26 days until the season opener… (Yesterday’s post)

Andy Berenzweig: 2000 – 2003 (Top Left), Wade Brookbank: 2004 (Top Middle), Steve Sullivan: 2004 – 2011 (Top Right), Matt Hendricks: 2014 (Bottom Left), Mark Arcobello: 2015 (Bottom Middle), Harry Zolnierczyk: 2017 (Bottom Right), Daniel Carr: 2020 (Top, 2nd Slide), Philip Tomasino: 2023 – 2024 (Bottom, 2nd Slide).

Not pictured above is Phil Crowe: 2000.

Andy Berenzweig was drafted 109th overall by the New York Islanders in 1996. He would play just 37 games over 4 seasons with Nashville and in the NHL, scoring 3 goals and 7 assists.

Phil Crowe went undrafted and would play just 4 games with the Preds.

Wade Brookbank went undrafted and would play 9 games for the Preds.

Steve Sullivan was drafted 233rd overall by the New Jersey Devils in 1994. Despite being drafted in the 9th round, Sullivan would play 1011 games with 6 different teams over a span of 16 years, scoring 290 goals and tallying 457 assists for a total of 747 points. During his time with Nashville, he would play 317 games, scoring 100 goals and 163 assists. He was also awarded the Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy for the 2008 – 2009 season (Article linked below), beating out 47 year old Chris Chelios at the time and Richard Zednick who required life saving surgery because of a skate blade to the neck. However, Sullivan's most memorable incident was during his time in Chicago when a fan was mocking him after taking a high stick (Video in Article linked below). Sullivan would proceed to score 2 shorthanded goals in a minute on the same penalty kill and not long after that the mocking fan would be hit in the head with a stray puck. When a teammate pointed it out, Sullivan would skate over and share words with the spectator. Even funnier, the girlfriend/wife of the fan laughed with Sullivan, giving the player a thumbs up and continuing to poke fun at her partner.

Article – Bill Masterson's Finalists: https://web.archive.org/web/20090503215740/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=277039

Article/Video – Fan Incident: https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/steve-sullivan-fan-incident-chicago-blackhawks-colorado-avalanche

Matt Hendricks was drafted 131st overall by the Nashville Predators in 2000. Despite playing 607 games during his 11 years in the NHL, he would only play 44 of those as a Predator, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists.

Mark Arcobello went undrafted and would play 4 games for Nashville, scoring 1 goal.

Harry Zolnierczyk went undrafted and would play 24 games for the Preds, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists.

Daniel Carr went undrafted and played 11 games for the Preds, scoring 1 goal.

Philip Tomasino was drafted 24th overall by the Nashville Predators in 2019. So far he has played in 148 games, scoring 23 goals and tallying 47 assists. He has yet to sign an extension as of September 13th.