Nashville Predators Talk - 2024/2025 Season II

[Top 6 Spaling]

 

[101st_fan]

Three streaks of five or more losses (5, 9, 5 and counting), one streak of five wins.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

It is good in the long term that we lost these five to be sure Trotz doesn't get any stupid ideas about contending. I hope this is the final nail in Bruno's coffin too, though I doubt we fire him in season.

I don't see how this team, barring massive changes for GM, Coach, and/or roster, is a playoff team before 2028.

 

[Soundgarden]

It is good in the long term that we lost these five to be sure Trotz doesn't get any stupid ideas about contending. I hope this is the final nail in Bruno's coffin too, though I doubt we fire him in season.

I don't see how this team, barring massive changes for GM, Coach, and/or roster, is a playoff team before 2028.

We can be a playoff team with a coaching change pretty easily next year, IF everything plays out right. Our roster isn't totally off of where it was when we last made it. Now, the question is if we'd have a big enough change to do some actual damage.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

Maybe if we bring in one more "proven winner" this off-season, that'll fix it

 

[Roman Yoshi]

We can be a playoff team with a coaching change pretty easily next year, IF everything plays out right. Our roster isn't totally off of where it was when we last made it. Now, the question is if we'd have a big enough change to do some actual damage.

Only one way to find out: Bruno has to be let go.

Regardless I don't see us making the playoffs for the next two years at minimum

 

[ShagDaddy]

One of two things needs to happen with Skjei. They either need to trade him or find a coach that plays man defense. He was good in Carolina playing man. Whatever the heck this defense is that Brunette runs is something that Skjei just can’t figure out. That contract is gonna suck for a lot of years if they can’t figure out a system he can function in.

 

[Kiseo]

On paper, this was a playoff team. The age factor of our FA signings were supposed to start to debilitate us in 2-3 years. But not this year.
This roster isn’t full of Bobby Butlers and Brandon Yips of 2013. This team should not be this inept at scoring goals or having so many defensive breakdowns but here we are.
The system stinks and it’s on coaching. I get it can take time to integrate a system but we are 52 games and I have to wonder what’s going on in practice that produces this trash in a game

 

[Soundgarden]

One of two things needs to happen with Skjei. They either need to trade him or find a coach that plays man defense. He was good in Carolina playing man. Whatever the heck this defense is that Brunette runs is something that Skjei just can’t figure out. That contract is gonna suck for a lot of years if they can’t figure out a system he can function in.

Ugh I forgot about him for a minute.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

On paper, this was a playoff team. The age factor of our FA signings were supposed to start to debilitate us in 2-3 years. But not this year.
This roster isn’t full of Bobby Butlers and Brandon Yips of 2013. This team should not be this inept at scoring goals or having so many defensive breakdowns but here we are.
The system stinks and it’s on coaching. I get it can take time to integrate a system but we are 52 games and I have to wonder what’s going on in practice that produces this trash in a game

Coaching and system are a huge issue and poor fit for the current roster. But we also still need to address the two holes this roster went into the season with: a 2nd (or even better, 1st) line center--maybe the draft will alleviate that--and at least one top 4 d-man. The fill in D have been better than expected but it is still a weak group overall, especially with the wheels seemingly falling off the Josi-bus