Confirmed Trade: [NSH/NJD] Erik Haula for Jeremy Hanzel and 2025 4th round pick

[Maurice of Orange]

Who’s going to take face-offs for Jack Hughes now?

 

[BigFatCat999]

Yeah, I’m in the same boat, but the fact is if you’re gonna suck for McKenna…

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

We need someone to put on the ice if/when we trade Sissons, ROR, Marchessault, etc. and he can be flipped for another low pick at the deadline.

There will be free warm bodies available in two weeks. We can also flip them at the deadline. Trading a pick and prospect, even not great ones, is awful asset management.

 

[Duck Off]

not trying to troll at all, but can a Nashville fan give us perspective on why they'd want Haula? Would you expect this is setting up a more significant trade?

 

[Andre Palot]

Nashville is the real retirement home.

One could say the real deal retirement home.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Okay? The Penguins have the same amount but they’re not trading draft picks for shitty 34 year old players.

Maybe I'm wrong but didn't they just trade a 2nd for Kevin Hayes last year?

Haula is a serviceable player still, if he has a half decent season he could return more than a 4th with retention

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

not trying to troll at all, but can a Nashville fan give us perspective on why they'd want Haula? Would you expect this is setting up a more significant trade?

Nashville fans have not understood what Trotz is doing for quite awhile. In theory this could be to get a replacement for Sissons/ROR if they are traded, but why bother? Just sign someone.

Trotz seems to legit think we can contend next year. All signs point to that.

 

[YP44]

makes no sense to me from an Nashville POV.

 

[Soundgarden]

There will be free warm bodies available in two weeks. We can also flip them at the deadline. Trading a pick and prospect, even not great ones, is awful asset management.

How many are going to want to sign here after last season?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Maybe I'm wrong but didn't they just trade a 2nd for Kevin Hayes last year?

Haula is a serviceable player still, if he has a half decent season he could return more than a 4th with retention

They got paid a 2nd to take on Hayes, they didn’t pay a 2nd for Hayes.

 

[Edmonton East]

makes no sense to me from an Nashville POV.

Potentially doesn't make sense for the Devs either. They are already cap strapped (Luke extension and difficult to move contracts with restrictive clauses). They were light on Center depth before this and have ZERO Centers in the pipeline. So now the Devs desperately need 2 Centers with still limited cap. Idk why you'd make this move before being certain you could get at least 1 top 9 C (that isn't Cody f'n Glass). GM Tom Fitzgerald's kink is dealing from weakness with the least leverage possible though so....

 

[Gnashville]

Why are the Nashville Predators of all teams trading draft picks for declining 34 year old players

Don’t worry the league has already said Pittsburgh is getting McKenna no matter how awful other teams are.

 

[JD86]

There will be free warm bodies available in two weeks. We can also flip them at the deadline. Trading a pick and prospect, even not great ones, is awful asset management.

How many capable centers signed a 1 year deal with terrible, rebuilding teams last year? Zero. Duchene and Roslovic were the only remotely noteworthy centers that signed a 1 year deal period.

 

[YP44]

Potentially doesn't make sense for the Devs either. They are already cap strapped (Luke extension and difficult to move contracts with restrictive clauses). They were light on Center depth before this and have ZERO Centers in the pipeline. So now the Devs desperately need 2 Centers with still limited cap. Idk why you'd make this move before being certain you could get at least 1 top 9 C (that isn't Cody f'n Glass). GM Tom Fitzgerald's kink is dealing from weakness with the least leverage possible though so....

Mercer can play center can't he?

 

[leeroggy]

Why are the Nashville Predators of all teams trading draft picks for declining 34 year old players

Trotz wants to get a younger roster . . .

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

They got paid a 2nd to take on Hayes, they didn’t pay a 2nd for Hayes.

You're right, but it was a multi year deal. I still think you are over valuing a 4th round pick here. Nashville still has 6 picks before they would have made that one

 

[Edmonton East]

Mercer can play center can't he?

TBD. He hasn't played at Center much in the NHL. Did a bit after Jack Hughes went down again, but wasn't serviceable at the dot among other struggles. Hughes takes faceoffs at a pathetic 38% clip and has shown no desire to give a shit about them and be serviceable at the dot (say, 45% or so). This in part leads to Hischier getting the most brutal deployments of any top 6 C in the league. Haula was literally the only other NHL faceoff caliber player on the entire roster........

 

[MasterofGrond]

Potentially doesn't make sense for the Devs either. They are already cap strapped (Luke extension and difficult to move contracts with restrictive clauses). They were light on Center depth before this and have ZERO Centers in the pipeline. So now the Devs desperately need 2 Centers with still limited cap. Idk why you'd make this move before being certain you could get at least 1 top 9 C (that isn't Cody f'n Glass). GM Tom Fitzgerald's kink is dealing from weakness with the least leverage possible though so....

And right on cue…

Haula isn’t leverage, Devils needed center depth with him on the roster just as bad as they do now with him off lmao

 

[Smitty426]

The devils still don't have the money to sign a big ufa, tbh

We dont need one

 

[Edmonton East]

And right on cue…

Haula isn’t leverage, Devils needed center depth with him on the roster just as bad as they do now with him off lmao

Haula took the 2nd most faceoffs on the team and was 1 of 2 guys on the entire roster with over 400 faceoffs taken and above a 40% win rate. The other was Hischier...who had to take 1800 because no one else can win an effing faceoff. It screws up matchups, usage, and deployments. Try again bud.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Haula took the 2nd most faceoffs on the team and was 1 of 2 guys on the entire roster with over 400 faceoffs taken and above a 40% win rate. The other was Hischier. Try again bud.

Faceoffs are fake in 90% of game situations, next question.

 

[Devils Trap]

And right on cue…

Haula isn’t leverage, Devils needed center depth with him on the roster just as bad as they do now with him off lmao

Classic BS from the usual suspects. Getting rid of Erik Haula is such a huge W, there is zero downside to this

 

[Edmonton East]

Faceoffs are fake in 90% of game situations, next question.

So clueless. Minimum threshold. Why do you think Hischier had the toughest deployments of any top 6 C in the entire league and took 1800 faceoffs.....

 

[QuizGuy66]

Nashville can get a better pick on the flip because there is a possible they retain (2 slots open) so it makes sense. For the Devils last year was about remaking defense and goaltending this year is about remaking the bottom 2 lines (plus 2nd line winger.

 

[Edmonton East]

Faceoffs are fake in 90% of game situations, next question.

Classic BS from the usual suspects. Getting rid of Erik Haula is such a huge W, there is zero downside to this

Sorry, some of us like to live in reality and actually understand hockey at least a little bit. If you dont think this messes up your matchups, usage, and deployments at a minimum, I can't help you.