Predators SQUANDER Lead in Final Seconds: Is This Hockey Deja Vu?

Predators SQUANDER Lead in Final Seconds: Is This Hockey Deja Vu?

Well, last night could have been a great win for Nashville against a young, fast, talented team, but it wasn’t. Today, we’ll break down those two plays and 21 seconds that have us feeling a little deja vu. You’re Locked on Predators, your daily podcast on the Nashville Predators, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Happy Friday everybody. You made it through the week. Welcome to the Locked On Predators podcast. Thanks so much for making us your first listen of the day. We are of course your free daily Nashville Predators podcast. We are a part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your team every day. want to kick off our Friday episode the way we kick off all of our episodes and that is with a hearty shout out to our lockdown predators insiders and our everydayers who tune in to talk Nashville Predators hockey with us. I’m Ann Kimmel. I am a writer and co-host with Penalty Box Radio and friends. I have a theelma to my hockey Louise. You do and I am so happy to be reunited with you here on this Friday. I’m Emma Lingan and I’m an NHL reporter and host for the hockey news. Well, the Nashville Predators had two points in their gloves. Emma sitting right in their hands, but they could not close out the game last night against the Montreal Canadiens. On today’s show, we are going to recap the game with our FCC approved one word. We’re going to discuss what went wrong for Nashville late in the game and how concerning is that? We’re also going to talk through the tough transition ahead for Nashville getting over this loss and being ready to take on a very tough Winnipeg team on Saturday. Before we dive into all of that though, we do want to let you know today’s episode’s brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app, create an account, and use code locked on NHL for $20 off your first purchase. Well, Emma, there was a hockey game. I think a lot of people went into this game thinking, “Oh, this is going to be so easy.” But there is nothing easy about the Montreal Canadians this year. They are fast. They are extraordinarily talented. They are on their way up. And they gave Nashville a run for their money and then just took off and won the whole race. Um, yeah, did get some goals from Nick Pervik, Steven Stamco, but in the end, the most painful of overtime losses, three to two, and we’ll talk through the pain in a minute, but man, Emma, who you know what, I’m going to go very off-brand here and I’m going to say, well, first of all, first of all, to go back to what you said a second ago, I certainly did not go into this game thinking Oh, this is going to be easy. I mean, Montreal, especially the youth that they have, the speed that they have. Now, are they a perfect team? No. Their goalending is young and unproven, especially with their backup in net last night. They also lack center depth. Sound familiar? But at least they have a topline center in Nick Suzuki. But I mean there there are some questions there, but they are definitely a young team on the rise. And so that they did scare me coming into this and so I thought quite frankly Nashville hanging with them and being able to keep them at bay. I felt pretty good about it. Yes. Yes. It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking at the end. You see them, you know, in the final seconds of the game, they give up the goal to Cole Caulfield who ties it two to two, sends it to overtime. Heartbreak, yes, a little, you know, kind of shades of last year there. And it’s it’s hard to separate those two things, but quite honestly, it was a really nice goal. Like, it wasn’t like a a break it wasn’t like a defensive breakdown. It wasn’t like, you know, like it just came at a very inopportune time. But you know what? They get to overtime. They get the extra point or they they get the one point and they actually possess the puck in overtime this time. It was amazing. You can’t do it. Progress. So again with this team I think you have to it is so hard because last year was so bad and so it’s so easy to look at any loss any you know missed opportunity whatever it is as like well there they go again they’re terrible again and it’s like okay I think we need to separate like certain things like certain events you know whether it’s you missing wide of the net, whether it’s giving up that goal at in the final seconds of the period, whether it’s, you know, not scoring in overtime, whatever it is, those are all things that can be improved upon. Yes. But I think it would be foolish to expect that all of the problems that plagued this team last year would just poof disappear this year. So, it’s like we’re still seeing some shades of it. We’re still seeing some things that clearly are points of weakness, but you know what? Nashville was in this game. They were in it until that goal was scored in overtime. And that is not something we could have said about this team last year. I mean, they were out of games so early. Like as soon as the other team scored, they would be like, “Well, that’s it.” Yeah. Oh, we’re done. Yeah. And you don’t get that feeling. I will say this, like that was a very disappointing loss, but you don’t get that feeling from the team. You don’t see that response yet. Um, thinking about like a one word. And I don’t know, do you want to do a one word or do you feel like you’ve said what you’ve said? She said what she said. I think I did say what I say, but I think my my one word on that note would be like more more of a a call to action for people to say breathe. Just breathe. Just breathe. It’s okay. It’s okay. It was a loss, yes, but it was an overtime loss. So, they get the point. They were in it up until the end. Even this overtime period looked better than the last one they had against Utah in that they actually possessed the puck for any period of time. So again, try like breathe, try to separate the pain from last year. It’s not all black and white like they will learn from this. They seem, at least early on in this season, they seem like a team that is capable of learning from these things and building off of them. Whereas last season, every loss just felt like another just like just dig in the hole. Dig in the hole. Now it feels like all right, this was a minor step back, but we will learn from it. Yeah. Yeah. Um, my one word is two words because whatever. Um, and I think I’ve used this one before in in seasons past, but it feels right again. And it’s about food because that’s just how we work. But my word is black licorice. So, if you’re sitting there and somebody says to me, “Do you want some licorice?” The excitement level is so high because I love Twizzlers. I love Twizzlers. You take them, you tie them in a knot, and then you bite the knot. That’s how you eat a Twizzler, friends. so satisfying. But I feel like somebody like the Predators were like, “Hey, Ann, you want some licorice?” And I’m like, “Yes.” And then they hand me black licorice and I’m like, “That’s not even candy. That’s medicine. That’s terrible.” And that game felt a little bit like that. I’m like, “We’re having licorice, baby. We’re having black licorice.” And it’s just not yummy. Like, you know, but I agree with you. It It’s so disappointing. And yet, I’m like, this team hung in there very well. Now, Jussi Sorrowos did a lot of the heavy lifting, but the defense in front of him played very well. Um, and there were a lot of positives. Nashville did not look totally gassed every time Montreal tried, you know, tried to score. So, I think that there was there was some good into in it, but it also did sort of like make you feel a little like, oh, oh, I’ve seen this. We of course always ask our insiders for their one word. One of our insiders said, gut punch. This team is certainly not built for overtime. Another one said, #cheated. Um, another one said, “My one word tonight is every second counts. Lost the lead with 20 seconds left in regulation. lost the game with two seconds left. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Another person said, “My one-word movie. I’ve seen this movie before. It lasted 84 years, and I don’t need to see it again.” And I think we would feel differently about this game, Emma, if we had not seen what we saw and if we had not been through what we’ve been through. You know, it’s like people who were raised in the depression that wash out each Ziploc bag to reuse them. Like we’re those people, Nashville Predators fans. Like that’s how they survive now. We’re stuck in the depression era. I mean, I get it. I really do. But I think it’s you have to look at what’s real. Now, last year was very real, but you have to look at what’s happened since then. I just I understand people are so quick to be like, “Well, here we go again.” It’s like, “Oh, okay. Okay. I will be honest with you, and maybe I’m in the minority here, but if I look at the losses that this team has had so far this year, there’s been three of them. Two of them were in overtime, so you still get the point. And the one to to Toronto, honestly, I didn’t feel that bad about. I mean, losing feels bad, but it’s not like at no point was like we had them, we squandered an opportunity, you know, like we should have beat them. No, you know what? Toronto should have won that game. That’s fine. So, I really just don’t feel like there were that they lost any must wins like in a horrible way so far this year. So, again, I feel very weird being like on the positive side of things right now. I love this for you. I feel a little strange. Um I don’t know, but I I just think that everyone like maybe maybe just take a deep breath. It’s one game. It’s gonna be okay. Yeah. Coming up, we are going to talk about some of those positives that Emma just cannot stop raving about today. One of them is that Steven Stamco’s friends, he scored a goal, but there’s a little hitch in that giddy up for us. We’re going to keep watching. We’ll tell you what that is coming up. Today’s episode’s brought to you by our great friends at Game Time. Hockey season is here and nothing beats being in the arena for those opening games. But let’s be real, getting tickets can be a total headache between waiting in cues, surprise fees, and prices that jump right before you check out. It’s so easy to get frustrated when all you want to do is go to the game. This is where Game Time comes in. It is the app that gives fans the advantage. It is your ultimate life hack for scoring amazing NHL tickets fast, easy, and stressfree. The PRs are back in town next week. They’re going to kick off a fivegame home stand. And if you are wanting to get the best prices on great seats at Bridgestone Arena, you absolutely need to check out the deals at game time. 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I mean, again, scoreboard counts. That’s great. It uh Yeah, it definitely wasn’t though the uh power play goal that you would expect from Steven Stamos. In fact, it looked like he didn’t even shoot it that hard. Um, and it looked what it looked like to me was that he was shooting it to get the rebound because Michael Bunting was right in front of the net. So, I’m like that would have made sense where if it’s like you shoot it just to get the rebound, Bunting stuffs it in. Cool. Perfect. But it was like almost like surprising where you watch it. It was almost like a slow motion shot. You’re like, “Oh, that went in. I That was me.” It it deflected off of a Montreal defender and you know, again, we’ll take it. It’s fine. But I uh Yeah, I still think it’s like, okay, well, he scored, but you know, I think we could see a little more. I agree. I agree. Like, it was really good. Sometimes you just got to get that first one. Even if you’re Stephen Stamco, future Hall of Famer, sometimes you just got to get the first one five games in. But it was not how I think everybody pictures Stephen Stamco scoring goals. But a goal is a goal. Interestingly, uh there were some lineup changes. Steven Stamco bumped up to the top line with Ryan O’Reilly and Philip Forsber. And I think my guess and we haven’t had a chance specifically to ask Bruno this because they are on the road but you know I really think that that is let’s get him going because you need Steven Stamco going especially if the plan is to then take him back to play with achov and evangelista. Somebody on that line needs to be going and you really do want it to be the veteran. But I want to just throw something out and we don’t even have to discuss this, but it’s something I I would love for our listeners to just put a pin in and just kind of think about this as you watch the Predators over the next 10 games or so. And this was a thought I had a discussion with our insider Corey and I just the way that he kind of worded this I was like we need to put a pin in that Corey because there may be a whole episode we need to do on this. Corey was saying, “If the move of Stamco to the top line is successful, it may prove or at least make us wonder that the two big offensive players we brought in, Marcheso and Stamos, were the wrong players because they have shown that they cannot function with young players as their linemates.” And while we all thought Steven Stamos and Marches were coming in here to help the Predators be a cup contender, we know that didn’t happen. Now, the talk is they’re going to help this team be competitive, but they’re also going to help play with and raise up these young players. And if their success is only with veterans, Marcho is with Holla and Bunting. If you know, Stamos ends up staying with Ryan O’Reilly and Forsber, that might change the way you gauge the success or failure of those offseason moves. And I think it’s might be a little too soon to say anything, but I thought that was a really interesting thought to put a pin in for us, Emma, just to watch during their tenure. Yeah, I mean, I think there’s definitely something behind the argument of these were the wrong veterans to bring in. Um, but I I also think it’s a bit more nuanced than that. Um, I I do agree. I think that there there’s a lot of evidence pointing to these were the wrong veterans to bring in uh especially given their age and their stage in their career. But again, more nuance. I think that they’re still even if they’re not playing on a line with the young players, you know, the young players are still learning from them. They’re still around them, still watching how they go about their business. I mean these are guys who are just total pros and you know that’s they can benefit the young players that way as well. So just be but I would you know caution before saying like it it’s a complete success or complete failure solely based on what they do on the ice because there’s so much more than that. But I do understand and and I agree. I think there’s definitely an argument to be made that they were the wrong veterans to bring it. Yeah. And again, we’ll have to watch this. You know, I’m gonna have to watch a little bit more to see if I for sure agree or disagree with how to evaluate these moves in the big picture, but you know, they were brought in to yes, they were brought in to help them contend and there was a little bit of like, oh, and they’ll be great mentors. Now, it feels like the real role that they’re playing is they’re going to be great mentors, you know, and maybe they’ll help us win some games. And again, it’s the same thing we’ve talked about with Andrew Brunette. You come in saying, “Here is your role. Here is your job.” And then that suddenly changes with the acquisition of these two veterans. Andrew Brunette went from being a coach that’s going to develop a young team into a contender to all of a sudden you are coaching a team that is expected to be in the conversation. Now there’s a job description change and I think Steven Stamos and Jonathan Marcheso this season are undergoing a little bit of a job description change. So it’s going to be something I think we need to watch. Um I just thought it was a very interesting I think it’s a very interesting and I agree with you. It’s a very nuanced thing to evaluate but um we’re going to put a pin in that. Coming up, we are going to talk about two other young players that have made some moves or not been moving that has caused uh some feelings among the fan base. We’re going to tell you what we think about Yokum Keml back in Milwaukee and Brady Martin watching from the press box. 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Brady Martin again, a healthy scratch against um Montreal. And I think some people are like, “What are we doing with Brady Martin?” Like, “Why is he here? What is he even doing?” There is a reason why Brady Martin is with the Nashville Predators, even if you don’t see him on the ice on game nights. Emma, lay it out for us. Why is it so important that Brady Martin is here even if he’s not in the lineup? Well, at first I will say I, you know, before during training camp, during the off season, I was one of the biggest opponents to having Brady Martin start the season in Nashville. And so with that in mind, now that he’s here, I think, you know, and well, I should say the reason I was so opposed to it was less about him and more about the rest of the team and how important it was for them to get off to a strong start and to get chemistry together. And the way to do that is not by having a an 18-year-old wild card in there just popping in and out of the lineup, but it is what it is. So, I actually think it’s a better thing that he’s not playing again. He’s not eligible to go to Milwaukee. So, if he leaves, which he still probably is going to leave Nashville, he’s going to go back to junior, but it’s after he gets nine games in the NHL before his ELC kicks in. So, that’s not nine games for the team, it’s nine games for him. So, the longer he’s here with the team in Nashville and not playing, that’s longer he gets to stay. It’s longer he gets to be around the team, around the coaching staff. It’s longer that he gets to adjust to the NHL schedule. I mean, it’s a huge jump from Junior. the schedule, the travel, the just the way that guys go about their days, just being able to practice with the team as well. I mean, that’s all going to be beneficial to his development as a future core piece of the Nashville Predators. It’s all going to be more important to his development than going back to a league that quite frankly he’s probably too good for, but he doesn’t have any other option right now. Now, if this were a year from now, he would be eligible to go to Milwaukee because the new CBA will kick in the allowing one player under 19 to go to or under 19, under 20, whatever it is, to go to the AHL. So, it’s just where we’re at right now. There’s going to be no easy solution to it. But I’ve seen so much nashing of teeth about, well, why is he even there if he’s not going to play? Well, because at this stage in his development, this is going to be the most beneficial to him. Now, and Ann, you and I talked about this, there’s, you know, a different argument could be made if they were doing this with, say, Luke Evangelista, having him constantly scratch. And it’s like, okay, well, this is a kid who’s got NHL experience. You want to see what he can do. Why are you scratching? He knows what the schedule is. He has done it before. That I would agree would be a much different conversation. Same with Yokam Kemmel. Yokam Kmel was a healthy scratch for a few games and they sent him back to Milwaukee, which quite frankly I think is a good thing for this stage in his development. it’s going to be better for him to play top six minutes in Milwaukee than it is for him to be sitting in the press box in Nashville. So, every player is different. Timing is everything and their role and their development journey is all different. And I think Brady Martin at the end of the day is an 18-year-old child. He is a child and he was just playing against other children last year. He’s playing against 16, 17 year olds now. He’s, you know, squaring up against NHL players and so it’s going to take a minute. No one expected him or should have expected him to come in this year and be NHL ready just right off the bat. It’s just not what we should have expected from him. And they don’t need him to be. I mean, that’s the beauty of it. They don’t need him to be right now. And so the longer he stays in Nashville, he can absorb, he can learn. Now, is it going to last forever? Of course not, because at the end of the day, there are going to be injuries. There are going to be depth issues where you’re going to need the roster spot and you’re going to have to send him back. And at that point, he goes back to junior. He has all of this experience that he can learn from and he can build on. So, I think that like again I was opposed to him being here in the first place, but since he’s here, I think this is the best thing for him right now. Yeah. And I think the other thing to remember is that Nashville really hasn’t seen this particular situation in so long. Nashville hasn’t had a young player coming in fresh off the draft that is so close to being considered NHL ready that it just so it does look weird and it does feel weird because it’s just not a situation that Predators fans have watched unfold recently. So it does make you go why are we not playing it? But it’s not the same thing as healthy scratching evangelista or you know sending Yokum Kemmel back to the AHL. It’s it just feels weird because it’s not a situation that Predators fans have seen a young player walk through because we just haven’t had a Brady Martin for a while. So, and I think you’re right. I think there is so much to be learned navigating the schedule. The schedule is brutal. That is one of the biggest adjustments. We talk about the NHL game is faster and tougher and it’s harder to score. It is also exhausting away from the ice and the game and the spotlight. It is an exhausting season. And so I think if you can get him used to seeing and experiencing some of that so he has a better idea when he comes in, it’s going to benefit him. And I’m with you, we’re not going to see him here all of the time. He’s not going to just play nine games out of 82 and hang out and collect cobwebs. But for now, it’s a great opportunity for Brady Martin. So we’ll see what happens. probably. I don’t know whether we’ll see him on Saturday night. The Predators head to Winnipeg. They’re going to wrap up their four-game Canadian road trip with a Saturday night in Winnipeg. Why wouldn’t we love that? Friends, let me tell you going to love that. Friends, Winnipeg is just a really good team. This game, Emma, feels to me a lot like the Toronto game in that this is a great measuring stick game. How how good are the Predators? How where are their holes? Because when you play like a Toronto team, when you play a Winnipeg, when you play, you know, a Dallas, when you play a Colorado, those are the games that show you, hey, here is the gap between where a contending team is and where the Predators are. And I think that’s what this game Saturday is going to be for the Predators. This is going to be a good measuring stick game. It’s a little tough to go into that game after what just happened in Montreal. So, everybody have your marches. So, midnight and then we move on when the clock hits 12:01. When you look ahead to this game Saturday, Emma, what is going to be so important for Nashville against the Jets if they want to be competitive? I mean, I think that they’ve got to keep up this defensive structure that they’ve been working with. It’s been really, really strong. Um, really, really good because the Jets, they’ve got some weapons. I mean, Mark Schiffley has five goals already this year. They’ve got Kyle Connor’s got three. Um Morgan Baron, brother of Justin, uh already has three goals. I mean, it’s they just have so many weapons and they have so much depth. And I think that Nashville’s got to be able to contain that. Now, what we’ve seen so far this season indicates that they should be able to. I mean, are they going to be able to in terms of are they going to get a win? I don’t know. But I mean, it shouldn’t they shouldn’t let this get out of hand quickly. You know, it shouldn’t be a blowout. Um, I think that they they have the defensive structure to handle that, but I would like to see them challenge their defense a little bit more. I would like to see them actually take more chances. Again, power play. Didn’t get a lot of opportunities on the power play against Montreal, at least early in that game. So, you know, harder harder to say, but I I think that you want to see them kind of building on that. Again, they got the Stamco’s power play goal. Wasn’t pretty, but they got it. And so, you’d like to see them maybe build some confidence from that. And you’d like to see them really challenge around their net. I mean, they they’re going to have Connor Hella. I mean, you can’t just like take duct tape in a dream and hope that, you know, you it’s like, “Oh, well, maybe we’ll sneak one past him.” I mean, you have to really get in there and really, you know, be in those dirty areas. I’m looking at guys like Michael Bunting, Erica, uh, Ryan O’Reilly, like those netfront guys, Michael McCarron, like those are going to be the kind of goals that you’re going to need to score against Connor Hella. You’re not going to be able to sit and wait for that perfect shot to go in. You’re going to have to get dirty, get in there, and just try to make it happen. Yeah, I love what you’re saying. We’re on the same wavelength because here is what’s real. If Connor Hella sees it, he’s going to save it. He just is. And so, you need to you need to aim for trickier goals. And I don’t mean prettier goals, friends. I don’t mean more passes, friends. I mean, put the puck on net and have somebody there in case he doesn’t snatch it up. Like, those are the goals you’re going to have to score against Connor Hlebuk. And you look at the Montreal game, Nashville only had 19 shots on goal. At at some point, especially against a goalender like Hellbuk, it is a little bit about quantity because you have to put a bunch of pucks on net and hope that you’ve got somebody. I agree with you. It’s going to be the net front, guys. that’s how we’re going to win, you know, that’s how Nashville is going to score goals in this game. And so for me, I’m like, there is a little bit for me about quantity, friends, especially in this particular situation. I do think we’re going to need Sorrowos to continue being who we have seen him be in every one of his games so far this season. And this is one of those games. I always say this, if you have a game where you have Jussi Soros in net and Connor Hella in net, I don’t care if you hate Winnipeg and Nashville, you need to watch this game strictly for the goalending because I think a lot of this is going to come down to that Predators have to score more than two goals. Steven Stamco talked last night after the game about like we’re still not jelling offensively. like we’re we don’t have it. We don’t have it yet offensively and Nashville has to get it offensively because like you mentioned Winnipeg does Winnipeg is not having a lot of trouble scoring goals, friends. So Nashville is going to need to score more than two goals. This is one of those games where I’m like I don’t know that it’s going to be a two to one. You know, I think Nashville’s going to need a couple more goals than that. Um it’s going to be tough. This is going to be a tough one. Winnipeg is a tough one. No matter what Harrison Lee says, locked on Jets, go listen to his episode. He’s fabulous. But he just always a shucks. Darn it. And then Winnipeg comes out and last season we were like, Harrison, you sit on a throne of lies. Yeah. No, this is this is going to be a tough one. It’s going to be a challenge for Nashville. Like you said, really good measuring stick game of where the holes are, how close or not close are they to filling them. And yeah, I think it’s it’s going to be good to get this matchup this early in the season and then, you know, be able to kind of compare later on in the year. Have they learned from this? Have they built on it? So, yeah, it’s going to be good. And you all know that on Monday, Emma and I are going to be back and we are going to be breaking down everything we see unfold in Winnipeg as the PRS take on the Jets. That’s a Saturday night game, I think. What time is puck drop? Is it a 600 p.m. puck drop, 7 p.m.? 8:00 p.m. I think it it is a 6:00 p.m. Yeah. Hallelujah. We like those 6 p.m. puck drops, friends. So, yeah, 600 p.m. Saturday night, Jets, Freds, clench up like a loss. Yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know. But like I said, Emma and I, we’re going to be back on Monday. We’re going to break down that game, including our one word to describe whatever we see unfold. We’re going to be talking about all of the developments with the Nashville Predators and talking about the roster decisions that we see Saturday night as well. Emma, before we wrap up this show and frankly this entire week, let everyone know where they can find you and your work. You can find me on social media at Emma Lingan and you can find my work at the hockey news. You can find me on social media at ank_mama on ice. You can find my work with Penalty Box Radio as well. Friends, that’s going to do it for today’s episode of the Locked On Predators podcast. Thanks so much for making us your first listen of the day. We will be back Monday to talk Jet Pred. We’ll see you then.

Nashville Predators stumble in OT against Canadiens. Can they rebound against the high-flying Jets?

Ann Kimmel and Emma Lingan break down the Preds’ agonizing overtime loss to Montreal and discuss how Nashville let a potential win slip away. The hosts highlight the positives from the loss including improved team performance and Steven Stamkos’ first goal of the season. They analyze Brady Martin’s development, debate line changes, and preview the upcoming clash with Winnipeg. Key topics include Nashville’s defensive structure, the Saros vs. Hellebuyck goaltending duel, and strategies to crack the Jets’ formidable offense.

Will the Predators’ young guns step up against Scheifele and Connor? Tune in for expert insights on Nashville’s path forward in a competitive NHL landscape.

0:00 Intro: Recapping Predators’ loss to Canadiens
5:56 Positive takeaways despite disappointing overtime loss
11:11 Steven Stamkos scores first goal for Predators
16:50 Evaluating offseason veteran acquisitions’ impact
21:07 Brady Martin’s development with Predators organization
28:41 Preview of upcoming game against Winnipeg Jets

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