Predators Tap Rob Blake to Run Hockey Ops

Nashville is handing the keys to a man who has spent decades in the league’s inner circle and knows how front offices really work. Rob Blake arrives with the kind of credibility that matters when a team is trying to sharpen its identity and clean up the margins that separate contenders from also-rans. The Predators are signaling that this is not a cosmetic hire, because this job puts one of hockey’s most recognizable decision-makers in charge of the big levers.