In the quiet moments leading up to Monday’s Game 6 in Winnipeg, every member of the Nashville Predators organization must in some part be wondering, how did this happen?



How did we get here?



Here, of course, is the brink of elimination.



Here is the NHL’s regular season kings being pounded 6-2 at home in Game 5 to fall behind 3-2 in the best-of-seven, second-round series.



Here is Vezina Trophy favorite Pekka Rinne, he of the .927 regular season save percentage, being pulled twice in this series and allowing 19 goals on 129 shots for a .887 save percentage against Winnipeg.



Here is one of the best defensive groups in the NHL twice giving up four goals in the second period of games.



Maybe the answer to the question is simple: The Winnipeg Jets are that good.



Longtime NHL netminder and broadcast analyst Darren Pang picked – like many, including me – Nashville to go to the Stanley Cup final, and now with...