‘Hidden gems’ of the Nashville Predators emerge in 2017 post-season
The Nashville Predators were named after the sabre-toothed tiger bones discovered underneath their future arena in 1971. The creature had been extinct for at least 10,000 years.
It took 20 years, ages in hockey terms, for the franchise to finally reach the Western Conference final, and the spotlight has unearthed some of the team’s best-kept secrets. Swedish speedster Viktor Arvidsson, P.K. Subban running mate Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Ellis, the highly decorated former first round pick who’s averaging more 24 minutes per-game in the playoffs, have emerged on the big stage.
“I don’t think there’s near the press coverage that other teams may have, which I guess results in hidden gems so to say,” said Ellis, who sports a brown beard likely longer than all others this spring.
In the case of Ellis, it’s more of a re-emergence.