What Has to Happen for Predators to Justify Keeping David Poile
Bring Filip Forsberg back to Nashville Predators
Let’s get the obvious out of the way — for Predators fans to regain any trust in Poile for the future, re-signing Forsberg is going to be the bare minimum. And they will not just have to re-sign him, they will have to do so for good value and not hurt the team’s future.
Anything under $9.5M per year should be considered good value, and fans should be happy if that is the price tag he re-signs at. Admittedly, it will be tough to do so considering that the Predators have little to no leverage in negotiations, since Forsberg now has the power to sign wherever he wants.
Both the Predators and Forsberg will say that there has been mutual interest in reaching a deal eventually, but also that they are hung up on the amount of money and potential contract clauses. The latter part of that sentence is especially worrisome.
#Preds GM David Poile says mutual interest remains between the Predators and Filip Forsberg to keep Forsberg in Nashville: "For today, and for the next month, or however long it takes, we're going to concentrate" on signing Forsberg.
— Brooks Bratten 🍪 (@brooksbratten) May 19, 2022
Let’s get one thing right, Forsberg is a stud and deserves to be paid, and Predators fans will be on the edge of their seats worrying about the status of the team’s star forward.
If Poile is unable to keep him, it is an unforgivable mistake and one that should automatically cost him his job, no matter what else.