else, it's going to be a fun season. 

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We have almost doubled up on both the Stars and Senators on shots on goal differential. Much different look. The interior passing in our offensive zone is impressive. We get the puck down low before we shoot.  Lots more shots at close range instead of from the blue line. What I REALLY love is that our defense seems to have ratcheted it up a notch too. We're giving Pekka a lot more help than we used to. We're faster with much better puck handling. We defend the neutral zone very well. Granted it's only been two games but there is a definite buzz around the team that I haven't seen or felt before. And we haven't even had Fish, Cullen or Stalberg on the ice yet. The Nystrom, Gaustad and Beck line has been awesome. The Smith, Forsberg and Roy line is going to be deadly. I'm liking what I see.

 

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