Predators’ Cup Number Looks Cute - Here’s Why It’s Not Crazy

Nashville’s early Stanley Cup case is getting the full June-treatment, when every front office starts doing the math before the coffee gets cold. The question is not whether the Predators have talent, but whether they have enough of the right kind in the right places when the schedule gets mean and the margin gets thin. That is usually where the real contenders separate from the teams that merely look dangerous on paper, and Nashville is living right on that line.