I'm a Mighty Ducks fan living in SoCal but moving to Nashville in August. Here
is
something to keep in mind. Two seasons ago the Ducks finished at the bottom of
the
Western Conference,last year they finished 25 points out of the playoff race and
this
year we went to game 7 of the Finals. Point is if you have a great GM and coach
and
the team is performing well and ownership backs it with being able to make
additions
to the team for a playoff drive like the Ducks did with adding Sandis
Ozolinch,Rob
Neidermeyer,and Steve Thomas. Then anything can happen remember all you have to
do is make the final 8 and once that happens anything can happen. I don't think
the
Predators are that bad of a team and could be a playoff team this coming year. I
would certainly love to see that.

Rob

--- In nashvillepredatorsclub@yahoogroups.com, nashvillefan <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> So 2002-03 is in the books now. What do you think is in store for
> next season? Will we attempt to make any progress at all over the
> summer?
>
> Thinking realistically, I predict no moves that will lead to any
> real improvement. In fact, I'm expecting a slight drop in the
> standings. We have no more Dunhams to dump and provide a short-lived
> boost to the backup goalie, so all 4 quarters of next year's season
> will probably resemble the first and last of this year.
>
> Management will justify this by continually quoting, "Just wait till
> next year when we get a new collective bargaining agreement." Then
> they will pray that NFL socialism will become the new model for the
> NHL so they can raid Toronto and New York bank accounts and buy some
> (presumably cheaper) talent for whatever portion of the 2004-05
> season the players' strike will allow.
>
> Of course, it could be a lot better! Anaheim made it to the Cup
> finals, after all. -NF