Nashville Predators Executive Revisits His Terrible First-Year Stats

Nat Harden no longer needs to explain #Smashville

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In case you hadn’t noticed, folks in Nashville are certifiably crazy for hockey. And should their Predators triumph tonight in Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks, they will stamp a ticket to the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup final and push the noise levels at Bridgestone Arena to new decibel heights.

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It’s quite the contrast to that holiday season in 1997, when a young Nat Harden tried to pitch folks on their way in and out of the CoolSprings Galleria food court on buying into the new team and unfamiliar sport.

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