"After season 2020-2021 David Poile calls it career and Nashville Predators are heading into a new era. They end up signing 36 years old Tie Montana to their new general manager. Deal is 3 years and $1,950,000 per season."
Teams owner Tom Cigarran is setting a note:
"We are heading into a rebuild."
Tie Montana:
"First of all i took look up to our depth chart. Who are the players we are looking to build on and who got to go. We dont have that many great prospects. Lots of "lets see how they develop"- type of young players. My goal is built on our future picks and i except 2-3 bad years before we start to go up again."
Lets see- Prospects:
Farrance LD
(22 years old, 2/4.5 A/P)
L'Heureux C
(18 years old, 2/4 A/P)
Tolvanen LW
(22 years old, 2.5/3.5 A/P)
Afanasyev RW/LW
(20 years old, 2/4 A/P)
Better prospects:
Askarov G
(19 years old, 1/4 A/P)
Tomasino RW/C
(20 years old, 2.5/5 A/P)
Then we had to decide who got to go. There was three pretty obvious choices. Other options would have been Josi, Saros, Ekholm or Granlund.
Forsberg
Montreal Canadiens acquire Filip Forsberg from Nashville Predators.
To Montreal:
Forsberg 1-year $6,000,000, 50% retained.
To Nashville:
Paul Byron 2-years $3,400,000 AAV
2022 Draft 1st Round draft pick (Carolina)
Duchene
Buffalo Sabres acquire Matt Duchene from Nashville Predators.
To Buffalo:
Duchene 5-years $8,000,000 AAV
2022 Draft 3rd Round draft pick (Los Angeles Kings)
2023 Draft 3rd Round draft pick (Nashville Predators)
2024 Draft 3rd Round draft pick (Nashville Predators)
To Nashville:
Cody Eakin 1-year $2,250,000
2022 Draft 1st Round draft pick (Florida Panthers)
Johansen
Dallas Stars acquire Ryan Johansen from Nashville Predators.
To Dallas:
Johansen 4-years $8,000,000 AAV
To Nashville:
Denis Gurianov 1-year $2,550,000
After these trades we are holding
three 1st round picks in 2022 draft. I had to make couple of more trades just to keep us over minimum salary cap.
The Nashville Predators would send:
Rights to Simon Knak - Picked 2021 at #179 (Round 6)
Rights to Gunnarwolfe Fontaine - Picked 2020 at #202 (Round 7)
2022 Draft 4th Round draft pick (Nashville)
2024 Draft 4th Round draft pick (Nashville)
To the Seattle Kraken, getting:
Brandon Tanev (4-years $3,500,000 AAV) in return.
The Nashville Predators would send:
Rights to Luke Reid - Picked 2020 at #166 (Round 6)
To the New York Islander, getting:
Leo Komarov (1-year $3,000,000) in return.
The Nashville Predators would send:
Rights to Konstantin Volkov - Picked 2016 at #168 (Round 6)
To the Arizona Coyotes, getting:
Jay Beagle (1-year $3,000,000) in return.
Noteworthy extension in offseason:
24 years old Denis Gurianov
5-years $22,500,000 ($4,500,000 AAV) Starts 1.7.2022.
In NHL: 141 GP 33+30=63 +2
Season preview, depth chart & opening night roster.
Season is starting. We dont have an absolutely terrible roster. Especially our Defense and goaltending is decent. We dont have any bad contracts (if you dont want to count in 31 years old Josi 7 x $9,059,000 AAV). We are hoping to see Panthers and/or Hurricanes struggle to add some value our 1st round draft picks. I feel our offseason was pretty ok. We got two 1st round picks, Gurianov and we get rid of Johansen & Duchene. We are able to start build our roster next summer based on who we pick in 2022 draft.
