Nick Spaling sets down his PS3 controller, not to head to Bridgestone Arena, but because he’s letting his captain’s dog, Dug, out for a washroom break.

Waiting to find out if he’d play a third season for the Nashville Predators in the NHL this year, the forward wasn’t ready to commit to buying or renting a house in Music City USA. So newly re-signed Predators captain Shea Weber took him in.

“Obviously we weren’t playing or getting paid and I figured it would be easier for him to move into my place than to rent a place and pay for something when he didn’t need to,” says Weber. …