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The Gold Standard — 320 episodes

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Wins and Points: Best Case Scenario for 2026-27

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Mavrik Bourque contract, front office overhaul, development camp

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Stability, Flexibility: MacFarland's vision begins to focus

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Pekka Rinne + NHL Draft preview

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Identity, Patience and Creativity: Lessons from Carolina's Cup

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Nashville, MacFarland keep making big moves

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Preds steal Chris MacFarland from division rival

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Rumors from Colorado: Can Nashville steal MacFarland?

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Conference Finals Preview from a Nashville perspective

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GM Search: Timing, Strategy and Final Say

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GM search update + NHL Draft strategy preview

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Who Wins: Former Preds vs. Current Preds?

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Season-ending messages offer no clarity on future

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Lack of identity costs Predators the playoffs

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Excitement on and off the ice in Nashville

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The biggest week of the year + GM search update

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Matthew Wood leads Preds youth movement into playoff race

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NHL Playoffs or NHL Draft Lottery

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Farm System Report with Nick Kieser

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Instant Reaction: Preds do the right thing at the deadline

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Nashville begins to sell ahead of the deadline

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Hellebuyck, Matthews, Hughes and Our Women

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Live Reaction: USA tops Sweden in OT to advance!

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Can USA win Gold?

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Trotz retirement raises critical questions

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Preds are nothing if not entertaining

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Preds continue to go to extremes + Historic "What If" from the Cup run

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Josi, Stamkos continue to lead surging Predators

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Lessons from the Road Trip + Midseason Report

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Preds critical road trip + 2025 Year in Review

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This is who Nashville is... and it's an improvement

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Hat Tricks, Quinn Hughes and the Playoffs

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Winning Hockey: Dictating Pace and Juuse Saros

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Kids are scoring goals: Will it last?

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Rumors, Reports, Questions and Quotes

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Why the Predators are not making a change

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Rumors swirl from Bridgestone to Sweden

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Finding new ways to lose: NHL screws Preds

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Sloppy, awful night at Bridgestrone

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NHL's worst offense on a last place team

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Dissecting the first four games
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Hockey is Here: Andrew Brunette, Brady Martin, Central Division PIcks

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Are the Preds focused on the right thing? (and final roster predictions)

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Top prospects have entered the chat

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Predators Training Camp: What actually matters?

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GM Barry Trotz vs. Head Coach Barry Trotz

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Central Division Unit Rankings 2025-26

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Veterans search for answers + ranking the Preds farm system

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Lowered Expectations and Comfortability

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Ryan Johansen speculation, Scott Nichol and our plan to fix the NHL

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Nashville's best-case scenario in 2025-26

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Milestones, Schedules, Verdicts and More

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Post-draft prospect rankings

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New CBA, Evangelista's contract, Central Division Power Rankings

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Positive developments from development camp

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Win or Rebuild: What is Barry Trotz doing?

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Final NHL Draft Predictions and Debates
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Timetable for a total Predators rebuild

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Oilers choose violence, Preds disconnect and Top 5 strategy

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Trading for Marco Rossi, Karl Taylor and a Cup Final rematch

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Milwaukee, Trotz, Brunette: Changing opinions with Kayla Anderson

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What's the value of trading away veterans?

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Playoff takes and locker room culture

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Preds run it back + the first draft big board

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Messy Process: Is Trotz still undecided on Brunette?

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What the Preds need to learn from rest of the NHL

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First Order of Business: Evaluating Andrew Brunette

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Wild night in Nashville offers glimpse of the future

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Has Barry Trotz made a decision about Andrew Brunette?

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Juuse Saros, Revisionist History and the Draft Lottery

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The only thing that matters the rest of the season

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Deadline Reaction: What is Barry Trotz plan?

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Lessons from Boston + Long term trade options

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Josi Injured, Frustrations Mounting

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Can USA win the whole thing?

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Barry's Future, 4-Nation's, Hal Gill Talks Defense

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No answers on ice, anthem wars off it

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Defense vs. Goaltending

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Are you not entertained?

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Trade deadline rumors begin to swirl

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Adding Injury to Insult + Young Talent Continues to Shine

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How to evaluate Barry Trotz

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Holiday Mash Up: It's All Your Gold Standard's Fault

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Actual Progress, Blue Line Development, Trade Rumors

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Winless in 8 Games: Scratch Them All

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Time to Talk About Bruno

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

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Are the Preds making a big trade?

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Have the Preds finally leveled off?

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Brunette, Trotz Send a Message

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How sustainable is the streak?

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Establishing a new standard

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Steep Defensive Learning Curve

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Prediction Extravaganza '24

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Central Division Preview

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"On paper, it's fantasy hockey."

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Training Camp and Roster Battles

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Welcome, Adam Vingan (and Rookie Camp)

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Contracts, Breakouts and Uniforms

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Askarov Trade: Barry Trotz Stays the Course

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Fallout: Yaroslav Askforatrade

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Cody Glass Traded: What Comes Next?

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Predicting Preseason Overreactions

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Bally Sports, Luke Evangelista, Salary Cap Issues

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Central Division and Future of Bridgestone

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Stanley Cup Hype, Power Play, Line Combos

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Setting Expectations and Defining Success

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Preds Spend Big To Win Now

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The Cup, The Draft and Trades

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Welcome to Lower Broad Hockey

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The argument for spending big

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Free Agent Targets + Summer Development

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Trade Rumors, Draft Primer, Stanley Cup

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Barry's Big Moves

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How should the Preds act now?

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Sunbows, Unishine, Raincorns
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Series of (missed) Golden Opportunities

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Game 5: "I was right!"

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Preds Total Collapse of the Heart

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Game 3: Special Teams Cost Preds

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Preds, Saros Steal Game 2

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Gut-Wrenching Game 1

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Predators vs. Canucks

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Immediate Autopsy of Year One

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Preds Clinch Playoff Spot

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Losing My Momentum

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Feels like '17

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Record-Setting Streak

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Preds Trade Deadline Analysis

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Be a Playoff Team, Not a Buyer

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Have Your Saros, Make Playoffs Too

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U2 will believe in Andrew Brunette?

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Saros Trade Rumors Swirl

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Preds Second-Half Goals

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Preds limp into All-Star Break

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Preds Making Changes

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Collecting Accurate Data

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Worst Two Games of the Year?

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Yaraslov Askarov and Free Agent Decisions

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To Trade, or Not To Trade (Juuse Saros)

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Spreading Bruno's Holiday Culture (with Emma Lingan)

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Can Filip Forsberg be elite?

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Positive First Half Pace

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The Brunette System Takes Root

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Historic Turning Point Win?

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Blame Game: Coaches or Players

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Predators Growing Pains

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Good Stats, Bad Stats

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Out-worked, Out-battled, Out-played

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Week 1: What's Real, What's Not?

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One Down, 81 more to go

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Official Predators, Central Division Predictions

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New Faces and New Paces

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Preds Training Camp Preview 2023

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Biggest Preds Questions: Past, Present, Future

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Oral History of Preds Franchise Defining Moments

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Evaluating David Poile, Vol. 3 (coaches and contracts)

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Ranking Predators players and moments

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How to evaluate David Poile, Vol. 2 (drafts)

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How to evaluate David Poile, Vol. 1 (trades)

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Official Predators Prospect Rankings '23-24

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Predators choose your own adventure

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Legacies and Expectations with Adam Vingan

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Free Agent Strategy and Projected Line-up

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Big Swing Barry

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Matthew Wood and Tanner Molendyk

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NHL Draft First Round Megacast

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First Order of Business: Free Agent Strategy

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This is The (Predators) Way

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John Hynes out, Andrew Brunette in (with Adam Vingan)

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Embarrassment is bigger in Texas

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The rumors are a-swirling

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Chicago doesn't deserve No. 1 pick

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Is "just get in" a real thing? (2023 vs. 2017)

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Karl Taylor: Knowledge vs. Experience

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The Trotz Takeover with Adam Vingan

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Preds miss playoffs and two things are true

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Young Preds keep Playoff hopes alive

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Preds don't stick to sports

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Preds Last Gasp (and a Sweet 16 name bracket)

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Can John Hynes save his job?

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Best case scenarios and top 10 prospects

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Trade Deadline Special (with Terry Crisp)

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GM's David Poile and Barry Trotz

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Zombie Hockey Team Won't Die

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A Catfish Protest and Empty Seats

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Here we go again

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Second-Half Stats with Adam Vingan

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Are the Predators good at hockey now?

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Preds: Best goaltending in the NHL?

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Bittersweet Symphony: Askarov, Road Trip, Tolvanen

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It's January, not Filbruary

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A Grinch's Roundtable with Adam Vingan

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Roman Josi's record, two wins and a rude awakening

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Eeli Tolvanen: A Modern Predators Microcosm

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Preds ownership vs. Titans ownership

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Ducks, Dogs and Trends

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Finally, we can be thankful

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Line-up Victory Lap and Stats with Adam Vingan

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What's wrong with Juuse?

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Hynes Hot Seat Temp Check

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Bad Hockey

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Preds Problems: Using the right sample size

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Adam Vingan: Regression vs. Replication

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Unofficially official 2022-2023 predictions

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Coach Rinne, camp battles and a quick chat w/ Mattias Ekholm

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PK Subban's Smashville Legacy

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Hal Gill and Chris Mason

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History of David Poile's Offseason Strategy

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Greatest Preds Starting Line-up of All-Time

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Which Preds are under the most pressure?

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What do the Preds look like in five years?

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Alex Carrier vs. Dante Fabbro

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Special Announcement!

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Projecting Preds starting line-up

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Are the Preds now a championship contender?

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Filip Forsberg is back!

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David Poile sends a clear message

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Filip Forbserg contract leakage

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Adam Vingan's Announcement

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Karl Taylor: Who is the next Tanner Jeannot?

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The anatomy of a total teardown

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Fan Survey: Ownership, Forsberg and the future

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Mailbag: Fans deserve to know what's happening

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Is it time for David Poile to slide over?

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Sweep leads to questions for ownership

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Game 2: Preds miss their chance

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Game 1: We tried to tell you

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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Predators vs. Avalanche

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Without Juuse Saros, Preds are F***KED

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Optimism and realism can coexist

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Preds: A pretty good but not great team

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A series with Calgary and Philip Tomasino

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Preds need more Big Defense Energy

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Can Roman Josi carry Preds to a Cup?

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Trade Deadline Special: The Return of Adam Vingan

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Final Forsberg predictions with Greg Wyshynski

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Most important weekend of the season

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The time is now for the Predators

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Forsberg rumors, Stadium Series, Pekka Rinne

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Pekka Rinne stories

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Rantings and Ravings

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Best, Worst potential playoff matchups

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Adam Vingan's spring predictions (and news)

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Not a lot to complain about

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A Juuse Saros dependency

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Do you want the fancy stats?

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This Predators team has no passengers

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The Airing of Grievances: Preds vs. Titans

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Stats, Success, Sustainability and Scheduling

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Magic Grits with a side of Covid

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Way ahead of last year (and uniforms)

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Relationship Status: It's complicated

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Preds need home Stone advantage back

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Regression Preparation

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Can the Predators stars sustain this pace?

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Filip Forsberg: Injury, contract and trade

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Have the Preds finally fixed the power play?

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This is how the Predators are going to win games

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Official Nashville Predators Predictions and Projections

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Difficult roster decisions for the Preds

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Predators future hinges on Filip Forsberg

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Pre-Camp Central Division Preview

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Rookie camp, Bridgestone Arena and Baby Vingan

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Chris Mason: Getting ready for Preds camp

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John Glennon: Predators hockey pre-Cup

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Mike Kelly: Analytics and the Nashville Predators

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The Juuse will NOT be loose

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Projecting the Predators starting line-up

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Preds waiting game and Jack Eichel

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The Preds dive into free agency

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Saying goodbye to Ryan Ellis, Calle Jarnkrok

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Saying goodbye to Pekka Rinne (for real this time)

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Saying goodbye to Viktor Avidsson

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You mad, Raleigh?

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Predators Fan Survey

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Karl Taylor: The Art of Developing Talent

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Playoff format, David Poile and the Expansion Draft

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Breaking up the core is hard to do

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Game 6 Reaction: Crime Scene Investigation

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Game 5 Reaction: Did Nashville miss its chance?

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Game 3, 4 reaction: Smashville saves the day!

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Game 2 Reaction: There are no answers

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Game 1 Reaction: Line-up drama

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BONUS SODE: Preds schedule, line-up and Hal Gill

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Goodbye to Pekka, hello to the playoffs

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The Final Week: Defining Success in 2021

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Biggest regular season game... ever?

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Blatant Homerism and Rude Awakenings

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Romanticizing the next three weeks

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The Last Trade Deadline Pod (finally)

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Double Shifting: Playoffs and the future
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The Hot Mic Episode

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Jeff Marek: Do the Preds need a total teardown?

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What else does David Poile need to see?

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It's Over: NHL Rebuilds for Dummies

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The Untouchables are streaking!

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Detroit Rock Bottom (and Greg Wyshynski)

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NSFW Rebuild Blueprint

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Not-so-Great Expectations

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A monumental two points

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A Covid start to the season
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For Whom the Bell Tolvs

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Training Camp is finally here!

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Starting Line-up and Cash Cab projections

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The Predators spicy new division

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Talking about stuff with Hal Gill

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The NHL is back!

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When are we going to have hockey? (with Scott Burnside)

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Tales from the Preds locker room

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Reverse Retro-Grades

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Setting the Expectations, Part II

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Setting the Expectations, Part I

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A PhD in John Hynes

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Double, Double Poile in Trouble?

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Which Predators Way is the right way?

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David Poile cleans house

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Bradens win Cups, Not Corey Perrys

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Nashville finally gets a Norris

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Most important offseason in Preds history?

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