Nashville Predators Talk - 2024/2025 Season II

[Porter Stoutheart]

That interview is depressing. The culture starts from the top. If he wants to establish a winning culture, he needs to demand that from himself, his coaches, and on down to his players. But it's obvious he doesn't know what he's doing and is happy to be a passenger and let someone else install a winning culture.

And what is this winning culture bs anyway? Scoreboard! He's built a losing culture. A culture in which his top culture piece, with his make-believe NMC, literally says, "Well, no one is happy."

Actually, it's borderline delusional. Trotz is up in his box, eating his hot dog, and reading those cartoon clouds above his players' heads to see if they "really want to win." His "culture" focus is spillover coach speak on who's putting together a few good shifts in a row and if the guys get along in the locker room. Let's keep chopping wood boys! What are your feelings? How are those advanced stats trending? A slight uptick in a few of them the last 3 games? Great. He's doing that instead of his job which is doing GM sh1t, like assembling a balanced roster, trying to move out deadwood contracts, get his younger guys on the ice to give them proper evaluations so he can make proper decisions about contracts/trades/drafting, evaluating whether his coaches are actually winning coaches and make players better and help them reach their potential. All that hockey ops stuff beyond filling out the lineup card before a game.

Basically, he's resting on the laurels of... a bunch of players who are resting on their laurels. When he talks about this serial winners BS, the thing is that was years ago for all of them. If they are 30th in the league, guess what, streak is over. They are losers now. So stop leaning on that crutch and try something new.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Has your trade happen yet? No. good night.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

So who demands a trade first?

 

[hockey diva]

O'Reilly or Marchy.

 

[Kat Predator]

Marchessault had that 1000-yard stare sitting on the bench as everyone else was leaving. I think he'll be requesting a trade if he hasn't already.

 

[Thundr70]

I have been watching and cheering the Predators since 2005 and this organization from top to bottom is discombobulated in every aspect of the game. Nothing can be done to save a NHL team that plays and acts like their not an acutal a NHL team and thats what the Predators are doing in front our very eyes.

 

[Armourboy]

Usually in the past when we had bad years it was because of an owner sale or because of a bunch of injuries, this is the first year I can remember that we stink because we just stink. Yeah we have injuries, but we stunk before the injuries.

Frankly this is an organization that needs to be completely scrapped from the top management to the players. I have no faith that any of them know what the heck they are doing.

 

[herzausstein]

Trade all the country club for all i care. Everyone of them look like theyre trying to be passengers

 

[Legionnaire11]

There's no way Brunette can be coaching this team next season right?

It's a tough spot right now, keep him around to preserve the tank, or cut him lose to minimize the damage he's doing to the psyche of the roster?

 

[herzausstein]

There's no way Brunette can be coaching this team next season right?

It's a tough spot right now, keep him around to preserve the tank, or cut him lose to minimize the damage he's doing to the psyche of the roster?

I feel like the "leaders" and vets have already packed it in and are mentally golfing. Trotz just needs to insulate the young in MIL and let Bruno cook

 

[nine_inch_fang]

Trotz and Brunette might be oblivious to reality but the players are not.

They're sick of hearing their idiot coach talk. They were sick of it by the end of October. Now, they're just keeping their mouths shut and riding out the toxic relationship to what they assume will be the end in April. And, I don't blame them a bit, Trotz has left them floundering in a situation to fail with a shitty coach and pissed away any young talent that was around them.

When this team was created I was ecstatic and always wanted season tickets but with a young family, could never justify the expense. As life moved along and there was more disposable income I got the season tickets and have had some great times at the arena!

My renewal is up this year and I've decided not to renew. Trotz has broken my will to pay money for Preds tickets. His continued incompetence is not something I can contribute to. It's a sad day.

 

[101st_fan]

For all of the lipservice by Trotz, April is the next window for action ... either right before or right after the end of the season. If Bruno survives until May then we likely head into camp with him.

 

[hockey diva]

I let my rep know I wanted to go down to a 1/2 season next season. I need the social interaction and I still enjoy watching good players/teams. I also suspect corporate suites will be hard sell at this point. The whole organization needs a reboot, just hope Haslam sees what we are seeing.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I feel like the "leaders" and vets have already packed it in and are mentally golfing. Trotz just needs to insulate the young in MIL and let Bruno cook

I agree with this. Focus needs to shift onto putting our future into a positive situation in Milwaukee with Taylor as their coach and a potential deep Calder Cup run. AHL Clear Day is coming up soon, and we should make it a priority to stack the deck for the Admirals to make a deep run in the AHL playoffs, and for our young players to maximize their development in that more positive environment.

So yes, keep Stastney in Milwaukee. Although heaven knows, he's better than half of our current roster D. Send Svechkov back. Send L'Heureux back when he gets healthy. Evangelista only has a handful of NHL games left before his waiver exemption expires... send him back too before that happens. I mean it, go "all in" on stacking Milwaukee. Claim whatever random dudes you need to fill Preds lineup slots on waivers like Englund. Don't pull guys from the Ads. Even send Bellows back too.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

I like the idea of leaving our promising young guys in Milwaukee, clearing 3-5 roster spots by trading the country club, and bringing in guys in the Tomasino/Glass/Tolvanen/Fabbro vein via trade/waivers for a "show us what you've got" stint. Hopefully we can find a useful piece or two.