Savor these moments, Nashville Predators followers, because they don’t come around often.



Obviously, I’m not talking about Saturday’s unsightly 7-2 home loss to Chicago, which makes the Preds 2-9-1 in Saturday games at Bridgestone Arena in the calendar year 2019 and should prompt the organization to petition the NHL for an end to these — no matter how much better beer sales are on Saturdays.



This defeat, in which Nashville dominated Chicago for most of the first period and trailed 2-0 when it was finished, makes the Preds 1-4-2 since their 8-3-1 start. It made Pekka Rinne a pulled goalie for the second time in three starts. It made captain Roman Josi (who had both of his team’s goals) say “that can’t happen” and it was deemed “embarrassing” by Colton Sissons. So the natural fan reaction is to fret over the state of things as the season reaches the one-quarter mark. Those moments come around plenty for a...