2004–05_Nashville_Predators_season

2004–05 Nashville Predators
2004–05 Nashville Predators
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Milwaukee Admirals
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 Nashville Predators season

Professional ice hockey team season

The 2004–05 Nashville Predators season would have been their 7th National Hockey League season; however, it was cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time to save the season.

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Schedule

The Predators preseason and regular season schedule were announced on July 14, 2004.^[1]

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2004–05 schedule^[2]

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent
1	September 24	@ St. Louis Blues
2	September 25	St. Louis Blues
3	September 26	@ Florida Panthers
4	October 1	Columbus Blue Jackets
5	October 2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
6	October 8	Atlanta Thrashers
7	October 9	@ Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent
1	October 14	Minnesota Wild
2	October 16	St. Louis Blues
3	October 20	@ Dallas Stars
4	October 21	San Jose Sharks
5	October 23	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
6	October 27	@ Tampa Bay Lightning
7	October 29	@ Florida Panthers
8	October 30	Detroit Red Wings
9	November 2	@ Calgary Flames
10	November 4	@ Edmonton Oilers
11	November 5	@ Vancouver Canucks
12	November 8	@ New York Rangers
13	November 10	@ New Jersey Devils
14	November 11	@ New York Islanders
15	November 13	Colorado Avalanche
16	November 16	Los Angeles Kings
17	November 18	@ Calgary Flames
18	November 19	@ Vancouver Canucks
19	November 22	@ Edmonton Oilers
20	November 25	Edmonton Oilers
21	November 27	San Jose Sharks
22	November 30	Vancouver Canucks
23	December 2	@ Chicago Blackhawks
24	December 4	Atlanta Thrashers
25	December 7	Philadelphia Flyers
26	December 8	@ St. Louis Blues
27	December 11	Colorado Avalanche
28	December 15	@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
29	December 16	@ Los Angeles Kings
30	December 18	@ San Jose Sharks
31	December 21	Ottawa Senators
32	December 23	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
33	December 26	Dallas Stars
34	December 28	Chicago Blackhawks
35	December 30	Toronto Maple Leafs
36	January 1	Los Angeles Kings
37	January 3	@ Washington Capitals
38	January 5	@ Detroit Red Wings
39	January 6	Calgary Flames
40	January 8	Carolina Hurricanes
41	January 10	St. Louis Blues
42	January 12	@ Atlanta Thrashers
43	January 13	@ Detroit Red Wings
44	January 15	Columbus Blue Jackets
45	January 17	Montreal Canadiens
46	January 19	@ Dallas Stars
47	January 20	@ Chicago Blackhawks
48	January 22	@ Minnesota Wild
49	January 25	@ Phoenix Coyotes
50	January 26	@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
51	January 29	@ Los Angeles Kings
52	January 30	@ San Jose Sharks
53	February 3	Phoenix Coyotes
54	February 5	Minnesota Wild
55	February 8	Chicago Blackhawks
56	February 10	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
57	February 15	@ St. Louis Blues
58	February 18	@ Chicago Blackhawks
59	February 20	New Jersey Devils
60	February 23	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
61	February 25	Vancouver Canucks
62	February 27	Detroit Red Wings
63	March 2	@ Colorado Avalanche
64	March 4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
65	March 6	Edmonton Oilers
66	March 8	Calgary Flames
67	March 10	Phoenix Coyotes
68	March 12	Dallas Stars
69	March 14	Columbus Blue Jackets
70	March 16	@ Detroit Red Wings
71	March 17	@ Boston Bruins
72	March 19	@ Buffalo Sabres
73	March 22	Pittsburgh Penguins
74	March 24	Florida Panthers
75	March 26	Chicago Blackhawks
76	March 29	@ Minnesota Wild
77	March 31	Detroit Red Wings
78	April 2	St. Louis Blues
79	April 3	@ St. Louis Blues
80	April 5	Columbus Blue Jackets
81	April 8	@ Colorado Avalanche
82	April 10	@ Phoenix Coyotes

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[8] In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[7]

[10] The Predators retained Safronov’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.^[8]

[13] Bombardir was inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[10]

[15] Farrell retired.^[11]

[18] Murray retired due to the neurological disorder Dystonia. He was able to resume his career during the 2005–06 season.^[12]^[13]

[21] Though he was reported to have signed with three different European teams between February 14–17, 2005, York was ultimately inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[14]^[15]

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	Greg Zanon	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	^[4]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Cam Severson	Anaheim Mighty Ducks		Free agency	^[5]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Jerred Smithson	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	^[5]
July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)	Andreas Lilja	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	^[6]

Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ref
June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13)	Kirill Safronov	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (II)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[9]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Brad Bombardir^{[lower-alpha 3]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[7]
	Mike Farrell^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Contract expiration (VI)	^[7]
	Rem Murray^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[7]
	Jason York^{[lower-alpha 6]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[7]
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)	Wade Flaherty	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (III)	^[16]
July 25, 2004 (2004-07-25)	Greg Classen	Porin Assat (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	^[17]
July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)	Mathieu Darche	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (VI)	^[18]
August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)	Ray Schultz	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (VI)	^[19]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)	Andreas Johansson	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	Free agency (III)	^[20]
October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)	Sergei Zholtok	HK Riga 2000 (BHL)	Free agency (III)	^[21]

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)	David Legwand	1-year	Option exercised	^[22]
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	Darren Haydar		Re-signing	^[4]
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	Tony Hrkac		Re-signing	^[4]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Mark Eaton		Re-signing	^[23]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Shane Hnidy		Re-signing	^[23]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Jamie Allison		Re-signing	^[5]
	Wyatt Smith	1-year	Re-signing	^[5]^[24]
	Jeremy Stevenson		Re-signing	^[5]
July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)	Brian Finley		Re-signing	^[6]
	Scott Hartnell		Re-signing	^[6]
	Andrew Hutchinson		Re-signing	^[6]
August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)	Steve Sullivan	1-year	Re-signing	^[25]
August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04)	Tomas Vokoun	3-year	Re-signing	^[26]
August 9, 2004 (2004-08-09)	Vladimir Orszagh	1-year	Re-signing	^[27]^[24]
September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09)	Vernon Fiddler		Re-signing	^[28]
September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09)	Ryan Suter	3-year	Entry-level	^[29]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)	Kevin Klein		Entry-level	^[30]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)	Shea Weber		Entry-level	^[30]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15)	Paul Brown		Entry-level	^[31]
	Simon Gamache		Re-signing	^[31]
	Marek Zidlicky		Re-signing	^[32]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	15	Alexander Radulov	Forward	Russia	THK Tver (Russia)
3	81	Vaclav Meidl	Center	Czech Republic	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	107	Nick Fugere	Left wing	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	139	Kyle Moir	Goaltender	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	147	Janne Niskala	Defense	Finland	Lukko (SM-liiga)
6	178	Mike Santorelli	Center	Canada	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
6	193	Kevin Schaeffer	Defense	United States	Boston University Terriers (Hockey East)
7	209	Stanislav Balan	Forward	Czech Republic	Zlin Jr. (Czech)
8	243	Denis Kulyash	Defense	Russia	HC CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
8	258	Pekka Rinne	Goaltender	Finland	Karpat (SM-liiga)
9	275	Craig Switzer	Defense	Canada	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)

2004–05_Nashville_Predators_season

2004–05 Nashville Predators season

Offseason

Schedule

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Notes

References

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