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Earlier this week I caught up with Brian McGrattan to get his thoughts on Nashville, enforcers and tattoos.24/7: Your initial thoughts on being with the Predators?Brian McGrattan: It was obviously great to be picked up by them. I got put on waivers for the first time last year, and things didn’t go way and I was sent down. So when I was put on waivers by Anaheim I was a little bit down for 24 hours, and then my agent called and said Nashville picked me up. I couldn’t have been more happy. Now that I’ve been on the team for two weeks, it’s awesome. The guys are great, the coaches are great. I’m getting a chance to be in the lineup and I’m just trying to play the best I can and show them what I can bring to stay here.What are your first impressions of Barry Trotz?He’s a guy you want to play for. He’s very positive and upbeat. We had a couple tough losses on the road trip and everything was still positive. The coaches are just awesome. They are very open and very easy to talk...
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