This team has been the most important of the seventeen. They have been embraced by Preds fans, many of whom believe that this is the best Preds team ever. The regular season numbers don’t line up statistically to allow you to draw that conclusion. But the eye test does. This is a gutty grew of self made players that clearly play every game, every period, every shift for each other. That is why this amazing city has gone all in. Nashvillians live their lives like that. We live life with creativity, with hard work, with belief in others that choose to call this great city home and with a strong self-will. Nashville is the best city in America because of those collective qualities. Qualities, so many in this city share. Qualities that the players in that Predators locker room share. This hockey team and this city are one. That is where we now sit, win or lose tonight. This is the team that has transformed this market.