12-16-2012, 05:11 PMToast Wrote: <div align="center">SMYL IMPRESSED WITH TEAM , TROTZ ANNOUNCES LINES AND ANNOUNCES CAPTAINS FOLLOWING SURPRISING PRESEASON

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Oct. 8th, 2012

<div align="center">The Nashville Predators are off to a very good start following a 3-1-0 pre-season. GM Steven Smyl was admitting that he was quite impressed with his team following the pre-season.

Trotz announced the lines as well as captains earlier this morning with the season looming. Ryan Ellis was the biggest surprise of the preseason, getting four assists in four games. The lines and captains are as follows:

Sergei Kostitsyn (81) - Mike Fisher (82) (A) - Martin Erat (83) (A)
Andrei Kostitsyn (83) - David Legwand (83) - Patric Hornqvist (82)
Craig Smith (79) - Colin Wilson (80) - Nick Spaling (78)
Gabriel Bourque (71) -Paul Gaustad (77) - Matthew Halischuk (77)

Shea Weber (90) © - Jonathon Blum (81)
Ryan Ellis (72) - Kevin Klein (78)
Scott Hannan (81) - Hal Gill (80)

Pekka Rinne (89)
Chris Mason (72)

Nashville's season begins Friday in Detroit.</div>