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Nashville Predators: A Retrospective on David Poile’s Biggest Trades

By Eamon Smith|
NASHVILLE, TN - JANUARY 7: Nashville Predators general manager David Poile walks with John Hynes prior to his first game as the new head coach of the Nashville Predators against the Boston Bruins at Bridgestone Arena on January 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - JANUARY 7: Nashville Predators general manager David Poile walks with John Hynes prior to his first game as the new head coach of the Nashville Predators against the Boston Bruins at Bridgestone Arena on January 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images)
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CHICAGO – APRIL 24: Jason Arnott #19 of the Nashville Predators controls the puck under pressure from Duncan Keith #2 and Marian Hossa #81 of the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the United Center on April 24, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The Blackhawks defeated the Predators 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO – APRIL 24: Jason Arnott #19 of the Nashville Predators controls the puck under pressure from Duncan Keith #2 and Marian Hossa #81 of the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the United Center on April 24, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The Blackhawks defeated the Predators 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Trade #6: Nashville Predators acquire Matt Halischuk, 2011 2nd round pick from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Jason Arnott. (June 19, 2010)

This goes down as a footnote because Arnott was old, but it was the loss of one of the highest scorers in franchise history and the best goal scorer that Nashville had seen before the arrival of Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg.

In return, Halischuck would play in just 136 games for the Predators, scoring 15 goals in the 2011-12 season at age 23. He would play in one more season for the Predators after that, but never really panned out before departing after that.

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