Patrick Côté was part of the first two seasons in Nashville Predators history and set at least two team records that are unlikely to be broken in the modern NHL.
The Preds’ early years weren’t anything like what we’ve seen from Vegas or Seattle.
With much less friendly expansion draft rules to work with, Predators GM David Poile had to build a team of mostly castoffs and hope for luck in the draft. He didn’t get much, at least not in the way of stars.
The team attempted to make up the skill gap with tough, gritty players who could at least fill ‘em in if they couldn’t run ‘em up, and #17 was one of those guys.
Côté played in 21 games for the Nashville Predators in 1999-2000, scoring no goals or assists and racking up 70 penalty minutes. He fought 12 times in those 21 games.
He wore this sweater in an unknown amount of games in the 1999-2000 preseason.
This jersey has solid wear for a preseason gamer.
On the right sleeve, there is a large stick mark in the stick numbers and another couple of marks on the sleeve. The left sleeve has a few marks as well.
There are stick marks on the front of the sweater and a repaired back collar that goes all the way down the silver fabric to the navy.
The Nashville Predators did not wear the NHL2000 patch in the preseason so this jersey does not have it.
