Nashville, Tenn. (June 29, 2023) - The Nashville Predators made 11 selections in the 2023 NHL Draft - hosted in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena - on Wednesday, taking eight forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender.
Predators Select Six Players in 2021 NHL Draft
Nashville Takes Three Forwards, Three Defensemen in This Year s Draft, Held Virtually at Bridgestone Arena by Press Release @PredsNHL / Nashville Predators
Nashville, Tenn. (July 24, 2021) - The Nashville Predators made six selections in the 2021 NHL Draft from the team s draft headquarters at Bridgestone Arena, taking three forwards and three defensemen. We were very pleased with the way this year s draft went, Predators Assistant General Manager/Director of Scouting Jeff Kealty said. Before the draft we tried to implement a strategy and go into it with that in mind, and we felt we did that. We re very excited about everyone we picked.
Preds Thrilled to Select Two Top Players in First Round of 2021 NHL Draft
Nashville Picks Fedor Svechkov at No. 19, Moves Up to Select Zachary L Heureux at No. 27 as Round 1 Concludes by Brooks Bratten @brooksbratten / Senior Communications & Content Coordinator
The Predators entered the night knowing they were going to add one elite player to their organization, but by the time Round 1 of the 2021 NHL Draft was complete, Nashville had a pair of top prospects.
Friday evening saw the Preds select Russian center Fedor Svechkov with pick No. 19 in the Draft, and before the first round was out, Nashville had completed a trade to snag forward Zachary L Heureux at No. 27 by sending picks 40 and 51 in this year s Draft to Carolina.