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On the eve of perhaps their most anticipated season in franchise history, the Nashville Predators spent the final days working on the one thing that cost them playoff positioning last season: overtime hockey.Nashville, which hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night in sold-out Bridgestone Arena, dropped 14 games in overtime or in shootouts last season. The 14 losses were more than every team except Carolina (16) and Philadelphia (14).Had it won even four or five of those games, it might not have had to travel back-and-forth to the west coast for four weeks to play grueling seven-game series with Anaheim and San Jose.We werent good in the 3-on-3 and we need to be better there, defenseman Mattias Ekholm said to NHL.com. Its nice to get a foundation for it again, and then maybe put emphasis on it. We need to get better at it, thats just the bottom line.If the Predators are to create the edge in a stacked Central Division that includes perhaps four of the NHLs top 10 teams, that means winning more of the close games they lost a season ago. Beating Chicago would certainly be a good way to start.Nashville went 2-3-0 against the Blackhawks last season, splitting the two meetings at home. Of course, that was a different Predators team, one which didnt have the services of defenseman P.K. Subban, who was acquired on June 29 in a blockbuster trade that sent captain Shea Weber to Montreal.Adding Subban to a defense corps already featuring All-Star Roman Josi, Ekholm and Ryan Ellis has made Nashville one of the preseason favorites in the Western Conference.Of course, the Blackhawks figure to have something to say about that, even though they opened their season Wednesday night in the United Center with a 5-2 home loss to St. Louis.With four rookies on its opening-night roster, Chicago was outshot 32-19 by a Blues team skating without top-six forward Jaden Schwartz. The Blackhawks were also troubled by a breakdown in discipline, taking three straight minors late in the second period that led to two power-play goals which turned a 2-1 lead into a 3-2 deficit they never overcame.St. Louis scored its first three goals with the man advantage and the last two after Chicago emptied the net for an extra attacker.We want to make sure were playing the right way from start to finish, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. There will definitely be some learning going on, and well be accepting mistakes from hard work, but thats where you get better.Chicago will get defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson back after he served a suspension for a charging penalty on St. Louis Ty Rattie in an exhibition game. It could also get a milestone goal from forward Marian Hossa, who needs one to reach 500 in his career.But the spotlight figures to be on Nashville, which believes it has the ingredients to play hockey in late May or even early June.I think well be ready, coach Peter Laviolette said to NHL.com. Carlos Boozer Jersey . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Foots Walker Jersey . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. He will look to end Vettels run of six straight race wins on Sunday. Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. https://www.cheapcavaliers.com/1212q-jordan-clarkson-jersey-cavaliers.html . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. 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Thursday nights tilt between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans was basically over halfway through the second quarter and, quite frankly, was a yawner from the get-go.Fortunately, garbage time is a great thing in Fantasyland, so any frustrated owners of Blake Bortles?and his whopping two points at the half who stuck through the fourth quarter of the blowout got to see the Jaguars quarterback hang 27 second-half fantasy points on the Titans.Yay, stats!Enough looking back, though. Its time to look ahead to the weekend. As you set your fantasy lineups, be sure to take advanttage of our Roster Advisor tool to get an edge on your opponents.ddddddddddddAnd for those taking part in the Eliminator Challenge, you can get an edge here, too, with the Survivor Guide.Our weekly ESPN Insider cheat sheet provides a rundown of the greatest hits from all of our Insider fantasy football content. 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