Last Minute Trade Deadline Plans for Nashville Predators: Trenin, Carrier, Barrie
We're down to 48 hours before the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline arrives, and the Preds still have some players to make difficult decisions on.
By Chad Minton
One major chip fell off the board earlier this week when the Nashville Predators were able to come to a contract agreement with Tommy Novak, but there remains other key 2024 free agents who are on the trade block for Friday's trade deadline.
The Predators have seven unrestricted free agents pending for 2024, and Dante Fabbro who is due to become a restricted free agent. That's not even counting restricted free agents that are currently playing with the Milwaukee Admirals, which includes Philip Tomasino and Juuso Parssinen.
An eight-game winning streak just got snapped on Tuesday night to the Montreal Canadiens, but the Predators did squeak out with a point and are tied at 73 points with the Vegas Golden Knights in the wildcard race.
General Manager Barry Trotz has the arduous task of playing both sides of the fence. He owes it to this group of players to see this playoff push through, so he can't just gut this roster and squash this. However, he also has to think long-term here and not be unrealistic in the fact that he can't keep everyone he wants.
Let's take a look at the trade block players for the Predators who are going to go down to the wire on Friday to either stick around in Nashville or get traded.