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Summer Skate -- Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators enjoyed their third 100-point season; it was the fifth time in six years they had reached the postseason, but again, they didn't get out of the first round. Barry Trotz is the second-longest-serving coach in the NHL after Buffalo's Lindy Ruff, but with struggling special teams, an aging roster and a chronic inability to reach the next level, you do have to wonder if fresh blood is coming to Music City soon.