New Predators GM Barry Trotz wanted to hit a home run at last month's draft in Nashville. Word got out that he'd go so far as to offer Yaroslav Askarov and the 15th overall pick in exchange for the Habs' 5th. In the end, it never materialized. The TVA Sports reporter dug into the matter and finally found out which player Trotz was targeting in the 5th spot. We thought Matvei Michkov was his choice, but that's not the case. <q>David Reinbacher is who the Predators wanted to move up for, said our insider. - Nicolas Cloutier, TVA Sports</q> So the Predators were willing to pay a lot of money to have Reinbacher in their ranks. This increases the Austrian's value exponentially. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=fr dir=ltr>FOR READING | Also info on... <br> - Reinbacher's first meeting with the CH, which didn't go as planned<br>- Martin St-Louis' enthusiasm towards the <a href=https://t.co/tQuYfceHyn>https://t.co/tQuYfceHyn</a>- TVA Sports (@TVASports) <a href=https://twitter.com/TVASports/status/1681419791041540096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>July 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>