TONIGHT: STH Meet The Players

[Nashville Transplant]

I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread early on tonight's Season Ticket Holder's Meet The Players event. Having gone for my first time last year, I know that it's tough to meet them all, and yet it's an experience you won't want to miss.

This is a place to post your photos, your stories, and whether Roman Josi and Craig Smith are on opposite sides of the arena

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[hockey diva]

I think they were.

Not a lot of time for chit chat. I got a couple of the new guys autographs and some new pics for the office.

 

[Jonesey]

Hope everyone had fun. Now it's time to focus on the season!

 

[LetsGetThis]

I met most of the players last night, but didn't do any pictures. This is one of my favorite events of the season.

 

[Nashville Transplant]

I'm fairly amazed how little mention this has gotten considering the event was quite crowded. I guess the people who post here on the Preds board are either (a) not season ticket holders, or (b) not interested in letting people know they are season ticket holders.

Certainly, over on the Kings board, when events like this happen, we'd get 5-10 PAGES of a thread discussing it.

Oh well. I tried.

 

[NSH615]

I'm fairly amazed how little mention this has gotten considering the event was quite crowded. I guess the people who post here on the Preds board are either (a) not season ticket holders, or (b) not interested in letting people know they are season ticket holders.

Certainly, over on the Kings board, when events like this happen, we'd get 5-10 PAGES of a thread discussing it.

Oh well. I tried.

This was discussed before the event on the General thread and alot of STH's said they weren't going. BTW this was only for Full STH's not half STH's.

 

[golfmade]

This was discussed before the event on the General thread and alot of STH's said they weren't going.

Any particular reason why?

 

[jntarheels]

Write-up and pictures from last night over at the Predators website.

I would have loved to go and tried to, but not a STH so no such luck. It was very disappointing to see that the majority of STH on the forum weren't going and their passes or tickets were going to waste, but they have that right being a STH.

 

[Drake744]

I didn't go for the same reason I don't go to things like this (Meet The Team, Skate of the Union, etc) or most preseason games: I spend so much effort and time caring about actual regular season and playoff games that anything other than that, Preds related, in that building just doesn't do it for me. I'm weird. Granted I would've liked to meet Jones.

 

[Adz]

I'm just over the whole "meet the players and get more stuff to find a place for" thing. Maybe I just had so much opportunity for meeting them in the past, maybe it's just stale, maybe it's because having a cutie player is just creepy once they're younger than your kids. I enjoy going to see the players at the radio shows and practices and such. Mostly I just want them out on the ice producing.

 

[token grinder]

I took my 7 year old and was worth it for me just to see him interact with his hockey heroes. Kid's night was made and one he wont forget. That, my interwebby friends, is why the events are worth it.

On another note, there were lots of ladies all dolled up and waiting in line for some pekka. Kinda sad actually.

 

[predfan98]

I'm just over the whole "meet the players and get more stuff to find a place for" thing. Maybe I just had so much opportunity for meeting them in the past, maybe it's just stale, maybe it's because having a cutie player is just creepy once they're younger than your kids. I enjoy going to see the players at the radio shows and practices and such. Mostly I just want them out on the ice producing.

All of this ^^^^. Got all the teams sig on a jersey once-- that was enough.

I think Nashville is small enough that if you wanted to run into them outside of the rink, most of us could list golf courses or grocery stores or restaurants where you would have a good probability of seeing them. And our practices are open at Centennial-- so you can have access when you want.

I think it is awesome to have the kids or new fans at these events. And the people that love crowds!

 

[WartracePred]

I posted that I wasn't really interested in going. I ended up taking one of my sled hockey players (with his wife). They were very excited and went from station to station for autographs and photographs.

As I mentioned, I'm not all that interested in small talk and autographs. I love to attend practices and would jump at the chance for an Xs and Os session with coaches or players. Waiting in long lines for autographs... not so much.

 

[bdub24]

My wife and I went, it was a lot of fun, and less crowded than a couple of years ago. Some players are more into it than others..Wilson, Fisher, Smith, Josi, Clune, Pekka, Hutton were the most interested in interacting. Laviolette was ready for a convo as much as time allowed as well.

 

[Adz]

I took my 7 year old and was worth it for me just to see him interact with his hockey heroes. Kid's night was made and one he wont forget. That, my interwebby friends, is why the events are worth it.

On another note, there were lots of ladies all dolled up and waiting in line for some pekka. Kinda sad actually.

I imagine my granddaughter would like it, too--maybe next year. She's just now getting to the point that she's excited about coming to a game.