Top 50 Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators made their debut in 1998, bringing hockey to the Volunteer State.
As a new team, the Predators have not yet won a Stanley Cup, but they did make it to the Finals in 2017 and have one of the more dedicated fan bases in American hockey.
This list is up to the end of the 2024/25 season.
Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and postseason accolades.
Kevin Klein played his first 403 Games in the NHL with the Nashville Predators, who selected him in the Second Round in 2003. Klein only played 18 Games for the Predators in his first three years, spending most of his time in the AHL, but by 2008, he was never sent…
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…
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…
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…
Beginning his NHL career in 1987 with the Washington Capitals, Defenseman Bill Houlder would later play for Buffalo, Anaheim, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay, before joining Nashville early in the 1999/00 Season after being selected off the Waiver Draft. Houlder was in his early 30s by this time and did…
It was an incredible feat for Karlis Skrastins to make the Predators roster in 1998, albeit for only two games. A player drafted in the Ninth Round is not often expected to make the NHL, let alone in the year they were drafted. The Russian Defenseman would become a stalwart…
Mikael Granlund had a good seven-years-and-change with the Minnesota Wild before he was traded during the 2018-19 Season to Nashville, but the Center got off to a rocky start with the Preds, scoring only one Goal in 16 Games. This lowered his stock, and the then Free Agent’s stock fell. Granlund…
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…
From Switzerland, Kevin Fiala became one of the country’s few First Round picks when Nashville selected him 11thOverall in 2014. Fiala made it to the Predators for six Games in his first two years in North American hockey, and the Left Wing would remain as an NHL player in 2016/17. Fiala…
Greg Zanon was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2000, but he was not signed by the team and instead grew his skills with Nebraska-Omaha in the NCAA. Zanon signed with the Nashville Predators as a Free Agent in 2004 and made their roster two years later. A lockdown Defenseman, Zanon…