Original Predators watching Western Conference Final run with pride

Original Predators watching Western Conference Final run with pride

Original Article: Original Predators watching Western Conference Final run with pride

As the Nashville Predators chart new hockey territory, the players that helped get them off the ground feel immense pride in what they helped create almost two decades earlier.

The inaugural Predators, who debuted in the 1998-99 season, knew there would come a day when their franchise reached the third round, and maybe beyond, of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Many thought it would come in less than the 18 years it has taken, but the delay is trivial now that the moment has arrived.

The Predators are in the 2017 Western Conference Final against […]