Four Trade Pieces Nashville Predators Could Offer out of Young Core

For the Nashville Predators to be active in this offseason trade market, they’re likely going to have to deal a young player out of their core who has high potential and some NHL experience.

That probably scares a lot of fans because the desire for a few years now has been tor rebuild this franchise with young talent through the draft and developing them, and not by chasing the white whale on the trade market.

However, like it or not, the Nashville Predators have loads of assets to offer teams in a trade, to go along with a moderate amount of cap space at just over $15.5 million to make some noise. I don’t see them just sitting on the sidelines and not making at least one trade to bolster their roster for 2023-24.

Alex DeBrincat is the major name being linked to the Nashville Predators, along with a few other teams as well (Red Wings, Stars, Golden Knights, Panthers). It will be an all-out bidder’s war for DeBrincat, but one thing the Predators have going for them is the draft capital and cap space to pursuit this.

Some of the other teams in the mix will have to jump through more hoops to get a deal done, although the Red Wings look like the front-runner right now.

With that said, here’s a look at four players in the Nashville Predators young core that make sense to be in trade conversations if Barry Trotz not only tries to trade for DeBrincat, but any of other big names on the trade block.