So why not these Predators? They’ve got a hot goaltender in Juuse Saros. Every team legitimately can feel it has a chance.īecause it’s not as much which team is better as which team happens to be playing best at that time.
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Hockey is different from most professional sports – baseball might be the closest, and even its randomness pales in comparison – in how unpredictable its postseason is each year. That said, the odds don’t mean as much in the Stanley Cup playoffs. GENTRY ESTES: Anything is possible for Nashville Predators in NHL playoffs.
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The Hurricanes had to endure all this, and they’ve since gotten to chew on it for a while.īest believe they’ll be in Category 5 temper when the playoff series finally begins. They barely lost to let the Predators celebrate clinching a playoff spot Saturday, and then Monday’s shutout loss – with players resting – made for Pekka Rinne’s emotional, presumed sendoff. After dominating the Predators all season, they ended up playing an unwilling role in two magnificent nights at Bridgestone. 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. View Gallery: NHL Playoffs 2017: Best of Predators' run to Stanley Cup Final
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