Disappointment, frustration, regret - no matter your season-ending noun of choice, it was probably uttered by a member of the Predators on Wednesday afternoon.
The group that captured a second-consecutive Central Division title and another 100-point season in 2018-19 was left searching for answers after a first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs that concluded in Dallas earlier in the week.
Most of their faces clean-shaven, the Preds addressed what went wrong over the past two weeks - and the past few months on a larger scale - in an attempt to identify the issues, the first step in making sure they're not answering these same questions this early in the springtime next year.
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