If it looks like a rebuild and everything points to a rebuild, it’s not necessarily a rebuild.
At least, that’s what Barry Trotz says the day after the transaction sending Alexandre Carrier to the Montreal Canadiens in return for Justin Barron.
Questioned by our colleague Pierre LeBrun for an article on The Athletic Thursday morning, the general manager of the Nashville Predators insists that he is not squandering his workforce.
“We are not rebuilding,” he confided to Lebrun. We try to win. We are not selling, we are restructuring. We know where we are and it’s not where we hoped to be. »
Last in the NHL overall as of this writing, the Predators want to move forward and Trotz has admitted he has wanted to acquire Justin Barron since last season.
Unfortunately, the price to pay for his team was Alexandre Carrier.
“It was a difficult decision,” says Trotz. Carrier had great value within our organization, but we want to get ahead of things and position ourselves for next year. »
So, it’s not a rebuild, but we’re looking ahead to next year.
Very aggressive on the free agent market last summer, with the additions of Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei, in particular, Nashville wanted to return to the playoffs.
Now we are thinking about the next projects and the idea of trading Stamkos is non-negotiable for the moment.
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