"Predators Looking Like Cup Contenders"

Did I seriously just read these words in Barry Melrose's blog??????  I believe I did!!!  Considering Melrose has never been too big of a Nashville fan, this makes me VERY happy!!!  I'm a HUGE hockey fan and was thrilled when the Preds beat out the Red Wings in round 1 on the Stanley Cup Playoffs 4 games to 1!!  I guess the old phrase, "Third times a charm" really rings true here!  Now, while we wait on the second round to be decided and seeded, let's just look at some of Mr. Melrose's quotes which almost made me fall off my computer chair when I read them!

"This is a heck of a hockey team, plain and simple, and its win over Detroit shows it."

" If you look at how they're built, the Predators have great goaltending and maybe the best goaltender playing in the playoffs right now. Brian Elliot has been good for St. Louis, but he hasn't faced the shots that Pekka Rinne has, and Jonathan Quick has been good for Los Angeles, but other than those two, I can't think of a goalie who has played as well as Rinne."

 "Then you look at Nashville's defense, which has two studs on the top pair with Shea Weber and Ryan Suter, but it's also got this kid Kevin Klein, who had two goals in the series and played great defense. And this is all without Hal Gill, who hasn't been in the lineup. If you look at their forwards, they have four lines that can all play, their special teams are very good and they have a very good defensive system to go along with a great goaltender. This team is for real."

 "If Nashville gets through the second round it might very well face its division rival St. Louis. To me these are the two best teams playing in the West right now, and that would be a very difficult series for each -- and a very difficult one in which to see goals. Both of them look good, but Nashville's first-round win against Detroit has shown me something. When the playoffs began, I had Chicago coming out of the West, but with the way the field is shaping up and the way the Predators are playing, seeing them facing off in the Stanley Cup Final wouldn't surprise me one bit."

If you'd like to read the full article from Barry Melrose's blog, check it out HERE !

Preds fans have always had faith in their team, now others are starting to have faith in them too just by seeing them play!!  GO PREDS!!!