Smashville turns the page: Friday's notes

We stand on the brink of a new era in Nashville Predators hockey.

The Preds are already in a state of transition, as the next generation of young players (Colin Wilson, Patric Hornqvist, Craig Smith, Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis) step into larger roles, and the team settles in for the long term with franchise goaltender Pekka Rinne. On defense, we know that the dynamic duo of Ryan Suter and Shea Weber has been broken up, but the question now is, does Weber want to lead this team into the future, or will he choose his own path out of town as well?

This is shaping up to be the most important off-season since the Great Fire Sale of 2007, and we'll just have to wait and see which direction the team heads in. Do they try and maintain