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Predators GM Barry Trotz eyes huge move after slow start with Steven Stamkos

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Tom Banks
October 26, 2024  (2:24 PM)
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Nashville Predators General Manager Barry Trotz.
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The Nashville Predators have won their last two games after going 0-5-0 to start the year, and now GM Barry Trotz is eyeing a big move to shake things up.

This off-season was a dream one for the Nashville Predators, as the team followed up a solid campaign a year ago by adding the trio of Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei. Unfortunately, things couldn't have started worse, as the team went 0-5-0 to start the season, but now they've turned things around with two straight victories, potentially giving them a platform to build on as they look to go on a deep Stanley Cup Playoffs run.

Despite the acquisitions, much like the Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks, the Predators are now eyeing centre help according to Barry Trotz, who recently addressed the poor start to the year.

Know you love the rumours, but it is early. This is the 'we're-still-seeing-what-we've-got' phase. Predators GM Barry Trotz has the second-best hockey radio hit on The Game in Nashville. On Tuesday, he told hosts Willy Daunic, Derrick Mason and Adam Vingan, «No one is trading anyone right now. I would like to get a centre, but no one is giving their centremen away.»

Two toughest things to find: a stud defender and a top centre. No more zero in the win column after Tuesday night, where they opened with Colton Sissons between Jonathan Marchessault and Steven Stamkos.

- Elliotte Friedman


Given that Ryan O'Reilly is the only proven, star centre on the Predators roster, getting help would make perfect sense, and if they can find one of those on the trade market to play alongside Stamkos and Marchessault, it would make this team even more of a threat in the Western Conference. It makes sense that Trotz looks to go all-in given the veteran talent this squad currently possesses, and while a centre may not yet be available, one will become available at some point this season, so expect Trotz and the Predators to be very aggressive at that point.

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