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Unable to come to terms with the team that drafted him with the last pick of the Seventh Round of the 2001 Draft, Marek Zidlicky was one of three players that arrived in Nashville from the New York Rangers in exchange for Goalie Mike Dunham.  Zidlicky proved to be the steal of the transaction.

The Czechoslovakian Defenseman had his best season as an NHL rookie, but he was already 26 and hardly inexperienced.  Zidlicky had 53 Points, which would be his career-high, and he followed that with two more seasons as a Predator, where he cracked 40 Points.  

After 2007-08, Zidlicky was traded to Minnesota.  With the Predators, Zidlicky scored 175 Points in 307 Games.

Traded from Columbus during the 2015/16 Season, Center, Ryan Johansen finished the split year with 60 Points, the third straight campaign where he scored at least 60.

Johansen maintained his consistency, scoring 61 Points in 2016-17. Although he was injured in the playoffs, his contributions were part of the reason they reached the Finals that year.  After another good year (15-39-54), Johansen had his best year to date with the Predators, netting 64 Points, with a career-high 50 Assists.

In 2019-20 and 2020-21, Johansen's play and ice time dropped off(58 Points in 116 Games), but last season, he was healthy and efficient, scoring 63 Points with his 26 Goals being his highest tally since 2013-13 when he was a Blue Jacket.  Johansen played another year with the Predators before he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche, leaving behind 362 Points in Music City.

Showing off solid offensive versatility in his career, Mike Cammalleri’s long career began in Los Angeles, debuting in 2002, but cementing himself as a starting NHL forward in 2005, where he had 55 Points in his first full season in hockey’s premier league.

Cammalleri followed this with one of his best seasons, netting 80 Points with a career-best 46 Assists.  He earned plenty of power play time over this era, and though Los Angeles was not a competitive team, Cammalleri was a significant component of the success that they did have.  

He was traded to Calgary in 2008 and returned as a Free Agent nine years later, albeit for a brief time, before he was traded to Edmonton.  Cammalleri would tabulate 212 Points in 298 Games as a King.

Tom Williams played 25 Games with the New York Rangers before being traded to Los Angeles, where he had his greatest success in Hockey.

The Left Wing played with the Kings until 1979, excelling on tertiary lines, but had one standout year in 1976/77 when he scored 35 goals and accumulated 74 points overall.  He was traded to the St. Louis Blues in the '79 offseason but never made their team and retired shortly after.

Williams scored 249 Points in 372 Games for Los Angeles.