You have to offer something of value to San Jose

Preds aren’t trading Ekholm.

Hertl with that much retention will cost more.

I’d imagine any trade with salary coming in will involve Debrusk going out.

I forgot to include DeBrusk.

I expect Nashville to be in the bottom of the Central Division just ahead of AZ. They do not have enough offence to pull ahead of the others. I could be wrong. A lot depends on how well Chicago does with Jones and MAF, — and is Toews coming back?? Kaprizov in Minnesota. Etc. They are not better than Colorado Dallas St Louis Winnipeg. I think they’ll be sellers.

SJ will get more for him not retained.

I’ll never count out the preds. Last we were better than Dallas Winnipeg and St. Louis when everyone have only ahead of Detroit in the division. Before you say you lost arvi and Ellis you must be rebuilding. I don’t think rebuilding is what David poile has in mind. Retooling maybe. Last offseason poile was preaching young movement but instead went against it and signed some older vets. Well we didn’t start off that hot until players started getting hurt and our young players came up and we went on a very impressive run. Saros had a huge part in that but the young team around him was playing some sound hockey. Well we made the playoffs and pushed one of the better teams to their limits having the lead in game 5&6 in the closing minutes only for it to slip away. Well this off-season poile decided that players like Ellis and arvi were replaceable with our youth. We might finish 2nd to last but don’t be surprised if they do just opposite.