Annunen’s Gold-Medal Run Puts Predators On Notice

Justus Annunen just turned in the kind of international performance that forces a team to ask an uncomfortable question. A shutout in a gold-medal game gets people talking, but for Nashville the real issue is what it means when a goalie raises his stock on a bigger stage than the regular season grind. The Predators now have to decide whether they are watching a hot streak or a sign of something more lasting in the crease.