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Nicolas Hague
Nashville Predators Defense #41
Six foot six, two hundred and forty-five pounds, and the heaviest man in this edition.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 5.4 | 19:38 |
| Career | 426 | 23 | 75 | 98 | +10 | 282 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 586 | 3.9 | 17:51 |
Last Season
Three goals and 12 assists in 62 games — 15 points, minus-10, at 19:38 a night with 47 penalty minutes.
The Finesse Game
Not the point. Eighty-nine unblocked attempts from a median of 52 feet, nine per cent inside twenty, three goals. Ninety-eight points in 426 career games.
The first pass is simple and safe. He is not going to add anything at the offensive blue line.
The Physical Game
Six foot six and 245 pounds — the heaviest player in this edition. Forty-seven penalty minutes, a cleared crease, and a reach that ends plays before they develop.
The skating is the limitation and always has been. He cannot recover when beaten and forwards know to change direction on him.
The Intangibles
Forty-eight point one per cent of the expected goals, 36th percentile, and 50 per cent of the shot attempts, 57th, across 1,088 minutes — below the line, and the second-best mark among Nashville’s regular defencemen, which says more about the blue line than about him.
The goals were 45-44, essentially level.
He is 27, a second-round pick with a Stanley Cup from Vegas, and arrives on a club whose defence conceded the sixth-most expected goals in the league. He will help the net front. He will not fix the structure.