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NHL Burning Questions: Nashville Predators

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This is the newest file in THN.com’s ongoing “Three Burning Questions” series of columns. In this feature, we pose three major questions for each NHL team prior to the beginning of the 2022-23 regular season. In this file, we’ve got Three Burning Questions about the Nashville Predators.

THREE BURNING QUESTIONS FOR THE PREDATORS IN 2022-23:

1. Is this the last gasp for the Predators’ current core? The Predators qualified for the final wild-card playoff berth last season, but got rag-dolled and swept in the first round by eventual Stanley Cup winners from Colorado. This showed the difference in where the Preds think they are and where they actually are in the NHL’s pecking order. But rather than disassembling Nashville’s lineup, Predators GM David Poile doubled down on his current core of high-level talent, first, keeping star center Filip Forsberg in the fold via an eight-year, $68-million contract extension, then acquiring veterans Nino Niederreiter. and Ryan McDonagh to bolster his forward and defense groups, respectively.

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