Predators players share hockey-related New Year's resolutions

It's a new year, which means the ambitious among us are setting goals to better ourselves.

In that spirit, The Tennessean surveyed the Predators’ dressing room about their “resolutions,” asking players how they would like to improve during the second half of the season.

Here is an assortment of their responses:

Scott Hartnell

"I need to get more shots. I need to get to the net more. That's where I'm effective. That's where I play my best hockey. ... I've had some good games, but a lot of games where I've just been (ineffective) around the net. That's where I want to be."

Craig Smith

"I would say shooting through screens. It's something I'd like to get better at. Try to not get pucks blocked. That's something I look at every game, how many shots I got blocked. If it doesn't get through, you don't have a chance of it going in."

Austin Watson

"I'd just like to create a little bit more offense. Obviously the physical part and the penalty-killing part and the defensive end of the game is something that's a big focus for me, but I'd like to see my numbers go up a little bit, maybe score a few goals. And even if it's not scoring, creating more."

Ryan Johansen

“I guess I’d just like to produce more. Obviously as a team we’ve been playing pretty consistent over the course of the season so far and have played some great hockey, but as an individual it’d be nice to start scoring a little more and help produce numbers on the scoreboard.”

Kyle Turris

"Definitely faceoffs. I need to work on my faceoffs and improve those quite a bit."

Colton Sissons

"I want to be more impactful offensively, especially scoring goals. I've been pretty snakebitten lately, so I just want to get better looks and capitalize on my chances."

Viktor Arvidsson

"Just execute my chances. Score more goals, basically."

Roman Josi

"One thing I can work on is just giving (opponents) less space. (I'm) playing against a lot of good players, so you want to make sure you give them less space."

Mattias Ekholm

"Just my overall game, I would say. Everything can get better. I think we're off to a pretty good start, but everything can get improved. As a team, we're going pretty well and it's been a pretty good year for me so far. Everything can get better, and I know I have another level in me."

Pekka Rinne

"I'm pretty happy so far (about) how things have gone. I feel I've been fairly consistent. ... As a player you try to keep your consistency level as high as possible. It's hard to point out one thing."

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