Juuse Soros is still a Predator as of this writing, and arguably he is either on the cusp of greatness.

Drafted in 2013, Finland’s Saros arrived in North America two years later, bouncing back and forth between the AHL and NHL and earning All-Rookie honors in 2017-18, though he only played 26 Games that year.  Saros became the lead Goalie in 2019, and two years ago, he had his breakout season, finishing sixth for the Vezina with a 2.28 GAA.  

Saros built on his solid 2021-21 with an even better 2022-23 where he was third in Vexina voting with a 2.64 GAA and the league lead in Goalie Point Shares with 14.0.  He again led the NHL in Goalie Point Shares in 2022/23 (14.9) and was fourth in Vezina voting, but the Predators struggled overall, and failed to make the playoffs.  

Saros enters this year as a near-the-top Goalie and the biggest wrkhorse of the last two years. 

When Jason Arnott arrived in Nashville, he was many years removed from his Calder runner-up year.  This is not to say that Arnott was not still a good player, as he most certainly was.  In fact, Arnott had a .83 PPG in Nashville, a strong average in any era.

Arnott, a Stanley Cup Champion in 2000 with New Jersey, joined the Predators in 2006.  Arnott scored 54 Points in his first year in Nashville and had 76 the year after, the second highest of his career.  The Center would not reach that mark again in his career, but he had another 103 Points for Nashville in the next two years.

The Predators would trade Arnott to New Jersey after a solid four-year period of 229 Points in 275 Games.

J.P. Dumont played his first two NHL years with Chicago, where he was a youngster and saw minimal ice time.  Dumont was then traded to Buffalo, a team he was with for five years, but is arguably the organization he is most commonly associated with.  After Buffalo, Dumont signed with Nashville, the team he played his last five years with, and the team, we will argue, was where he was at his NHL best.

Dumont’s first season in Nashville (2006-07) would see the Right Wing score 66 Points, a record for him at the time.  He broke that with 72 Points the following year, followed by another impressive season with 65 Points.

His last season with the Predators was disappointing, a 19-Point year that yielded Nashville buying out his contract.  Dupont never returned to the NHL, as he finished his career in Europe.  He would score 267 Points with Nashville.

The fourth NHL team of Steve Sullivan’s career was the Nashville Predators, a team he joined during his ninth year (2003-04).  Sullivan finished that year strong, scoring 30 Points in 24 Games, with 73 in total that year, a number that would be his second best ever.

Following the lockout year (2004-05), Sullivan had two more 60 Point years, the latter of which was cut short due to a severe back injury that was so bad, he missed the entire 2007-08 Season.  Sullivan returned in 2008-09, netting 51 Points in a comeback year that secured him the Bill Masterton Award.  He played one more year with the Predators before he signed with Pittsburgh.

As a Predator, Sullivan had 263 Points in 317 Games.