NashvilleNinja Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Vegas announces first 16 picks https://www.nhl.com/news/t-289242400 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bink Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 But for how long? Also, the Golden Knights was a terrible choice. Knights or Desert Knights would have been better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted June 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Piole named GM of the year. https://www.nhl.com/app/predators/news/david-poile-named-2017-nhl-general-manager-of-the-year/c-290047730 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 I assume they will trade Neal for a young player and/or draft picks. He has good trade value for a contender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 14 hours ago, Starkiller said: I assume they will trade Neal for a young player and/or draft picks. He has good trade value for a contender. I hate to see him go but with 1 year left @ $5 mil. James has better trade value than hanging onto to him. Especially for a team that is in the midst of building their roster. Neal is still a good player but I feel his best years are behind him. He kind of disappeared down the stretch. The GK will get good value for him in a trade to a contender that needs some scoring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 14 hours ago, NashvilleNinja said: Piole named GM of the year. https://www.nhl.com/app/predators/news/david-poile-named-2017-nhl-general-manager-of-the-year/c-290047730 He deserved it. I'm happy for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, freakingeek said: I hate to see him go but with 1 year left @ $5 mil. James has better trade value than hanging onto to him. Especially for a team that is in the midst of building their roster. Neal is still a good player but I feel his best years are behind him. He kind of disappeared down the stretch. The GK will get good value for him in a trade to a contender that needs some scoring. I definitely think keeping Jarnkrok over Neal was the right decision long term. And likely even short term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, Starkiller said: I definitely think keeping Jarnkrok over Neal was the right decision long term. And likely even short term. Preds put a priority on winning faceoffs and Jarnkrok is as good as anyone on the team and he plays multiple positions. Lavvy loves him. Plus we just locked Calle up long term and he's young. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Poile trade an aging Legwand for Jarnkrok and a disgruntled Erat for Forsberg in the same month IIRC. That's kicking some serious ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, freakingeek said: Preds put a priority on winning faceoffs Smart move then, I would say matchups between "equal" teams are probably most likely decided by faceoffs as long as the series doesn't get out of hand with special teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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