Five Quick Questions with Tommy Novak

Before the Nashville Predators headed out of the locker room for their extended break after All Star weekend, I caught up with forward Tommy Novak to ask him five quick questions. 

How would you describe your season so far in one word?

"Streaky probably," Novak said. 

Novak missed 11 games in November and December due to an upper body injury. Prior to that, Novak had collected 6 goals and twelve points in his first 14 games of the season. Getting back to his game has taken Novak some time.

"I feel like there's been spurts of good play and some spurts of trouble finishing, but that's kind of the way it foes I guess.," Novak said. 

"Hopefully I'll get hot soon."

What is something you do every game day?

"Nap. Usually nap."

If you could change of clarify any rule in the NHL, what would you want to change or clarify?

"I actually think about this sometimes," Novak said. "I wish that you weren't allowed to box out in front of the net. I wish there was just like an interference penalty."

"I don't know, I might get some heat for saying that. That's kind of a soft player thing to say," Novak laughed. 

"But yeah, I think that'd be interesting. It'd be a lot different, but I think that'd be interesting."