Next steps for Nashville

[MVP Zacha]

I was going to propose Forsberg to NJ for Mercer, Casey and a 2nd but I forgot about Trotz. So, Forsberg to NJ for a 4th.

 

[JPT]

They're gonna chalk it up to just an unlucky year when the moves they made were utterly garbage. Saros should've been a sign and traded for a good forward, Askarov given the keys to the net and you maybe get 1 of Stamkos or Marchessault but not both of them. I got flamed all summer by Preds fans by saying that their team thinking was abysmal and I was told it was sour grapes when I literally saw the same thing with the 2010-2014 Devils to a tee. They reaped what they sowed, now deal with it. They're gonna be absurdly mediocre for the next few years and then head into a devastating rebuild.



Yeah, they're basically forced to do this. They're not going to blow it up because it's proof that they're too reactionary but at the same time anyone with eyes could've seen this coming from afar. Stamkos/Marchessault were never fixing that team.

I don't think they were signed to fix a team. The mistake seems to stem from last season's hot play to finish up the schedule. They thought they were reinforcing a good team, but in reality the team wasn't as good as the streak made it seem.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I don't think they were signed to fix a team. The mistake seems to stem from last season's hot play to finish up the schedule. They thought they were reinforcing a good team, but in reality the team wasn't as good as the streak made it seem.

I agree with this. Trotz was too quick to think the team was a contender by adding some power play help. If the team returned like last year and you get career years practically out of your top 4 players, then yes, maybe they could add March and Stammer to fix the power play and they'd be a solid playoff team. Unfortunately, we are seeing not just a reversion to the mean, but actual variance to a degree that we might have career years the other way for our top 4 players. I do think the answer is somewhere between all these things. They aren't as good as the magical run showed last year, they aren't as bad as the run has shown this year, stammer and march aren't as washed as they've played this year, but they shouldn't be 40 goal players either. I know it's not as exciting, but the most likely answer for what happens is we clear a few expiring contracts for picks, and the team looks fairly close next year with the same coach. I am not saying that is my approach, but that is what I EXPECT to happen.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

The Preds needs two top 9 centres.

 

[Mike Jones]

It's too bad Nyquist is the only pending UFA they can deal at the deadline. Everybody else is either signed or a pending RFA.

 

[NVious]

Trade everyone and rebuild. Not doing that would be insane.

The fact that this team has somehow managed to be worst in the league with that roster is incredible, something is incredibly rotten in Nashville.

They can still get a haul for all their pieces and maybe even be in a better spot than some other rebuilds, but it's still hard to believe that this roster is the worst team in the league, not that they were gonna be the best, but still.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I'd be interested to hear from the naysayers on the free agent signings. I will agree that expecting Stamer and March to be 40 goal scorers and immediately thrust us towards cup contenders was pie in the sky mentality...but does anyone think the roster as constructed at the start of the season is the worst team in the league? It doesn't add up to me.

 

[oconnor9sean]

There really is no next step tbh. They went all in and busted out.

The roster is too old to get better, too expensive to move all of the pieces to tank, and too average to bottom out (I don't think they'll finish bottom 5 by the end of the year).

There's not much you can do except take a chance on a trade for a guy with potential but with warts (think Dallas acquiring Seguin).

 

[dirtydanglez]

trotz should be in the hot seat. i know he hasn't been there long but he was pretty active in the off-season and so far it looks like a flop

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I don't think they were signed to fix a team. The mistake seems to stem from last season's hot play to finish up the schedule. They thought they were reinforcing a good team, but in reality the team wasn't as good as the streak made it seem.

They were brought in to fix the scoring and the inept powerplay in the playoffs that cost them v Vancouver, so yes, they were brought in "to fix Nashville". They were banking on the same shit reoccurring which it clearly hasn't and the guys they brought are clearly too old and not the guys in their prime to do the heavy lifting they once did.

trotz should be in the hot seat. i know he hasn't been there long but he was pretty active in the off-season and so far it looks like a flop

I rarely agree with your takes on HF but I 100% agree, Trotz has been mostly dogshit since becoming their GM