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Senators send forward Mike Fisher to Predators for first-round draft pick and conditional pick

The Predators have acquired forward Mike Fisher, who will be reunited in Nashville with his wife, country music star Carrie Underwood .

The Ottawa Senators traded Fisher to the Predators on Thursday for a first-round draft pick and a future conditional pick.Underwood lives in Nashville, and the couple married last summer in Georgia. Fisher, 30, has 24 points this season and had been tied for the Senators' lead in goals with 14."I'm sure there was a lot of places and a lot of teams that would've coveted Mike," Nashville general manager David Poile said on a conference call Thursday afternoon. "But on the surface the fit for Nashville with his wife, certainly we're hoping is going to be an attractive situation for Mike and his wife."The Predators hope to have his work visa completed Friday so he can be in the lineup Saturday night against Colorado.Fisher told SENS TV on the Senators' website that news of the trade was a bit of a shock that he still was trying to process. Going to Nashvill...

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