After three years with the Los Angeles Kings, Vitali Yachmenev was traded to the Nashville Predators, the team he finished his NHL career with.

Yachmenev was an original Predator, joining them in their expansion year, though he never reached the 53-Point year he did as an NHL rookie with Los Angeles.  Nevertheless, the Russian Left Wing did score 130 Points for the Predators before returning home to play in the KHL.