Just like at the past week for the Hurricanes. Oddsmakers aren’t putting any stock in the final two games of the regular season at Bridgestone, and they shouldn't. 1 seed Carolina Hurricanes, was listed at close to 7-to-1. The Predators’ opening-round opponent, the Central Division’s No. That tied them with the Winnipeg Jets as the longest of the long shots in the 16-team bracket, given about a 2.8% chance. View Gallery: Nashville Predators' 2021 season: Best in photosĪs of Wednesday, BetMGM had the Predators at 35-to-1 odds to win the Stanley Cup. Whatever mystical forces continued to line up in those 2017 playoffs – the magic and mojo and momentum and catfish – the Predators will need all of them again in 2021. Those looking for reasons to expect the unexpected again from the playoff Predators can note that the setup in 2017 does resemble the 2021 team’s improbably heroic run of form these past two months. LOOKING AHEAD: Anything seems possible in playoffs for never-say-die Preds GENTRY ESTES: Don't call it an end yet, but it was a perfect one for Pekka Rinne IN SMASHVILLE: Allowed attendance increases for Preds in playoffs “That, to me, is somewhat of a similarity to this year.” They just go on and on and romanticized it so much.” And yet, that Predators fan who was seething in disappointment just a few months ago “was the same guy that did it in 2017 but at the end of the year was hugging everyone,” Henry added. “Now when people look back on that year,” Henry said, “they talk about the greatest year ever, the most fun year ever. Prior to that series, in fact, Nashville’s expectations were so measured that the Predators were having to work hard just to sell out Bridgestone Arena’s first two playoff games. Hardly anyone expected them to get past the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round. Prior to their indelible run to the Stanley Cup Final, those Predators barely even got in the playoffs. So no, this hockey season hasn’t been the most enjoyable for Henry, as seasons go. The ones that were calling for everyone to be fired and players to be traded or cut, typically with a colorful array of “not very kind words,” Henry said with a laugh. They’re a lot like the emails the Nashville Predators’ president and CEO received earlier this season. Sean Henry still has the emails from 2017. The two played 10 seasons together with the Predators.View Gallery: NHL Playoffs 2017: Best of Predators' run to Stanley Cup Final Rinne, who in 2018 won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie, and Josi, who in 2020 won the Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman, are the only two players in franchise history to win a major NHL award. The first round of the draft will be held Wednesday night at Bridgestone. The awards will be hosted by country music star and hockey enthusiast Dierks Bentley. Rinne also is scheduled to be a presenter at the NHL Awards on Monday night at Bridgestone Arena. The team also has the 15th pick, and 13 picks overall in the draft. There the two will announce the Predators' second pick of the first round, which currently is the 24th pick. 35 hangs from the rafters inside the building, will join former teammate and current Predators captain Roman Josi on the NHL Draft stage Wednesday night. Retired Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne, whose statue stands in front of Bridgestone Arena and whose retired No. View Gallery: Pekka Rinne statue for Nashville Predators star goalieĪ Nashville Predators legend and a Nashville Predators captain will be reunited next week.
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