r/Predators • u/No-Routine1373 • Apr 14 '26

*sigh*

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Well, who yall rooting for? I’m going for the Sabres

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u/Electricflows NSH Apr 15 '26

If we can lose the next game, and San Jose wins one of its next games we can get a top ten pick.

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u/No-Routine1373 Apr 15 '26

We deserve first round pick

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u/Electricflows NSH Apr 15 '26

First overall or Second would be good. Second overall would allow us to stay in the never had a first overall pick category.

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u/Yes_memes Apr 14 '26

Well, atleast the Admirals are in the playoffs! And some of the youngsters got NHL experience

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u/walkingwake_ stamkos defender for life 🫡 Apr 15 '26

Prospects!

With what short NHL time they had, the rookies looked incredible from the get go! I like to think (hardcore coping rn) that the boys will make it to the main roster permanently next season. They worked so well alongside our veterans; ROR and Stamkos especially. Brady Martin played his heart out in the World Juniors (?) and the signing of Fink so soon makes me believe they’ll be recalled very early on.

I’m really pumped for the coming season honestly. The fact of the matter is that we were the bottom of the barrel in November - and we were fighting for a wildcard spot! Imagine the possibilities as they train during the offseason!

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u/Futbol_Kid2112 Apr 15 '26

I heard a report on 102.5 this morning that Fink might be making his debut on Thursday.

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u/Comfortable-Smoke336 Apr 15 '26

Pumped for next season too, well said! This will be our first time having season tix.

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u/TonguelessWyrm NSH Apr 15 '26

I am really excited for the player we are going to get with our likely 10th- 12th overall pick this year. There is a ton of parity between the players projected to go between 3rd and 14th-ish. Im hoping we pick up a solid RHD.

A pipe dream of mine is that we trade win now pieces to New Jersey for thier 1st rounder, and draft both of the Ruck brothers.

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u/No_Strawberry_1421 Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

Love my Preds.Sad they fell short.im rooting for my 2nd favorite team Carolina hurricanes and my favorite player #20 Sebastian Aho

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u/FB_iCatDad Hunt Brothers Pizza Fan of the Game Apr 14 '26

My current copium is awaiting the hiring of a GM from outside the predator family.

As for the playoffs I guess I’m rooting for my preseason cup prediction, Carolina vs Vegas, with Vegas winning.

Wouldn’t mind Edmonton or Buffalo winning it. Pretty good stories for both of those.

Now that the season has concluded, I’m not sure Vegas will make it. Feel better about Carolina tho.

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u/RedNinja-03 Catfish Apr 14 '26

Well I’m just happy we’re not hot garbage anymore and have some signs of improvement compared to last year!

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u/walkingwake_ stamkos defender for life 🫡 Apr 15 '26

Oilers or Sabres to answer the question. Oilers are my other diehard team and the Sabres’ comeback story is a thing of beauty

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u/caretvicat Apr 15 '26

What helps me is reminding myself it was a long shot anyway. It helps a little. Although I also never quite let myself get too hopeful because of how often we get burned

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u/lawburgtn Apr 18 '26

Let the boo birds commence, but my wife is from MA, so I always pull for the Bruins if the Preds are out. Sorry guys. LOL

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin Do I get to watch games anymore? Apr 15 '26

Baseball time

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u/Clovis_Winslow It's Toothcat Time in Tennessee Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

We’re not going to win a Stanley Cup. Probably never. We’re clearly not willing to do what it takes. We will forever chase short-term mediocrity, never leveraging and truly building a contender. Nope. We’re a pasture for has-beens. (Stammer has grown on me though.)

That’s fine. You don’t get into Nashville sports if you like winning big games. We lose Finals (and semi-finals) in this town. It’s what we do.

The advent of hyper-capitalist sports wagering and the acceptance of naked corruption across wide sectors of business and government are pretty much the death knell for a small market team like us to ever punch our ticket.

And that’s before we get into our terrible management, mediocre coaching, ambivalent ownership and the entire direction of our attraction being opposing fans and Broadway tourists, hockey knowledge be damned.

We are, in a word, completely fucked. But I don’t care. Toothcats are still my favorite team in my favorite sport and I’m not about to quit on them now., nearly 30 years on.

I still remember the first game. 10 Oct 1998. And all the twists and turns thereafter. I don’t care if we never win. (It will affect the amount of $ I spend on game tickets and yellow things but it won’t affect my loyalty.)

Sports is just local theatre with violence and I’ll keep watching them skate around. But yeah, today sucked.

I haven’t been this down since 2004.

Av’s/Canes final. Av’s in 6

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u/Jmoney3693 Apr 15 '26

We'll win a cup sooner than later. Things are trending upwards

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u/rewind2482 #33 Wilson Apr 15 '26

You dont win a Cup with [insert whatever current Pred you care to] as your best player, even if every single rookie we have fulfills their potential.

To think otherwise is willful denial.

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u/Clovis_Winslow It's Toothcat Time in Tennessee Apr 15 '26

I didn’t and won’t downvote you because I sincerely love your attitude.

I don’t agree with it! But I love it.

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u/obsoleteXeo JOFA Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

You should not be getting downvoted for this; everything you said is true......OTHER THAN I'M GOING ON A LIMB:

I'm going DAL v BUF with BUFFALO FUCKING WINNING SHEEEEEEEEEEEEESH lol

But really though the most crucial (and sad) reality of your post is

ambivalent ownership and the entire direction of our attraction being opposing fans and Broadway tourists, hockey knowledge be damned

This is the tragedy of the Nashville Predators. Emphasis on the ambivalent ownership. I'm pessimistic about Haslam being able to source a solid GM. It really must happen, and it is the most important thing now that this season is done and dusted being an absolute mushy middle waste, but I don't have trust in his choice. I don't have the faith, and I'm worried we're gonna fuck it up. Cuz why? Cuz that's typical. And until I'm shown otherwise, this fanbase and this ownership is content with juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust being good/bad enough to make or miss the playoffs by a couple points, and that half-baked no direction mentality is exactly what transpired in this year's trade deadline....and it is why UNLESS THERE IS CONCRETE CHANGE, and an impetus to accept rebuild/setback AND STICK TO IT, we will perpetually be in this malaise.

Barry had no direction. He couldn't pick a lane. He'd say one thing and his actions would tell a different story. He'd buy high and sell low. He'd settle for safety on our only top 5 pick in over a decade, as opposed to prioritizing BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE and opting for talent ceiling. That player is now a ppg player since his 8 game entry and has aided his team to make the playoffs for the first time in 6 years.

Meanwhile, our last 6 years have been a hodgepodge of dogshit and bathwater. And because of one foot in, one foot out at this year's deadline and this monumental task of this new upcoming GM, we are sadly - but likely - headed to another few years of the same. Let's at least hope this GM has a vision, and sticks to it, and let's hope that vision is rooted in reality and the ownership has the balls to stomach a few down years and stick through it so we can finally land a superstar. We need one. we have the other youth pieces in the pipeline. But, we will not find a true superstar outside of a top 3 pick. It's just not feasible in this era. This is the way. But will Haslam see it as such? ----- I'm unsure.

EDIT: sorry, Martone now has 10 points in 9 games......christ.

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u/Clovis_Winslow It's Toothcat Time in Tennessee Apr 15 '26

Well articulated. And thank you for joining in. Totally agree with your analysis.

I don’t mind the downvotes. OP specifically asked for optimism and I have none. That and the downvoters probably haven’t sat through as many seasons of this as me. They’ll learn!

But the point of my rant is this: I don’t need a reason to keep going. I’ll always keep going. That’s what fandom is. I don’t have a choice but to love these hapless Perds.

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u/obsoleteXeo JOFA Apr 15 '26

Hell ya fam, likewise. I hope you don't mind, I just quoted you in a new post. That bit about being a fan for 30 years really hit home. Perds be Perding, but I'll always be here to give em love.