It will be a far different Predators roster that takes the ice for Thursday’s first training camp practice than the group that began last season.
Gone are the likes of Matt Duchene, Ryan Johansen, Tanner Jeannot, Mikael Granlund, Nino Neiderreiter and Mattias Ekholm, replaced in part by Ryan O’Reilly, Gustav Nyquist, Denis Gurianov and Luke Schen.
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