The Nashville Predators likely won’t be buyers and could be headed toward sellers
The Fourth Period: Nashville Predators GM David Poile was on 102.5 Radio on the Robby & Rexrode show and said they could be headed towards being a seller if they don’t go on a run.
“That’s what keeps me up at night,” Poile said on the Robby & Rexrode show. “Right now, we’re still below the line; not in the playoffs. We’re running out of time.
“I do not think we are a buyer, let’s start with that. And I think if things don’t change more favourably, and get in some kind of winning streak, we certainly could be a seller. But that’s not today.”
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The Predators don’t really big named pending UFAs, only Mark Jankowski, Kevin Lankinen and Mark Borowiecki (IR). Mattias Ekholm is in the first year of a four-year could be one player that interests teams,
Forwards Yakov Trenin and Nino Niederreiter have a year left on their deals and might interest some.
Pittsburgh Penguins trade tiers
Josh Yohe of The Athletic: Looking at the trade tiers for the Pittsburgh Penguins – from the untouchables to the most likely to be deal.
The Untouchables Division- Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Tristan Jarry, Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust.
The Wildly Unlikely Division – Jeff Carter, Marcus Pettersson, Jeff Petry, Brian Dumoulin, Josh Archibald, Ryan Poehling, Drew O’Connor, Mark Friedman and Chad Ruhwedel.
The Only in a Diasater Division – Jason Zucker.
The Hockey Trade Division – Jan Rutta, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Ty Smith and Teddy Blueger.
The Sure, Why Not? Division – Brock McGinn, Casey DeSmith and Danton Heinen.
The Blockbuster Division – Jake Guentzel.
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The Most Likely to be Traded Division – Kasperi Kapanen – If bringing in salary in any deal, they’ll need to move some out. He hasn’t worked out for them this year and his contract with another year left has been a mistake.
The Draft Pick Division – First-round pick – GM Ron Hextall has said he doesn’t want to trade their 2023 first-round pick but if they’re back in thick of it and an opportunity arises to acquire a player that would make them a true contender, they’d have to consider it.