2002–03 Nashville Predators season

The 2002–03 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 5th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. This would be the last time the Preds finished with a losing record until 2012-13, and their last in a full, 82-game season until 2024-25.

Division4th Central

Conference13th Western

2002–03 record27–35–13–7

Home record18–17–5–1

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2002–03 Nashville Predators
Division	4th Central
Conference	13th Western
2002–03 record	27–35–13–7
Home record	18–17–5–1
Road record	9–18–8–6
Goals for	183
Goals against	206
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson Scott Walker (interim)
Alternate captains	Brent Gilchrist (road) Bill Houlder (road) Kimmo Timonen (home) Scott Walker (home)
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Average attendance	13,228
Minor league affiliates	Milwaukee Admirals Toledo Storm
Team leaders
Goals	Andreas Johansson (20)
Assists	Kimmo Timonen (34)
Points	David Legwand (48)
Penalty minutes	Cale Hulse (121)
Plus/minus	Jason York (+13)
Wins	Tomas Vokoun (25)
Goals against average	Tomas Vokoun (2.20)
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Off-season

Greg Johnson was named team captain on October 8.^[1] In addition to being an alternate captain for home games, Scott Walker was briefly interim captain during Johnson's absence due to injury during the season.^[2]

Regular season

The Predators tied the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut out, with 10, and tied the Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored, with 2.^[3]^[4]

Final standings

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Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
2	5	St. Louis Blues	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
3	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Dallas Stars	PA	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	Y- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
3	Y- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
4	X- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
5	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
6	X- Minnesota Wild	NW	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
7	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
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9	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
11	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75
13	Nashville Predators	CE	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
14	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

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Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z – Clinched conference; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2002–03 regular season^[6]

October: 1–5–1–2 (home: 1–3–0–0; road: 0–2–1–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	October 11, 2002	4–5	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	0–1–0–0	L
2	October 12, 2002	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	0–2–0–0	L
3	October 15, 2002	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	0–2–0–1	OTL
4	October 18, 2002	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	0–2–0–2	OTL
5	October 19, 2002	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	0–2–1–2	T
6	October 22, 2002	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	0–3–1–2	L
7	October 24, 2002	1–2	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	0–4–1–2	L
8	October 26, 2002	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	1–4–1–2	W
9	October 30, 2002	0–7	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	1–5–1–2	L

November: 3–6–3–2 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 1–4–2–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	November 2, 2002	5–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	1–5–1–3	OTL
11	November 3, 2002	1–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	1–5–1–4	OTL
12	November 6, 2002	1–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	1–6–1–4	L
13	November 7, 2002	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	1–6–2–4	T
14	November 10, 2002	4–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	2–6–2–4	W
15	November 12, 2002	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	2–7–2–4	L
16	November 14, 2002	1–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	2–8–2–4	L
17	November 16, 2002	1–1 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	2–8–3–4	T
18	November 17, 2002	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	2–9–3–4	L
19	November 21, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	2–9–4–4	T
20	November 23, 2002	2–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	2–10–4–4	L
21	November 27, 2002	4–2	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	3–10–4–4	W
22	November 29, 2002	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	3–11–4–4	L
23	November 30, 2002	5–2	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	4–11–4–4	W

December: 6–6–2–0 (home: 3–5–1–0; road: 3–1–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	December 3, 2002	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	4–12–4–4	L
25	December 5, 2002	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	5–12–4–4	W
26	December 7, 2002	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	6–12–4–4	W
27	December 8, 2002	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	6–13–4–4	L
28	December 10, 2002	0–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	6–14–4–4	L
29	December 12, 2002	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	6–14–5–4	T
30	December 14, 2002	3–1	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	7–14–5–4	W
31	December 17, 2002	0–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	7–15–5–4	L
32	December 19, 2002	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	7–16–5–4	L
33	December 21, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	7–16–6–4	T
34	December 23, 2002	3–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	8–16–6–4	W
35	December 26, 2002	3–1	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	9–16–6–4	W
36	December 28, 2002	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	9–17–6–4	L
37	December 30, 2002	3–2	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	10–17–6–4	W

January: 7–6–2–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 3–4–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	January 1, 2003	3–7	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	10–18–6–4	L
39	January 4, 2003	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	10–18–7–4	T
40	January 6, 2003	5–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	11–18–7–4	W
41	January 7, 2003	2–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	12–18–7–4	W
42	January 11, 2003	4–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	13–18–7–4	W
43	January 12, 2003	0–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	13–19–7–4	L
44	January 14, 2003	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	13–20–7–4	L
45	January 16, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	13–20–8–4	T
46	January 18, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	14–20–8–4	W
47	January 21, 2003	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	15–20–8–4	W
48	January 23, 2003	2–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	15–21–8–4	L
49	January 25, 2003	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	16–21–8–4	W
50	January 27, 2003	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	17–21–8–4	W
51	January 28, 2003	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	17–22–8–4	L
52	January 30, 2003	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	17–23–8–4	L

February: 8–2–1–0 (home: 7–1–0–0; road: 1–1–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	February 4, 2003	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	17–23–9–4	T
54	February 8, 2003	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	18–23–9–4	W
55	February 11, 2003	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	18–24–9–4	L
56	February 13, 2003	2–0	New York Islanders (2002–03)	19–24–9–4	W
57	February 15, 2003	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	20–24–9–4	W
58	February 17, 2003	5–1	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	21–24–9–4	W
59	February 20, 2003	4–1	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	22–24–9–4	W
60	February 22, 2003	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	22–25–9–4	L
61	February 23, 2003	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	23–25–9–4	W
62	February 25, 2003	5–0	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	24–25–9–4	W
63	February 27, 2003	6–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	25–25–9–4	W

March: 2–8–4–2 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 1–4–2–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
64	March 1, 2003	5–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	26–25–9–4	W
65	March 4, 2003	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	26–25–9–5	OTL
66	March 6, 2003	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	26–25–10–5	T
67	March 7, 2003	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	27–25–10–5	W
68	March 10, 2003	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	27–26–10–5	L
69	March 12, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	27–26–11–5	T
70	March 14, 2003	1–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	27–27–11–5	L
71	March 15, 2003	0–1	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	27–28–11–5	L
72	March 17, 2003	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	27–29–11–5	L
73	March 20, 2003	3–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	27–30–11–5	L
74	March 22, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	27–30–12–5	T
75	March 23, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	27–30–12–6	OTL
76	March 25, 2003	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	27–30–13–6	T
77	March 27, 2003	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	27–31–13–6	L
78	March 29, 2003	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	27–32–13–6	L
79	March 31, 2003	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	27–33–13–6	L

April: 0–2–0–1 (home: 0–0–0–1; road: 0–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	April 1, 2003	1–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	27–33–13–7	OTL
81	April 4, 2003	0–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	27–34–13–7	L
82	April 6, 2003	0–2	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	27–35–13–7	L

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
11	David Legwand	C	64	17	31	48	−2	34
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	72	6	34	40	−3	46
21	Andreas Johansson	C	56	20	17	37	−4	22
25	Denis Arkhipov	C	79	11	24	35	−18	32
5	Andy Delmore	D	71	18	16	34	−17	28
17	Scott Hartnell	LW	82	12	22	34	−3	101
24	Scott Walker	RW	60	15	18	33	2	58
33	Vladimir Orszagh	RW	78	16	16	32	−1	38
18	Adam Hall	RW	79	16	12	28	−8	31
43	Vitali Yachmenev	LW	62	5	15	20	7	12
15	Rem Murray†	LW	53	6	13	19	1	18
27	Jason York†	D	74	4	15	19	13	52
22	Greg Johnson	C	38	8	9	17	7	22
10	Clarke Wilm	C	82	5	11	16	−11	36
3	Karlis Skrastins	D	82	3	10	13	−18	44
16	Denis Pederson	RW	43	4	6	10	2	39
4	Mark Eaton	D	50	2	7	9	1	22
32	Cale Hulse	D	80	2	6	8	−11	121
19	Martin Erat	RW	27	1	7	8	−9	14
38	Vernon Fiddler	C	19	4	2	6	2	14
23	Bill Houlder	D	82	2	4	6	−2	46
14^[a]	Oleg Petrov†	RW	17	2	2	4	−4	2
41	Brent Gilchrist	LW	41	1	2	3	−11	14
14	Jon Sim†‡	LW	4	1	0	1	0	0
46	Wyatt Smith	C	11	1	0	1	−1	0
7	Scottie Upshall	LW	8	1	0	1	2	0
34	Wade Flaherty†	G	1	0	1	1		0
12	Reid Simpson†	LW	26	0	1	1	−4	56
29	Tomas Vokoun	G	69	0	1	1		28
20	Todd Warriner†	LW	6	0	1	1	−1	4
26	Andrew Berenzweig‡	D	4	0	0	0	0	0
51	Francis Bouillon‡	D	4	0	0	0	−1	2
9	Greg Classen	C	8	0	0	0	−3	4
1	Mike Dunham‡	G	15	0	0	0		0
31	Brian Finley	G	1	0	0	0		0
54	Darren Haydar	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
28	Tomas Kloucek†	D	3	0	0	0	1	2
35	Jan Lasak	G	3	0	0	0		0
28	Cameron Mann	RW	4	0	0	0	−2	0
20	Nathan Perrott‡	RW	1	0	0	0	0	5
39	Domenic Pittis	C	2	0	0	0	0	2
36	Robert Schnabel	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	Pascal Trepanier‡	D	1	0	0	0	0	0

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Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.

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No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Tomas Vokoun	69	25	31	11	1771	146	2.20	.918	3	3974
1	Mike Dunham‡	15	2	9	2	397	43	3.15	.892	0	819
35	Jan Lasak	3	0	1	0	39	5	3.33	.872	0	90
31	Brian Finley	1	0	0	0	13	3	3.83	.769	0	47
34	Wade Flaherty†	1	0	1	0	27	4	4.71	.852	0	51

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Adam Hall	^[7]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Scottie Upshall	October 15, 2002	^[8]
	Vernon Fiddler	November 2, 2002
	Darren Haydar	November 17, 2002
	Brian Finley	January 1, 2003

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Transactions

The Predators were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.^[9]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Nashville Predators Boston's 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Future considerations^[b]	^[10]
	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2003	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2002	^[10]
	To Nashville Predators Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2003	To Toronto Maple Leafs Buffalo's 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[10]
	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2003	To Detroit Red Wings Boston's 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[10]
	To Nashville Predators Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2003	To Washington Capitals Rights to Petr Sykora	^[10]
June 29, 2002 (2002-06-29)	To Nashville Predators Rights to Ed Belfour Rights to Cameron Mann	To Dallas Stars David Gosselin 5th-round pick in 2003	^[11]
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	To Nashville Predators Rights to Tie Domi	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th-round pick in 2003	^[12]
October 23, 2002 (2002-10-23)	To Nashville Predators Jason York	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Future considerations	^[13]
December 12, 2002 (2002-12-12)	To Nashville Predators Tomas Kloucek Rem Murray Rights to Marek Zidlicky	To New York Rangers Mike Dunham	^[14]
December 31, 2002 (2002-12-31)	To Nashville Predators Bob Wren	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Perrott	^[15]
February 4, 2003 (2003-02-04)	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	To Los Angeles Kings Greg Koehler	^[16]
February 17, 2003 (2003-02-17)	To Nashville Predators Jon Sim	To Dallas Stars Andrew Berenzweig Conditional draft pick in 2004	^[17]
March 3, 2003 (2003-03-03)	To Nashville Predators Oleg Petrov	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2003	^[18]
March 9, 2003 (2003-03-09)	To Nashville Predators Wade Flaherty	To Florida Panthers Pascal Trepanier	^[19]
March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Bob Wren	^[20]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Nashville Predators Alexander Riazantsev	To Colorado Avalanche 7th-round pick in 2003	^[21]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Brent Gilchrist	Dallas Stars		Free agency	^[22]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Clarke Wilm	Calgary Flames		Free agency	^[23]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Greg Koehler	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	^[24]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Wyatt Smith	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	^[24]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Pascal Trepanier	Colorado Avalanche		Free agency	^[25]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Denis Pederson	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	^[26]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Domenic Pittis	Edmonton Oilers	2-year	Free agency	^[26]
September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)	Andreas Johansson	New York Rangers		Free agency	^[27]
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Francis Bouillon	Montreal Canadiens		Waiver draft	^[28]
December 3, 2002 (2002-12-03)	Reid Simpson	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	^[29]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	Todd Warriner	Philadelphia Flyers		Waivers	^[30]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
June 20, 2002 (2002-06-20)	Pavel Skrbek	Lulea HF (SHL)	Free agency (II)^[d]	^[33]
July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)	Jay Legault^[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[31]
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Ed Belfour	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (III)	^[35]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Tie Domi	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (III)	^[36]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Steve Dubinsky	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (III)	^[37]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Brett Hauer	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)^[f]	Release	^[39]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Bill Bowler	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	^[40]
July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)	Petr Sachl	Porin Assat (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	^[41]
July 22, 2002 (2002-07-22)	Marian Cisar	HC Znojemsti Orli (ELH)	Free agency (II)^[g]	^[42]
August 4, 2002 (2002-08-04)	Petr Hubacek	HC Zlin (ELH)	Free agency^[h]	^[44]
August 5, 2002 (2002-08-05)	Mark Mowers	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)	^[45]
August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)	Jukka Hentunen	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency (II)^[i]	^[47]
August 22, 2002 (2002-08-22)	Chris Mason	Florida Panthers	Free agency (VI)	^[48]
August 22, 2002 (2002-08-22)	Steve Parsons	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[49]
August 28, 2002 (2002-08-28)	Jeremy Stevenson	Houston Aeros (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[50]
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Petr Tenkrat	Florida Panthers	Waiver draft	^[28]
October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	Marty Wilford	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[51]
October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25)	Francis Bouillon	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers	^[52]
November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15)	Reid Simpson	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[29]
March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)	Jon Sim	Los Angeles Kings	Waivers	^[53]
March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)	Cameron Mann	ERC Ingolstadt (DEL)	Free agency^[j]	^[54]
March 27, 2003 (2003-03-27)	Jere Karalahti	HIFK (Liiga)	Free agency	^[55]
June 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)	Stu Grimson		Retirement	^[56]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	Mike Dunham	1-year	Extension^[k]	^[57]
	Vladimir Orszagh	1-year	Option exercised	^[57]
	Robert Schnabel		Extension	^[57]
	Kimmo Timonen	1-year	Option exercised	^[57]
	Vitali Yachmenev	1-year	Option exercised	^[57]
July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)	Dan Hamhuis		Entry-level	^[58]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Cameron Mann		Re-signing	^[24]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Andy Delmore		Re-signing	^[59]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Cale Hulse		Re-signing	^[60]
July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)	Greg Classen		Re-signing	^[61]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	David Legwand		Re-signing	^[62]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	Bryan Lundbohm		Re-signing	^[62]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Vladimir Orszagh		Extension	^[63]
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)	Jan Lasak		Re-signing	^[64]
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)	Peter Smrek		Re-signing	^[64]
September 10, 2002 (2002-09-10)	Darren Haydar		Entry-level	^[65]
October 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)	Scottie Upshall		Entry-level	^[66]
May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)	Jordin Tootoo		Entry-level	^[67]
May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30)	Oleg Petrov	1-year	Option exercised	^[68]

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Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[69]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Scottie Upshall	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	102	Brandon Segal	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	138	Patrick Jarrett	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	172	Mike McKenna	United States	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
7	203	Josh Morrow	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
8	235	Kaleb Betts	Canada	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
9	264	Matthew Davis	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
9	266	Steven Spencer	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

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Notes

[a]
Petrov wore number 20 in his first three games.
[b]
Nashville promised not to select Joffrey Lupul with the sixth overall pick in the 2002 draft.
[c]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[31]
[d]
Nashville retained Skrbek’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[32]
[e]
Legault was inactive during the 2002–03 season.^[34]
[f]
Hauer signed with Geneve-Servette HC on July 20.^[38]
[g]
Nashville retained Cisar’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[32]
[h]
Nashville retained Hubacek’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.^[43]
[i]
Nashville retained Hentunen’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[46]
[j]
Contract for the 2003–04 season. Mann remained with Milwaukee through the end of the 2003 Calder Cup playoffs.
[k]
Contract option for the 2004–05 season was exercised by Nashville.

2002–03 Nashville Predators season

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

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Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

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