Laviolette: Early struggles, injuries made Predators ‘stronger as a team’

After a second-round playoff appearance and trading for P.K. Subban several weeks later last offseason, expectations for the Nashville Predators were perhaps the highest they’ve ever been entering a new season. When you think of those players that have been so critical to Nashville’s success in this run to the Stanley Cup Final versus the Penguins, most of them struggled mightily in that first month. In fact, he hasn’t even been on the ice for a Nashville goal at five-on-five!