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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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WINNIPEG, MB – MAY 3: Mike Fisher #12, Ryan Hartman #38, Yannick Weber #7 and Miikka Salomaki #20 of the Nashville Predators celebrate a first period goal against the Winnipeg Jets in Game Four of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell MTS Place on May 3, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)
WINNIPEG, MB – MAY 3: Mike Fisher #12, Ryan Hartman #38, Yannick Weber #7 and Miikka Salomaki #20 of the Nashville Predators celebrate a first period goal against the Winnipeg Jets in Game Four of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell MTS Place on May 3, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)

Trade #7: Nashville Predators acquire Mike Fisher from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for 2011 1st round pick, 2012 conditional pick. (February 10, 2011)

Here we start getting to some more enormous moves. Fisher was a grinding, high-motor player who could put up solid point totals and bring great leadership to a team reloading its roster.

He had put up 53 points as his career high a few seasons back, and would go on to have the best of his time as an NHL player in Nashville, where he became almost universally loved as a player for his willingness to do whatever it took to win.

Fisher played 429 games wearing the Predators gold, notching 241 points and two 20-goal seasons. On top of all of this, Fisher captained the team during its historic run to the Stanley Cup Final in the 2017 postseason. The Senators didn’t get anything of note out of those picks.

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