The Predators continue to do the unimaginable, and have started the season 8-0-0, beating the Blackhawks 5-3 last night and putting our young franchise in the books of hockey lore, becoming only the fourth team to ever start a season this well.

And we can thank one man in particular - Tomas Vokoun. And it doesn’t hurt to have a patient owner, Craig Leipold, who hasn’t shaken the team up despite some lacking years, and has stuck to the original game plan - that of developing the bulk of the team’s talent from within. Since the expansion draft, Paul Kariya is the only player I would characterize as a major acquisition. The additional cap room the team enjoys from this strategy makes roster filling a snap, and a serious playoff run this year all but inevitable.

Blake Wylie notes the feat as well over at NashvilleFiles.