| Nick Obergan. 28th October, 2011 - 8:51 pm
 The seventeenth in a series of 30 articles, we will go through the history of every NHL franchise alphabetically and select an All-Time Roster for each. All stats as of October 6, 2011.
Nashville Predators (1998-Present)
Nashville isn't a financially strong team, but one that is successful because of its consistency; GM David Poile and coach Barry Trotz have been in their respective positions since the franchise's first year. The Predators won their first ever playoff series last year, and have always been competitive despite a lack of star forwards, based on their strong defensive play year after year.
First Team
C: David Legwand (98-Present): Franchise leader in games played (768), goals, assists and points (169-279-448, +30); franchise's first ever draft pick, 2nd overall in 1998.
W: Steve Sullivan (2003-11): 2nd in plus/minus (+34), 4th most points (263 in 317 games), 2nd most power play goals (37); 31 goals in 2005-06 are second-best single-season total in franchise history.
W: Paul Kariya (2005-07): 161 points in only 164 games; owns franchise's top two single-season point totals (85, 76).
D: Shea Weber (2005-Present): Most goals by a defenseman (80), 2nd in points (214 in 402 games) and plus/minus (+23); 2-time All-Star; 2011 Norris Trophy finalist; Team Captain 2010-Present.
D: Kimmo Timonen (98-2007): Most assists (222) and points (301 in 573 games) by a defenseman, -6; 2-time All-Star.
G: Pekka Rinne (2005-Present): 3rd in games (177), 2nd in shutouts (20), 1st in SV% (.920) and 1st in GAA (2.33), 95-54-18; 2011 Vezina Trophy finalist.
Second Team
C: Jason Arnott (2006-10): 1st in power play goals (40) and plus/minus (+36), 229 points in 275 games; 2008 All-Star; owns franchise single-season goal record (33).
W: Martin Erat (2001-Present): 2nd in goals, assists, points and games (140-262-402 in 616 games); three 20-goal seasons.
W: J-P Dumont (2006-11): 3rd in points (267 in 388 games), and game winning goals (20), +30; three seasons with 65+ points.
D: Ryan Suter (2005-Present): 1st among defensemen in plus/minus (+28), 3rd in points (192 in 463 games); 2nd most playoff games among defensemen (29, 9 points).
D: Marek Zidlicky (2003-08): 4th in points (175 in 307 games), -5; six points in 14 playoff games.
G: Tomas Vokoun (98-2007): Leader in games (383), shutouts (21) and wins (161-159-60), .913 SV%, 2.54 GAA; 2004 All-Star.
Third Team
C: Cliff Ronning (98-2002): 226 points, -15 in 301 games; had back-to-back 62-point seasons.
W Scott Walker (98-2006): 5th in points (247 in 410 games), -23; two 25-goal seasons.
W: Scott Hartnell (2000-07): 211 points, 544 PIM in 436 games, 19 game winning goals; two 20-goal seasons.
D: Dan Hamhuis (2003-10): 161 points, +3 in 483 games (2nd most); 28 playoff games (9 points).
D: Andy Delmore (2001-03): 34 goals, 72 points in 144 games, 25 power play goals.
G: Chris Mason (98-2008): 58-43-12, 12 shutouts, .913 SV%, 2.61 GAA.
Coaches
Barry Trotz (98-Present): 455-398-131 regular season record, six playoff appearances (14-26).
Nick is RealGM's NHL Feature Writer. You can reach him by email nick.obergan@realgm.com or on twitter @NickObergan |
