Tonight, the Nashville Predators rookies will be hitting the ice at Saveology.com Iceplex in Florida to take on the Panthers prospects. The game isn’t on tv or the radio, but when the puck drops at 6 p.m. CT, fans will be following as best as they can to have a first look at Nashville’s prospects in action–many for the first time in a Predators uniform while others are veterans to the rookie-camp scene.

The big battle at camp is who will be the backup to Nashville’s starting goalie, Pekka Rinne, when the puck drops on the Predators’ season October 9th at Bridgestone Arena. Goaltending battles aside, because the Predators have drafted many quality defensemen over the years, some returnees to the rookie training camp are highly drafted experts on the back end of the rink.

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