Tonight the Nashville Predators face Martin Necas, Sebastion Aho, and the Carolina Hurricanes in a game that will need the very best performance from Juuse Saros, Tommy Novak, and the entire Predators defense. We preview this matchup including our keys to the game. Then we check in on Mattias Ekholm, Tanner Jeannot, Nino Niederreiter, and Mikael Granlund - four players the Predators traded away at the deadline. We look at how they are performing with their new teams and what their potential postseasons may look like.

With Calgary's win last night over the Winnipeg Jets, the Nashville Predators small hope to sneak into a wildcard spot stays alive. Tonight the Preds will need to steal a win over the 50-18-9 Carolina Hurricanes - no easy feat. We discuss what had to happen for Nashville to win when the teams faced off in January and tell you which players will need to bring their "A" games tonight to Bridgestone Arena.

We also take a look at some of those Preds we lost at the trade deadline. While it may still be too early to say which teams won the big trades this season, we check in on Tanner Jeannot to see if the Tampa Bay Lightning may have buyer's remorse. While Nino Niederreiter's production has remained about the same with his new Jets team, we explain why his value may be higher there than with the Preds. We have a frank conversation about the "Ekholm Effect" in Edmonton and ask ourselves what in the world is happening with Mikael Granlund in Pittsburgh?

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