15 reasons this NHL season took place in the Upside Down

6. Not bashful about Nashville

Them Nashville Predators surprised a lot of kinfolks with their run all the way to the Stanley Cup finals last season, where they gave it their all before losing out on a controversial ending of sorts in Game 6 to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

People expected the Preds to be good again this season, and, in fact, some called them a dynasty in the making. But Presidents’ Trophy winners? What in the name of Bob Boughner is going on here? P.K. Subban was his usual awesome self, Pekka Rinne didn’t get as old as fast as some expected and coach Peter Laviolette didn’t lose the room. Oh, and former captain Mike Fisher decided he wasn’t as broken down as everyone thought and unretired himself (or maybe wife Carrie Underwood got tired of his lazy hockey butt bringing down her songwriting mojo), adding a nice nontraditional trade-deadline acquisition that the Predators have managed to pull off in the past.

This is a team to consider a contender — again — which is a whole barrel of catfish full of Upside Down.