#OTD in #Preds history (1998): Nashville selects David Legwand with the second overall pick in the #NHLDraft. (pic: Getty)

#OTD in #Preds history (2018): Nashville signs free agent forward Zac Rinaldo to a one-year, $650k deal. (pic: Matthew Stockman)

#OTD in #Preds history (2019): Former Nashville captain Greg Johnson passes away at the young age of 48. He will be forever missed.

#OTD in #Preds history (2019): Newly signed center Matt Duchene is introduced to the Nashville media by AGM Brian Poile and Nashville Mayor David Briley. (pic: Jeremy K. Gover)

#OTD in #Preds history (2018): Nashville signs free agent defenseman Dan Hamhuis to a two-year, $2.5 million deal. (pic: unknown)

#OTD in #Preds history (2005): Nashville uses their first round pick to select Guelph Storm defenseman Ryan Parent. (pic: Claus Andersen)

#OTD in #Preds history (1989): Future Nashville forward Craig Smith is born in Madison, Wisconsin. (pic: Presswire)

#OTD in #Preds history (2011): Nashville's 6th rd pick in 2007, Robert Dietrich, dies when his #Lokomotiv team's plane crashes. While he never played in an NHL game, he was the 2nd leading scorer for the AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, in 2009-10. (pic: Jeremy K. Gover)

#OTD in #Preds history (2007): Jason Arnott is named the fourth captain in Nashville Predators franchise history. (pic: Getty)

#OTD in #Preds history (2018): Kevin Fiala factors into every Nashville goal (1g, 4a) as the Preds beat the Florida Panthers in the second game of their pre-season doubleheader, 5-3. (pic: Ethan Miller)

#OTD in #Preds history (2018): The Nashville Predators and the Carolina Hurricanes each wear their away jerseys for their pre-season match-up in Music City. (pic: screen cap from Bally Sports Preds)

#OTD in #Preds history (2016): Nashville signs Head Coach Peter Laviolette to a 2yr extension. (pic: John Russell)

#OTD in #Preds history (2005): Nashville signs free agent center Yanic Perreault. (pic: Getty)

#OTD in #Preds history (2006): Nashville signs free agent forward Kelsey Wilson. (pic: Streeter Lecka)

#OTD in #Preds history (2000): Nashville opens the season with a win as they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. (pic: Kazihiro Nogi)

#OTD in #Preds history (2011): Zack Stortini spends more time in the penalty box than on the ice as he plays his only game in a Nashville sweater, logging seven penalty minutes despite just 4:53 of ice time. (pic: Jeff Curry)

#OTD in #Preds history (2005): Jeremy Stevenson accumulated 35 penalty minutes, Jamie Allison got 22 and Scott Nichol logged 16 as Nashville beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 in a game that saw a franchise record 95 combined penalty minutes. (pic: Bruce Bennett)

#OTD in #Preds history (2011): Goaltender Pekka Rinne signs a seven-year, $49 million extension with Nashville. (pic: Don Olea)

#OTD in #Preds history (2016): The Nashville Predators sent Shea Weber to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for 2013 Norris Trophy winner PK Subban. Subban would help lead NSH to the Stanley Cup Final in 2017 while Weber would lead the #Habs to the Final in 2021. (pic: NHL)

#OTD in 2022: An arbitrator rules on a new contract between Yakov Trenin and the #Preds. (Probably.)