My Best Guess at Horvat Trade

Not interested in the slightest, i feel like a broken record.

That's ok, it's my best guess and you're not the GM :P.

Not really relevant, but Garland is honestly such a Predators/Bruins style player. Been wildly misused this year, cast into a 3rd line defensive role, but if a team played him as a gritty hard-working 2nd line winger and he'd pot 50-60 points while annoying the hell out of teams.

Are the Predators buyers?

Not for rentals, more so for guys that fit their window.

Their whole core is getting on their last few attempts. Saros: 27
Josi, McDonagh, Ekholm: 32 33 32
Forsberg Granlund Niederreiter Duchene: 28 30 30 32

If Nashville plans to compete with these guys as their core, it's going to have to happen over the next 2-3 seasons.

In my opinion, Horvat and Garland both fit the window and play a very Nashville style of game at their best. Would fit in seamlessly there.

Garland is the very opposite of what the Preds are. Hynes runs a very defensive and physical scheme. That's why we see guys like Smith, Trenin, Jeannot, Borowiecki, etc. getting more chances over our younger players. A 5'10 scoring winger at 5m does not help us in the slightest.

You took Ryjo back so we could put that 8m towards Horvat, but then gave us 5m in Garland, making it much harder to Keep Horvat.
Even then, Nashville isn't even in a wildcard. We're more likely to be sellers this TDL.



I'm not, but I've been a fan of the Preds my whole life, and Poile is never one to make huge TDL splashes for rentals we can't afford to keep.

We pass.