Once upon a time, the Nashville Predators regularly feasted on the Calgary Flames. For a couple of years between the lock-out and this season, Nashville was something of a nemsis for Calgary, regularly humiliating the Flames in high scoring affairs (no matter where the two teams were in relation to each other in the standings).
Well, no longer. The lackluster fan support and shakey financial standing of their ownership has finally taken it's toll on the club. Selling off talent and spending well under the cap isn't a winning long-term strategy in the NHL.
Yup, Nashville is worse than mediocre now. They can't score, their goaltending is a question mark, they have a -21 GD and they have 6 teams above them in the play-off race. What's more, the Flames have beaten them every time they've played them this season.
Prediction - Flames 4, Preds 1. Iginla, Langkow, Moss and Phaneuf for Calgary. Arnott for Nashville.
