The Predators players are starting to show their frustrations with how the season has gone.

The frustration of losing so much this season has finally come to the surface in practice as Michael McCarron and Luke Evangelista got in a dust-up while doing a drill.

Unlike times in the past where we've seen teammates actually start punching each other, this altercation was just shoving and exchanging of words.

Losing isn't fun for anyone and at least some of the players are clearly frustrated and looking to do something about it. I don't see anything like this happening again this season, but the players have to take this kind of energy into games if they want to start turning their season around and win more.

The altercation was on Evangelista who had been a healthy scratch last game. The young forward said, "We were doing the corner battle drill, but yeah I probably shouldn't have done that. He's a good dude," when speaking about McCarron and the incident.

Evangelista found out how it felt to sit out of a game and a flip switched to get him to play a different way to try to get back in the lineup. He also said, "Just trying to practice hard and compete, trying to find my way back in the lineup. But I don't want to get anyone hurt, just let my emotions get to me a little bit."

Evangelista isn't the only one of the two who has been a healthy scratch this season. McCarron has sat for two games.

The lineup will likely continue to see changes as long as the Predators, who just lost four of their five games on their latest road trip, try to find success. Something is going to have to change soon with the Predators, no matter what it is.

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