The Nashville Predators were supposed to be fun. After making some of the biggest signings in the offseason and making the 2024 playoffs, the Preds are 30th in the NHL standings and competing for the 2025 first overall pick.

In this week's edition of Off the Post, Belle Fraser talks about the NHL's Global Series that will kick off the 2022-2023 regular season. The San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will face off at O2 Arena in Prague to start the season. Columbus Blue Jackets and the reigning Stanley Cup champions, Colorado Avalanche will face off in Nokia Arena in Finland in early November.

You can have the most talented team or solid, young core in any league, but if that group can’t put the pieces together at the right time, careful roster construction and player development are meaningless....

The Stanley Cup playoffs are approaching fast, and this is the time in the season it matters to have a hot streak. The teams that are hot going into the playoffs always have success through several series of play.

A Stanley Cup Final loss is unlike any other, but it was especially tough for the Nashville Predators. The franchise had never even seen a Conference Finals series, let alone a Stanley Cup. The team...