Oh definitely. But considering they were all acquired for nothing other than cash, any assets they can get helps down the line.
For sure, and I don’t imagine that they would want to trade everyone anyway.
Out of the NMC group:
Very Hawks when they signed MAF and traded for Jones. At least the Preds just wasted $'s and not prospects/future 1sts as part of their "attempted retool". If they go down the rebuild path step one is see what Josi wants to do. In either case, I can see getting really good value for Forsberg & ROR, retain some and get some sort of value for Marchesault/Skjei (due to length of contract more than the AAV which aren't bad), and start drafting/developing.
The old NHL Franchise mode strategy. Sign the best free agents, trade them a year later for the first overall pick, win the cup every second season forever.
Well, the thing is the Preds are already in the midst of a "re-tool", and the acquisition of several of those players was part of that, along with dumping the guys Trotz already liquidated.
should not have hired Trotz, should not have kept Poile's front office teams and him on as a consultant. Should not have hired Bruno, should not have waived Tolvanan and Fabbro. We can go on and on for a minute like this.
We can only dream.
talk. Trotz thinks he has a winning team, and he already put his money down on Saros, so there is no chance whatsoever that he's going to trade Saros or entertain any of these heretical ideas. 
O'Reilly is definitely NOT available. None of the other guys are available "yet" either. Marchessault MIGHT become available next season if he continues to disagree with the coach. Lauzon is a "keeper" according to the brain(dead)trust.
Team would do better with Trotz coaching and probably couldn’t be any worse with Brunette GM’ing
Not sure how you can be Forsberg. Overall, it seems like Forsberg (and Josi for that matter) really just love being in Nashville, and don't particularly put any enormous weight on "winning".
Saros himself kind of said that he feels like he is in his best shape ever and the main problem in Nashville versus Team Finland has been the disorganisation of the D and lack of defensive coverage around the middle with the D playing way too loose. Personally I think Brunette's system just sucks.We can only dream.
I'd personally give Edmonton Saros for free. And just sign a generic UFA to be our goalie in Nashville. Or if Edmonton needed to dump a contract (or contractS) back, I'd be down to take Skinner, Kane, whoever.
It's not that Saros is bad or anything. His last 2 seasons have definitely not been at the Vezina-level of his previous few. So he IS in a bit of a "slump", which is kind of bad timing for handing him a shiny new 8-year contract with an NMC, to say the least! But as we just saw in the WC, he can be an elite/world-class goalie still. Nothing has happened to him physically. He still has all his mobility and knows how to adjust to make up for his size.
But that's not going to last *8* more years. Maybe it lasts 4 or 5? And for the Preds, that's 4 or 5 years at a time when the franchise is floundering/rebuilding, so having a good goalie isn't really of much use to the team. Obviously it would have been a lot smarter if Trotz had held off on signing Saros to this contract, kept Askarov, and everything would have been perfect. But even given how things unfolded, I think it would make sense for the Preds to trade Saros before the new contract/NMC kick in. I'd frankly love to see him get a chance on a good team, much as I'm loving seeing Ekholm doing well right now.
Anyway, that's
We ALL think Brunette's system just sucks. And the Nashville D is a horror show. I think that's why any team looking at acquiring Saros could rightly ignore some of his ugly stats for the last couple of seasons, and not be completely turned off by his incoming new 8-year contract.
