Speculation: Armchair GM Thread

[Armourboy]

I see your point, the Predators might draft someone pretty good in the next 3-4 years maybe even a top line center of the caliber of oh I don’t know maybe Johnston. The other maybe is that they end up with middling middle 6 wingers or centers or players that get waived or traded before they get a chance or maybe even a fourth line energy guy like they’ve done throughout their entire franchise history. Don’t forget even though there’s a new GM and coach, the scouting department is still the exact same scouting department.

Yeah but then you are also expecting that same group to believe he is worth spending that number of picks on and Trotz being willing to do it to begin with. We know Trotz wants a 1C whether he believes he is that guy is anyone's guess.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

Last night's loss should, for any rational person, take the playoffs this year off the table. We aren't going 23-4-4 or something like that.

We have quite a few guys that have the right intangibles and "playoff style game" to get bigger return than their play would justify. Sissons, Lauzon, and Schenn would be at the top of my trade list. In a perfect world, we can get some promising, NHL ready guys a la Tomasino, Kakko, Frost, etc. If not, picks and clearing cap space are fine.

ROR would be the best center available now that Miller has been traded. He's still really good, but if we can get a potential game changer for him, you take it. I wouldn't trade him for a package of smaller pieces.