Nashville Predators: Central Battle On The Boards

. Previous: . Nashville Predators. 5. team. 151. <p>There’s little doubt the Predators have made significant moves in the off-season to get back in the playoff conversation, but I’m not sure it will be enough just yet, as it generally takes more than a season to gel with a completely new system.</p> <p>New head coach Peter Laviolette brings a ton of experience, and a new offensive system that is more up-tempo, where he uses defensemen offensively, and attacks much more frequently than his predecessor Barry Trotz was comfortable with.</p> <p>With newly acquired and good goal scorer James Neal, a defensemen set even more free to score now in Shea Weber, the addition of players like <strong><a href=