Kostitsyn looked to be traded out, and he got it when he was sent packing to Nashville in 2010.

Kostitsyn responded well in his first year in Music City, producing what would be a career-high 50 Points and leading the NHL in Shot Percentage (24.7).  It looked like he turned it around, but it was not to be, as he slipped to 43 Points and plummeted to 15 Points in 46 Games in 2012/13.  Kostitsyn and the Predators agreed to part ways following the season's end, and he returned to Russia to play in the KHL.  Kostitsyn could have had a better and much longer career in North America, but his heart was never in it, and he was much happier in Russia. However, on a team as young as Nashville, Kostitsyn is worthy of being on this list.

Colton Sissons played the first ten years of his career with the Nashville Predators, a team he debuted for in 2013.  

A lower-line center primarily used on the grinding line, Sissons has excelled for Nashville. He demonstrated his scoring prowess with a hat trick that clinched the Predators' decisive victory in the 2017 Western Conference Final and achieved three 30 Point seasons for the Predators.

Sissons was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2025 off-season, and he accumulated 221 Points in Nashville.

After playing only one Game with Dallas in the 2003/04 Season, he signed with the Nashville Predators in 2007, where he won the backup Goalie job, though he would be elevated to the primary backstop when Chris Mason struggled.  Ellis had a good year, appearing in 44 Games and leading the NHL in Save Percentage (.924).  

He was not able to build on that year as his stats slipped, and his backup, Pekka Rinne, took over and held on to the starting position for well over a decade.  Ellis played two more years in Nashville and was still decent, keeping his Save Percentage over .900.  

After the 2009-10 Season, Ellis was traded to Montreal, who promptly released him, though he went on to play five more seasons in the NHL.  Ellis had a 49-42-8 record with a 2.64 GAA as a Predator.

Undrafted in 1997, Andy Delmore signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and made the team, bouncing between the parent club and the minors for three years before he proved he belonged as an NHLer.  The Flyers dealt him to Nashville for a third-round pick, and Delmore responded with two surprising campaigns considering where he came from.

Delmore had 72 Points over the next two years, anchoring the Nashville power play and averaging half a point per game.  While the Predators were only a half-decade old, Delmore’s production placed him as the first-star offensive Defenseman in franchise history.  Perhaps sensing a fluke, Delmore was traded for the same equity he arrived with, a third-round pick.