The 2013–14

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Divisio ...

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was the club's 16th season in the

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(NHL). The Predators finished tenth in the Western Conference, failing to qualify for the

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for the second year in a row.

Regular season

After the season ended, it was announced that head coach

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's contract would not be extended and a search for a new head coach would begin immediately. Trotz had been offered a different role in the organization, which he declined. Trotz had been the only coach in franchise history.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

The 2013-14 season was another disappointing one for the Nashville Predators as they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Predators. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

Free agents signed

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Player signings

Draft picks

Nashville Predators' picks at the 2013 NHL entry draft, which was held in

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on June 30, 2013.

Draft notes

* The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic D ...

as the result of a February 27, 2012 trade that sent

Andrei Kostitsyn Andrei Olegovich Kostitsyn (; ; born 3 February 1985) is a former Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. The media have nicknamed him "AK-46", a play on his initials (AK) and player number (46) in reference to the Soviet AK-47 rifle. He ...

to the Predators in exchange for a 2013 conditional fifth-round pick and this pick. * The

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...

's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of a June 15, 2012 trade that sent Anders Lindback, Kyle Wilson and a 2012 seventh-round pick (#202–

Nikita Gusev Nikita Andreyevich Gusev (; born 8 July 1992), nicknamed "Goose", is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing under contract for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He became known as one of the best ...

) to the Lightning in exchange for Sebastien Caron, two 2012 second-round picks (#37– Pontus Aberg, #50– Colton Sissons) and this pick. * The Nashville Predators' third-round pick went to the

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as the result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 third-round pick (#89–

Brendan Leipsic Brendan Leipsic (born May 19, 1994) is a Canadian-Russian professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward currently under contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Leipsic was selected by the Nashville Preda ...

) to the Predators in exchange for this pick. * The

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Con ...

' fourth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of a February 27, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick (#21–

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) to the Sabres in exchange for

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and this pick. * The

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' fourth-round pick went to the

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as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 (203rd overall) and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Nashville in exchange for this pick.
Nashville previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 3, 2011 that sent

Cody Franson Cody Franson (born August 8, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL). Franson was drafted in the third round, 79th overall by the Nashville P ...

and

Matthew Lombardi Matthew Lombardi (born March 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks. Lomba ...

to Toronto in exchange for

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, Robert Slaney and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Lombardi plays in 60 or more regular season games over the course of the 2011–12 and

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s – was converted on April 3, 2012. * The

' fifth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 fifth-round pick (#142– Thomas Spelling) to the Rangers in exchange for this pick. * The

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' sixth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of an April 3, 2013 trade that sent Scott Hannan to the Sharks in exchange for this pick. * The

' seventh-round pick went to the

as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Toronto's fourth-round pick in 2013 (112th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.

References

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