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Found January 18, 2012 on The Predatorial: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Ryan Suter,  Shea Weber,  Francis Bouillon
TEAMS: Nashville Predators,  New York Rangers
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Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images After losing 3-0 against the Eastern Conference leading New York Rangers, one thing above all else stood out to the Predator fans eagerly viewing the first nationally televised game of the year for Nashville….the team looked lost. One individual in particular looked more timid and uncharacteristically out of place: Captain Shea Weber. With Suter being on the shelf for the last 1 and 2/3 games is it any wonder why the Predators scored three goals in the first period against the Islanders while Suter was playing and not score again after Suter was off the ice attending to his upper-body injury? Weber being paired with Francis Bouillon in Suter’s absence has Weber at a -1 for those two games with 7 SOG and 0 points. Unfortunately, the Nashville Predator fans have seen this output before… Last season from October 20th to November 12th, the Predators were without the help of Ryan Suter. In these 9 games, Shea Weber looked human rather than super-h...
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