We spend most of the time on sites like this talking about outstanding achievements in sports - the most amazing plays, accomplished athletes, or spectacular teams of our time. Let's take a moment to flip the script, however, and consider some recent instances where things went horribly awry for the Nashville Predators...
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Ryan Suter's Field Goal
The date? March 24, 2011. The Preds are holding a late 5-3 lead over the Anaheim Ducks, and as Corey Perry makes a desperate centering pass, Ryan Suter goes all Mason Crosby and kicks the puck into the top corner stick-side past a stunned Pekka Rinne, turning what should have been a routine clock-melting affair into a nail-biter:
Craig Smith's Skyrocket
November 17, 2011 - with the Toronto Maple Leafs in town, the Predators took care of business in multiple ways. Not only did they beat the visitors 4-1, but Brian McGrattan pounded Jay Rosehill's face to mush, and Craig Smith made every highlight segment in North America by failing to score on an empty net from just a few feet away:
I love the "WHAT?" by Barry Trotz at the 0:17 mark...
David Legwand's Hand Trick
Leggy's hands were up to some strange things during the Preds' 2012 playoff run, but none cost the team more dearly than a puck which he batted out of the air and into the slot, where the Coyotes' Radim Vrbata pounced on it to give Phoenix a daunting 3-1 lead in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals:
So which of these gaffes gets your vote for the biggest blooper?
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