The Nashville Predators Are On Fire And If They Win The Cup U2 Deserves Rings
We're in the final days of March, which means the sprint to the Stanley Cup Playoffs is here. It's also a good time to identify which teams are peaking at the right time, and I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a club on a bigger heater than the Nashville Predators are on right now.
The Preds are 16-0-2 in their last 18 games which puts them fourth in the Central Division and gives them the first wild card spot in the Western Conference. What's wild is that with 90 points to their credit, they are within 9 points of the Dallas Stars for the top spot in the conference.
Sometimes we see teams that go on hot streaks through the spring after some serious lows make deep playoff runs.
For some teams, like the 2015-16 Pittsburgh Penguins and 2018-19 St. Louis Blues, the low point came from having to fire a head coach.
However, Andrew Brunette — who is in his first year behind the Predators bench — was never in too much danger, so the team's low point came last month with a 9-2 loss to the Stars.
That led to Brunette and GM Barry Trotz canceling the team's early trip to Las Vegas ahead of a game against the Golden Knights which included plans to catch U2 at The Sphere.
The Nashville Predators look like they'd be a nightmare first-round match-up. (© Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)
That's when the 18-game point streak kicked off and there have been some impressive, gutsy wins in that streak. On Tuesday, the Predators came back from a three-goal deficit to beat the Golden Knights.
Wins like that led to some quotes that show why the Predators are not a team you want to meet in the first round of the playoffs.
"Our confidence is high," leading goal-scorer Filip Forsberg said, per the Associated Press. "We keep working, keep wearing teams down."
"We never stop," Gustav Nyquist said, per the Associated Press. "This team never stops. We believe in ourselves."
We'll see soon enough if the Predators can make a run, but on the off chance that they can go all the way, they may need to send rings to Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. rings fro the weird role skipping their concert played this season.
Alright, rings might be a bit much. One of those Edible Arrangements fruit bouquets would probably be sufficient