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Created by: TheFastAndTheFleuryous

Team: 2024-25 Nashville Predators

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 28, 2024

Published: Apr. 28, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I have no idea how to fix this roster. Marner trade is a pipe dream, maybe we get Zegras instead (Zegras probably fixes the age-old Preds problem of not having a shooter and is younger, Marner pairs better with Forsberg). I just don’t know. My love of the Nashville Predators got crumpled up and thrown aside like a can today. Asky’s ready to go in the minors, and I think we’re pretty close to seeing the last of Juice. We need a lot more scoring and Marner’s on the outs in Leafland, maybe he’d do well down here.

I just don’t know. After two games like this, I just don’t know. Bruno should win the Jack Adams this year for getting THIS TEAM an 18-game point streak.

If we pull this off, I’ll take back every single word. But that’s a ridiculous lack of mental fortitude. Cut 5 minutes out of this series and it’s 3-1 us. That can’t happen.

(And yeah, I’m mostly running it back. I just can’t predict the trades Trotz’s got to do. If he moves Asky I’m probably gonna tune out for a bit while I scream into the void.)

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Stastney, Spencer		4	$3,000,000
Pärssinen, Juuso		2	$1,300,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Zucker, Jason		2	$4,000,000
Lankinen, Kevin		1	$2,000,000

Trades

NSH

2024 3rd round pick (CHI)
2024 6th round pick (CHI)

CHI

Glass, Cody

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Fresh start.

NSH

Marner, Mitchell

TOR

Saros, Juuse
Tomasino, Philip [RFA Rights]
2024 2nd round pick (WPG)
2024 3rd round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

I’m gonna get flamed for this but I don’t care. Saros, Tomasino, and Marner all need fresh starts. Picks can be pretty much whatever seals the deal.

Buyouts

Matt Duchene: $5,555,556
Kyle Turris: $2,000,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Ryan Johansen: $4,000,000 (50%)
Mattias Ekholm: $250,000 (4%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,675,000	$85,557,199	$0	$1,432,500	$2,117,801

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Forsberg, Filip $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	O'Reilly, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 3	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW NMC UFA - 1
Nyquist, Gustav $3,185,000$3,185,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Novak, Thomas $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 3	Evangelista, Luke $797,500$797,500 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 1
L'Heureux, Zachary $863,333$863,333 LW RFA - 2	Pärssinen, Juuso $1,300,000$1,300,000 C RFA	Zucker, Jason $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA
Smith, Cole $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Sissons, Colton $2,857,143$2,857,143 C, RW UFA - 2	McCarron, Michael $900,000$900,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Josi, Roman $9,059,000$9,059,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Fabbro, Dante $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Askarov, Yaroslav $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) G RFA - 1
McDonagh, Ryan $6,750,000$6,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 2	Livingstone, Jake $775,000$775,000 RD RFA - 1	Lankinen, Kevin $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA
Stastney, Spencer $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD RFA	Lauzon, Jérémy $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Schenn, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 2
Jankowski, Mark $800,000$800,000 C, LW UFA - 2
Kemell, Joakim $886,667$886,667 ($500,000$500K) RW RFA - 3

Apr. 28 at 11:33 p.m.

DeclanLovesHockey

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Leafs accept, Marner doesn't (unfortunately)

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Apr. 28 at 11:37 p.m.

TheFastAndTheFleuryous

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Quoting: DeclanLovesHockey

Leafs accept, Marner doesn't (unfortunately)

He might with tax breaks lmao. Besides, no way we sniff the playoffs next year, so he can’t be a playoff disappointment like always.

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Apr. 28 at 11:42 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

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This is actually bad for Nashville. They desperately need a top line center so much more than 1 year of marner.

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Apr. 28 at 11:44 p.m.

TheFastAndTheFleuryous

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

This is actually bad for Nashville. They desperately need a top line center so much more than 1 year of marner.

Yeah but who’s out there? Maybe Svechkov in a couple years, maybe trade for Zegras (but the Ducks don’t want Saros so you’d have to switch up the return (and he’s not even a first line center really))

This is one of those problems that isn’t really solvable in a year where the top free agent C is Sean Monahan

Apr. 28 at 11:49 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

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Quoting: TheFastAndTheFleuryous

Top line center is the absolute worst position to not have because it's so hard to acquire. Only thing I can think of is overpay for josh norris and pray. Zegras isn't the answer. He'd just be another duchene.

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Apr. 28 at 11:52 p.m.

TheFastAndTheFleuryous

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

I don’t love Norris, especially the price we’d have to pay. Ottawa’s looking for a PPG-level return, which you can’t do if he only plays 4 games per season. That would be a fail on par with the Jeannot deal.

Apr. 28 at 11:55 p.m.

FarhanLuigi

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Quoting: DeclanLovesHockey

Leafs accept, Marner doesn't (unfortunately)

This.

He aint leaving and for every person that thinks people always leave Toronto
The Jackets also offer sheeted Marner and he didn't sign.

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Apr. 28 at 11:58 p.m.

TheFastAndTheFleuryous

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Quoting: FarhanLuigi

This.

He aint leaving and for every person that thinks people always leave Toronto
The Jackets also offer sheeted Marner and he didn't sign.

You may be right, and trading Marner comes up every offseason. It just feels different this time. Obviously he can block any deal, but (outside observer take) he might really enjoy being out of the limelight. Plus he’d be a star in Nashville.

Apr. 29 at 12:12 a.m.

SociallyHawkward

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Quoting: TheFastAndTheFleuryous

Oh I completely agree but as a brand new gm, I'd take that gamble knowing I probably won't be fired yet. Only other way to get a top line center is through the draft. Just look at Boston with zacha and coyle as their centers. If it was possible to get a top center via trade Boston of all teams would've done it by now.

Another gamble could be signing lindholm and hoping for the best

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Apr. 29 at 7:36 a.m.

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Can’t see the Hawks giving up anything for Glass, let alone multiple picks.

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Apr. 29 at 9:36 a.m.

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Hawksguy81

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I feel for you. That ending to game 4 was brutal. Us Hawks fans have seen crap like that too often the past 3 seasons.

As for Glass, Hawks might take a flyer on him. But not for a 3rd.

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Apr. 29 at 2:39 p.m.

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TheFastAndTheFleuryous

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Quoting: YeahRighttt

Can’t see the Hawks giving up anything for Glass, let alone multiple picks.

Quoting: Hawksguy81

I feel for you. That ending to game 4 was brutal. Us Hawks fans have seen crap like that too often the past 3 seasons.

As for Glass, Hawks might take a flyer on him. But not for a 3rd.

Yeah, that’s more of an any team move. I only picked Chicago because a $2.5M replacement level forward is exactly what they need to reach the cap floor.

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Apr. 29 at 3:57 p.m.

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Quoting: TheFastAndTheFleuryous

Yeah, that’s more of an any team move. I only picked Chicago because a $2.5M replacement level forward is exactly what they need to reach the cap floor.

They don't need to give up multiple picks to get to the cap floor. They can just overpay a UFA or two on short term deals.

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