The Nashville Predators have lost five of seven, and the OTF crew debates how much of the ensuing fan panic is warranted. Plus, a few things that HAVE gone well to start the season.

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Eamon's back with another episode of The Week Ahead, this time featuring new guests. George FitzGerald of Raw Charge and Dave Melton of Second City Hockey come on the show to answer questions about their respective teams; Eamon also had the fun task of talking about the last three games, which you can listen to at the beginning of this episode.

Follow Eamon at @GinandJuuse on Twitter, and don't forget about the Forecheck Podcast at @ForecheckPod and @OnTheForecheck.

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Eamon's got you covered with all the information you need to know for this week's Nashville Predators games!

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Eamon brings you a new weekly show that will fill you in on the week ahead for the Nashville Predators. Don't have a ton of time to listen? No problem! These short episodes will have you fully prepared every week this season!

Follow Eamon at @GinandJuuse on Twitter, and follow the podcast account at @ForecheckPod

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Shaun, Bryan, Eamon and Kate discuss the week and a half of training camp, the mystery of the Luca Sbisa claim and make some bold takes as Nashville starts the season. Plus reader questions! Thanks to Vijay Mueller and Claire Thweatt on twitter for the great questions!

Intro music sample used with permission from Tronix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxDUxdsUad8)

You can follow the podcast on twitter at @ForecheckPod

Bryan: @BryanBastin

Shaun: @SCSOTF

Eamon: @GinandJuuse

Kate: @statswithkate

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Nick and Shaun break down Mikael Granlund and Erik Haula's signings with the Predators, and contemplate the dangers of Canadian geese

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Bryan and Eric get together to preview the World Juniors, where we'll get to see Nashville prospects Philip Tomasino (Canada), Juuso Parssinen (Finland), and Iaroslav Askarov, Semyon Chistyakov and Egor Afanasyev (Russia) all compete for a medal. Eric walks through his impressions of every team and the impact that Nashville's future stars could make in the tournament. We also open with a little discussion on the re-signing of Mikael Granlund as well as the AHL trade of Zach Magwood to Ottawa for Michael Carcone.

Also - our apologies for the irregular audio quality for parts of the call - we worked on editing as much out as possible, but there are some choppy moments and we're going to work on eliminating those in the future!

Find both Bryan and Eric at www.OnTheForecheck.com, and follow the Podcast's twitter feed at @ForecheckPod. You can find Bryan on Twitter at @BryanBastin and Eric at @OnTheFutureOTF.

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Bryan, Bobby, Shaun and Nick finish reviewing the new jerseys in the Central, then rank the Predators sweaters among those in franchise history

Find us all at www.ontheforecheck.com, and you can find the podcast on twitter at @ForecheckPod. You can find the crew at:

Bryan: @BryanBastin

Shaun: @SCSOTF

Nick: @_nsmorgan

Bobby: @BMisey

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Bryan, Nick and Shaun are joined by longtime OTF contributor Bobby Misey as we do a quick rundown of the tiny bit of news for the Predators that came out over the last month, then we jump right in to discuss the most important matter at hand: the Reverse Retro jerseys. Or sweaters. I'm still not sure, but one of the two definitely makes Bobby mad. In the first of our two part review, we take a look at the Metro, Atlantic and Pacific divisions, talk about our personal best and worst, and try to come to a consensus.

Also, Shaun unveils his HIGHLY scientific jersey evaluation system. I'm being completely serious when I say that it might be the most impressive thing I've heard anyone do on this podcast ever.

Find us all at www.ontheforecheck.com, and you can find the podcast on twitter at @ForecheckPod. You can find the crew at:

Bryan: @BryanBastin

Shaun: @SCSOTF

Nick: @_nsmorgan

Bobby: @BMisey

Stay tuned for part 2 on Friday morning, as we discuss the Central division, go in-depth on the Predators sweaters and try to justify where we'd fit them in among the franchise's 12 different varieties.

(P.S. Bryan mentioned this video in the episode. Please, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0mCkXjitHY)

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Bryan sits down with Rachel Doerrie, former Analyst of Player Information and Video under Coach John Hynes with the New Jersey Devils. Rachel shares her insight working under Hynes, her career in hockey, and what she thinks of the Nashville off-season so far. Rachel provides a great look into a hockey ops department, how teams view analytics, and how communication is among the most important things in a coaching staff. The interview is a great look into how Hynes operates as we look to his first full season as head coach of Nashville Predators.

You can find Rachel on Twitter at @RachelDoerrie, and Bryan at @BryanBastin.

You can always find us at our website at www.OnTheForecheck.com or @OnTheForecheck on Twitter.

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