Maybe this playoff elimination for the Preds feels different in part because it happened far away in Phoenix, in the dead of night. Not only are local hockey fans feeling down because of the loss, but we're dragging due to lack of sleep, too.
The finality of last night's playoff elimination is just starting to set in for Preds fans, as a team which had so much promise for a run at the 2012 Stanley Cup has instead been eliminated by a squad which simply beat them at their own game.
Sometimes the other team has a great goalie, too.
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The Kentucky Derby may have been Saturday, but it's the Nashville Predators who have a thoroughbred chomping at the bit, ready to bust loose.
As they prepare for Game 5 tonight in Phoenix (9:00 p.m. Central on NBC Sports), the Nashville Predators hope to get back to their winning ways by icing their best possible lineup.
This has been a Nashville Predators team unlike any other, so hopefully they can buck the franchise trend as they face elimination tomorrow night at Phoenix in Game Five.
The NHL has handed the Phoenix defenseman a one-game suspension for boarding Nashville's Matt Halischuk in Game Four.
The Coyotes have a chance to make history, again, and advance to the Western Conference finals. The only thing standing in their way is a Nashville Predators team one loss away from elimination.
