he's going to Nashville and his partner is going to be Seth Jones who can shore up or hide any of DZ's deficiencies all the while DZ will get better and play more confident with a competent partner not named John Moore. He's gonna do great and score 30-40 points a season and grow in Nashville's system. Trotz is also a very smart coach who will be able to use DZ correctly. Some would say DZ didn't earn a better chance playing under AV but bottom line is we are trading him away and it's the coaches job to get the best out of his players. It's a catch 22. DZ is one of those players that needs to be built up. He can't just knock the coaches socks off out the gate. I found it incredibly smart of Trotz to tell him up front that he isn't going to get PP time under they've had time to practice and for DZ to be patient with HIM. It's a very smart way of saying that Trotz will have patience with DZ.
These are all conditions (elite partner, coach, confidence, patience) that would not be afforded to DZ in NY so the Preds are going to get a good deal. Klein is going to be a favorite with us as well so I still keep looking back at this trade thinking it was a win win deal.
Nashville fans saw that DZ is able to make clean passes coming out of the zone so they are already pleased with what they've got. I'm guessing that a big part of what makes their system work down there.
