# 2004–05 Nashville Predators season

The 2004–05 Nashville Predators season would have been their 7th National Hockey League season; however, it was cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time to save the season.

## Schedule

The Predators preseason and regular season schedule were announced on July 14, 2004.
2004–05 schedule :
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24@ St. Louis Blues
2September 25St. Louis Blues
3September 26@ Florida Panthers
4October 1Columbus Blue Jackets
5October 2@ Columbus Blue Jackets
6October 8Atlanta Thrashers
7October 9@ Atlanta Thrashers :
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 14Minnesota Wild
2October 16St. Louis Blues
3October 20@ Dallas Stars
4October 21San Jose Sharks
5October 23Anaheim Mighty Ducks
6October 27@ Tampa Bay Lightning
7October 29@ Florida Panthers
8October 30Detroit Red Wings
9November 2@ Calgary Flames
10November 4@ Edmonton Oilers
11November 5@ Vancouver Canucks
12November 8@ New York Rangers
13November 10@ New Jersey Devils
14November 11@ New York Islanders
15November 13Colorado Avalanche
16November 16Los Angeles Kings
17November 18@ Calgary Flames
18November 19@ Vancouver Canucks
19November 22@ Edmonton Oilers
20November 25Edmonton Oilers
21November 27San Jose Sharks
22November 30Vancouver Canucks
23December 2@ Chicago Blackhawks
24December 4Atlanta Thrashers
25December 7Philadelphia Flyers
26December 8@ St. Louis Blues
27December 11Colorado Avalanche
28December 15@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
29December 16@ Los Angeles Kings
30December 18@ San Jose Sharks
31December 21Ottawa Senators
32December 23Anaheim Mighty Ducks
33December 26Dallas Stars
34December 28Chicago Blackhawks
35December 30Toronto Maple Leafs
36January 1Los Angeles Kings
37January 3@ Washington Capitals
38January 5@ Detroit Red Wings
39January 6Calgary Flames
40January 8Carolina Hurricanes
41January 10St. Louis Blues
42January 12@ Atlanta Thrashers
43January 13@ Detroit Red Wings
44January 15Columbus Blue Jackets
45January 17Montreal Canadiens
46January 19@ Dallas Stars
47January 20@ Chicago Blackhawks
48January 22@ Minnesota Wild
49January 25@ Phoenix Coyotes
50January 26@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
51January 29@ Los Angeles Kings
52January 30@ San Jose Sharks
53February 3Phoenix Coyotes
54February 5Minnesota Wild
55February 8Chicago Blackhawks
56February 10@ Columbus Blue Jackets
57February 15@ St. Louis Blues
58February 18@ Chicago Blackhawks
59February 20New Jersey Devils
60February 23@ Columbus Blue Jackets
61February 25Vancouver Canucks
62February 27Detroit Red Wings
63March 2@ Colorado Avalanche
64March 4@ Columbus Blue Jackets
65March 6Edmonton Oilers
66March 8Calgary Flames
67March 10Phoenix Coyotes
68March 12Dallas Stars
69March 14Columbus Blue Jackets
70March 16@ Detroit Red Wings
71March 17@ Boston Bruins
72March 19@ Buffalo Sabres
73March 22Pittsburgh Penguins
74March 24Florida Panthers
75March 26Chicago Blackhawks
76March 29@ Minnesota Wild
77March 31Detroit Red Wings
78April 2St. Louis Blues
79April 3@ St. Louis Blues
80April 5Columbus Blue Jackets
81April 8@ Colorado Avalanche
82April 10@ Phoenix Coyotes :

## Transactions

The Predators were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.

### Trades

The Predators did not make any trades.

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09) | Greg Zanon | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | | Free agency |
| July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) | Cam Severson | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | | Free agency |
| July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) | Jerred Smithson | Los Angeles Kings | | Free agency |
| July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26) | Andreas Lilja | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13) | Kirill Safronov | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Brad Bombardir | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Mike Farrell | | Contract expiration (VI) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Rem Murray | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Jason York | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07) | Wade Flaherty | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (III) |
| July 25, 2004 (2004-07-25) | Greg Classen | Porin Assat (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26) | Mathieu Darche | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (VI) |
| August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13) | Ray Schultz | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (VI) |
| August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) | Andreas Johansson | Geneve-Servette HC (NLA) | Free agency (III) |
| October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19) | Sergei Zholtok | HK Riga 2000 (BHL) | Free agency (III) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | David Legwand | 1-year | Option exercised |
| July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09) | Darren Haydar | | Re-signing |
| July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09) | Tony Hrkac | | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Mark Eaton | | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Shane Hnidy | | Re-signing |
| July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) | Jamie Allison | | Re-signing |
| July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) | Wyatt Smith | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) | Jeremy Stevenson | | Re-signing |
| July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26) | Brian Finley | | Re-signing |
| July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26) | Scott Hartnell | | Re-signing |
| July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26) | Andrew Hutchinson | | Re-signing |
| August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03) | Steve Sullivan | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04) | Tomas Vokoun | 3-year | Re-signing |
| August 9, 2004 (2004-08-09) | Vladimir Orszagh | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09) | Vernon Fiddler | | Re-signing |
| September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09) | Ryan Suter | 3-year | Entry-level |
| September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14) | Kevin Klein | | Entry-level |
| September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14) | Shea Weber | | Entry-level |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Paul Brown | | Entry-level |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Simon Gamache | | Re-signing |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Marek Zidlicky | | Re-signing |

## Draft picks

Nashville's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 15 | Alexander Radulov | Forward | Russia | THK Tver (Russia) |
| 3 | 81 | Vaclav Meidl | Center | Czech Republic | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
| 4 | 107 | Nick Fugere | Left wing | Canada | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 139 | Kyle Moir | Goaltender | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 5 | 147 | Janne Niskala | Defense | Finland | Lukko (SM-liiga) |
| 6 | 178 | Mike Santorelli | Center | Canada | Vernon Vipers (BCHL) |
| 6 | 193 | Kevin Schaeffer | Defense | United States | Boston University Terriers (Hockey East) |
| 7 | 209 | Stanislav Balan | Forward | Czech Republic | Zlin Jr. (Czech) |
| 8 | 243 | Denis Kulyash | Defense | Russia | HC CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia) |
| 8 | 258 | Pekka Rinne | Goaltender | Finland | Karpat (SM-liiga) |
| 9 | 275 | Craig Switzer | Defense | Canada | Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) |