Nashville Predators Make First Roster Cuts

The Nashville Predators opened their preseason schedule last night with split-squad matchups against the Florida Panthers . The Predators would lose both, in one game they lost 3-2 that game saw Matt Murray and Ethan Haider share the net with Murray stopping 13 of 15 shots in 30 plus minutes, Haider stopping seven of the eight shots he faced in 27 plus minutes. Joakim Kemell and Cole Smith had the goals in that game for Nashville. In the other game, the Predators lost 6-2, Scott Wedgewood allowed all six goals as he stopped 17 shots in just under 53 minutes, Jakub Milota got the rest of the game and stopped the lone shot he faced; the two Predators goals came from Jake Lucchini and Steven Stamkos. Today they announced they sent the following players back to juniors, left-wing Kalan Lind is heading back to the WHL for the Red Deer, goalie Jakub Milota is heading to the QMJHL to play with Cape Breton, right-wing Miguel Marques is heading to the WHL with Lethbridge, center Joey Willis is heading to the OHL to play with Saginaw, and defenseman Dylan MacKinnon is heading to the QMJHL to play with Moncton. The Predators roster is now down to 58.