Nashville Predators Set Opening Night Roster

The Nashville Predators have submitted their roster to the league office. The line combinations and defensive pairings could be as follows with Viktor Stalberg on injured reserve to start the season. However Nashville's lines are in flux and could change. Filip Forsberg has made the team at least for now.

Line combination possibilities follow (format left wing, center, right wing) although they had different combination in practice. So this will most likely change after first game and ongoing.

Colin Wilson, Mike Fisher, Patrick Horqvist (been out with injury but day to day)
Gabriel Bourque, Matt Cullen, Craig Smith
Nick Spaling, David Legwand, Eric Nystrom
Rich Clune, Paul Gaustad, Matt Hendricks

Filip Forsberg

IR - Viktor Stalberg

Defensive Pairings

Shea Weber, Roman Josi
Seth Jones, Kevin Klein
Ryan Ellis, Victor Bartley/Mattias Ekholm (7th defenseman)

Goaltenders

Pekka Rinne starter, Carter Hutton backup

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Jones vs. Nurse vs. Ristolainen

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Nashville Predators make the right selection with the top defenseman prospect Seth Jones? The Predators defensive corps was already talented and obviously with Shea Weber, Nashville has one of the NHL's top defenseman if not the top defenseman. Jones did stand out as the top defenseman in the draft prior to the draft however this was a very good draft for defenseman. We could include 5th overall pick Center Elias Lindholm in the battle but I'm going to stick with a battle of the top 3 defensemen.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.
4th Overall Pick Defenseman Seth Jones Nashville Predators

7th Overall Pick Defenseman Darnell Nurse Edmonton Oilers

8th Overall Pick Defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen Buffalo Sabres

Nashville Predators Assign 3 Players to Their Junior Teams

The Nashville Predators returned Tommy Veilleux to Victoriaville (QMJHL), Mikko Vainonen to Kingston (OHL) and Felix Girard to Baie-Comeau (QMJHL). They also assigned 5 players to Milwaukee of the AHL.

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Seth Jones -

Jones will likely play for Nashville so he is not considered a prospect.

Seth Jones

3rd Round Pick Defenseman Jonathan Diaby -

Diaby will play for Victoriaville in the OHL in 2013-2014.

Jonathan Diaby

4th Round Pick Center Félix Girard -

Girard will play for Baie-Comeau in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

Félix Girard

4th Round Pick Goaltender Juuse Saros -

Saros plays for HPK in sm-liiga Finland's Pro League in 2013-2014.

Juuse Saros

5th Round Pick Right Wing Saku Mäenalanen -
Saku will play for Karpat in sm-liiga Finland's Pro League in 2013-2014.

Saku Mäenalanen

5th Round Pick Defenseman Teemu Kivihalme -

Teemu will play for Fargo in the USHL in 2013-2014.

Teemu Kivihalme

6th Round Pick Center Emil Pettersson -

Emil is playing for Tamra in the Allsvenskan Swedish Pro league in 2013-2014.

Emil Pettersson

6th Round Pick Left Wing Tommy Veilleux -
Veilleux will play for Victoriaville in the OHL in 2013-2014.

Tommy Veilleux

7th Round Pick Right Wing Wade Murphy -

Murphy is in his freshman season at the University of North Dakota in 2013-2014.

Wade Murphy

7th Round Pick Goaltender Janne Juvonen -

Janne is playing for Pelicans in sm-ligga Finland's Pro League in 2013-2014.

Janne Juvonen

2012

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Pontus Åberg -

Aberg is playing for Farjestad in the SHL in 2013-2014.

Pontus Åberg

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Colton Sissons -

Sissons will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Colton Sissons

 

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Jimmy Vesey -
Vesey enters his sophomore season at Harvard University in 2013-2014.

Jimmy Vesey

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Brendan Leipsic -

Brendan is playing for Portland in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Brendan Leipsic

4th Round Pick Center Zach Stepan -

Stepan is a freshman at Minnesota State (Mankato) in 2013-2014.

Zach Stepan

4th Round Pick Defenseman Mikko Vainonen -

Mikko will play for Kingston in the OHL in 2013-2014.

Mikko Vainonen

6th Round Pick Defenseman Simon Fernholm -

Fernholm will play for Frolunda in the SuperElit Swedish Pro Hockey league in 2013-2014.

Simon Fernholm

6th Round Pick Right Wing Max Görtz -
Gortz is playing for Farjestad in the SHL in 2013-2014.

Max Görtz

6th Round Pick Goaltender Marek Mazanec -

Marek will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Marek Mazanec

2011 Draft Prospects Tracker

2nd Round Pick Goaltender Magnus Hellberg -

Hellberg will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Magnus Hellberg

2nd Round Pick Left Wing Miikka Salomäki -

Miika will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Miikka Salomäki

4th Round Pick Left Wing Josh Shalla -

Shalla will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Josh Shalla

4th Round Pick Defenseman Garrett Noonan -

Noonan will be playing for Boston University in 2013-2014.

Garrett Noonan

5th Round Pick Defenseman Simon Karlsson -

Karlsson was not signed by June 1, 2013 so he is no longer property of Nashville.

6th Round Pick Forward Chase Balisy -

Balisy will be a senior at Western Michigan University in 2013-2014.

Forward Chase Balisy

7th Round Pick Left Wing Brent Andrews -
Andrews was not signed by June 1, 2013 so he is no longer property of Nashville.

2010 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Right Wing Austin Watson -

Watson will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Austin Watson

3rd Round Pick Defenseman Taylor Aronson -

Aronson will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Taylor Aronson

5th Round Pick Left Wing Patrick Cehlin -

Cehlin will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Patrick Cehlin

6th Round Pick Defenseman Anthony Bitetto -

Bitetto will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Anthony Bitetto

7th Round Pick Left Wing David Elsner -

Elsner was not signed by June 1, 2012 so Nashville no longer holds his rights.

7th Round Pick Center Joonas Rask -

Rask will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Joonas Rask

2009 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Ryan Ellis -

Ellis is playing for Nashville so he is no longer considered a prospect.

 

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Zach Budish -

Budish will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Zach Budish

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Charles-Olivier Roussel -

Roussel will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Charles-Olivier Roussel

3rd Round Pick Right Wing Taylor Beck -

Beck will be playing for Milwaukee in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Taylor Beck

3rd Round Pick Center Michael Latta -

Latta was traded to the Washington Capitals along with Martin Erat, in exchange for Filip Forsberg on April 3, 2013.

4th Round Pick Center Craig Smith -

Smith is playing for Nashville so he is no longer considered a prospect.

4th Round Pick Defenseman Mattias Ekholm -

Ekholm is playing for Nashville so he is no longer considered a prospect.

4th Round Pick Left Wing Nick Oliver -

Nick enters his junior season at St. Cloud State in 2013-2014.

Nick Oliver

5th Round Pick Left Wing Gabriel Bourque -

Bourque is playing for Nashville so he is no longer considered a prospect.

7th Round Pick Center Cam Reid -

Reid is no longer property of the Predators.