Nashville Predators
Free Agency Aquisitions
Joachim Nermark
Main Off-season Moves
Trading away Ladd for Poehling & Pasternak
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Name H W Pos Apos Salary Y FI SH PL ST CH PO HI SK EN PE FA LE SR POT CON Pos Rank Pos Rank2
Ryan Poehling 74 185 C LW $1,400,000 2 48 77 70 72 74 75 82 75 69 74 74 63 55 72 81 5.57 3.27
Andrew Ladd 74 200 RW LW $5,040,000 5 60 99 55 74 72 74 89 74 62 68 64 63 74 74 80 2.08 2.38
David Pastrnak 72 167 RW LW $1,200,000 1 40 78 78 80 60 76 59 76 80 70 61 45 60 81 66 4.80 3.13
To make some capspace Nashville moved a good 2nd line HAG winger and was able to recoup a future middle 6 HAG center. I think he did good on this trade in getting Poehling back, as if he wanted to convert him to a winger in the future he could fill most of the hole that Ladd left behind.
*NOTE: Pos Rank2 is the rank when all players hit their full development
Roster
Jhonas Enroth
Jaroslav Halak
HAG1: Adam Larsson - Keith Yandle
PAP1: Robert Hagg - Kyle Copobianco
HAG2: Chris Summers - Carl Sneep
HAG1: Pavel Zacha - Brock Boeser - Colin White
PAP1: Mikael Salmivirta - Mitch Marner - Evgeni Kuznetsov
HAG2: Ryan Poehling - Steven Shipley - Jean-Francois Jacques
PAP2: Pavel Buchnevich - Joachim Nermark - Nathan Noel
Player Attributes
Goalies
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Name H W Pos Apos Salary Y FI SH PL ST CH PO HI SK EN PE FA LE SR POT CON Pos Rank
Jhonas Enroth 71 174 G None $600,000 1 40 79 80 78 78 80 80 78 71 75 79 53 78 78 74 1.87
Jaroslav Halak 71 180 G None $800,000 1 36 79 80 78 78 80 78 76 82 76 78 58 79 78 76 1.87
Defense
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Name H W Pos Apos Salary Y FI SH PL ST CH PO HI SK EN PE FA LE SR POT CON Pos Rank
Adam Larsson 75 200 D None $7,200,000 6 67 83 80 79 85 84 88 84 99 85 90 51 80 83 88 1.02
Chris Summers 74 185 D None $2,700,000 1 38 39 54 46 83 76 99 76 66 66 77 52 76 76 80 2.72
Keith Yandle 74 195 D None $3,150,000 2 37 64 67 73 78 75 96 74 75 67 77 56 78 78 63 3.18
Carl Sneep 76 210 D None $2,360,000 1 40 63 63 78 78 73 99 78 60 67 79 58 78 78 60 3.18
Robert Hagg 74 193 D None $1,850,000 3 40 76 77 76 89 63 76 60 71 77 74 68 75 75 67 4.07
Kyle Capobianco 73 178 D None $1,350,000 3 40 79 72 78 69 71 80 82 79 62 75 51 78 88 58 4.65
Forward
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T.Pos Name H W Pos Apos Salary Y FI SH PL ST CH PO HI SK EN PE FA LE SR POT CON Pos Rank
W Mikael Salmivirta 72 179 C LW $1,000,000 1 42 77 80 69 72 84 68 87 76 75 70 54 72 75 86 1.58
C Mitchell Marner 71 164 C RW $4,400,000 4 32 81 91 88 79 87 58 90 81 68 77 62 56 82 71 2.47
W Brock Boeser 73 187 RW C $4,400,000 4 36 94 85 86 65 65 73 82 85 80 77 47 55 81 72 1.78
W Evgeny Kuznetsov 72 177 LW RW $5,300,000 2 42 88 99 80 86 67 68 92 77 74 84 66 73 83 61 1.78
C Colin White 72 183 C RW $3,400,000 4 42 79 86 87 67 72 76 87 83 71 80 64 71 83 69 3.87
C Pavel Zacha 75 210 LW C $3,900,000 4 35 87 83 82 75 80 81 92 78 60 78 59 75 83 59 3.87
W Pavel Buchnevich 73 161 LW C $1,450,000 3 44 74 86 78 68 72 71 79 86 52 49 40 74 78 75 2.72
W Steven Shipley 74 210 C LW $5,600,000 4 61 99 61 87 61 77 99 62 67 71 75 51 69 74 70 2.72
C Nathan Noel 74 170 C RW $3,250,000 4 71 79 78 81 73 72 81 78 87 72 88 62 51 75 72 4.30
C Ryan Poehling 74 185 C LW $1,400,000 2 48 77 70 72 74 75 82 75 69 74 74 63 55 72 81 5.57
C Joachim Nermark 73 187 LW C $750,000 1 62 78 77 78 80 79 64 75 78 68 78 64 82 91 61 5.57
W Jean-Franįois Jacques 76 217 RW LW $4,360,000 2 61 99 60 74 74 74 89 74 70 47 76 51 74 74 52 4.80
Player Ratings
Jhonas Enroth - 5/10 Low end starter
Jaroslav Halak - 7/10 Low end starter in backup position. Feel free to reverse Enroth/Halak.
Adam Larsson: 10/10 - Top echilon of defenders attributewise. Larsson doesn't really have a weakness. Would be nice to see a better boxscore stats.
Keith Yandle: 5/10 - Stats go beyond his attributes. Would be better suited for 2nd pairing minutes still.
Robert Hagg: 3/10 - Will have to play above his weight class due to lack of other options.
Kyle Capobianco: 5/10 - I'm going to give him the benefits of the doubt, he's 21, and has 2nd pairing potential in my eyes and could get there very quickly.
Chris Summers: 5/10 - Is a 3rd pairing dman on the 3rd pairing
Carl Sneep: 5/10 - ditto
Pavel Zacha: 6/10 - Capable but lacks constancy. Could play center.
Brock Boeser: 6/10 - Supbar hitting for HAG line but he's the best top line talent availble for it.
Colin White: 6/10 - Tops off an offensively dynamic HAG line (although they are all rather weak)
Mikael Salmivirta: 6/10 - A bit overrated due to constancy rather than ability. Can produce at a decent level.
Mitchell Marner: 6/10 - Get that man a Gatorade.
Evgeny Kuznetsov: 8/10 - A top line winger playing the winger position for once.
Ryan Poehling: 4/10 - Lags behind the competition in terms of center ability but the only way to learn FA is to take faceoffs.
Steven Shipley: 8/10 - A HAG line is the only logical place for him, and love the depth to have him on the 3rd line.
Jean-Franįois Jacques: 6/10 - Attributewise he looks more like a 4th liner but the boxscore speaks volumes and he's been screaming goal celebrations for the last several years.
Pavel Buchnevich: 10/10 - Having him on the 4th line is a crime, Would probably switch with Salmvirta if I hadn't already written his rating out.
Joachim Nermark: 5/10 - Beutiful pickup. High end potential which Nashville may hope to help continue have him overdevelop throughout the year. He's done ok throughout his career so far despite a low consistancy, so we'll see if that continues with Nashville.
Nathan Noel: 6/10 - I'd like to see him on the HAG line but its full already so unless Shpley/Jacques and their 4M+ contracts get moved its tough seeing being used there.
Roster Scores
Goalie Rating: 6/10 - They have satisfactory goaltending all around.
Defense Rating: 5/10 - They have 1 star defender, but otherwise are relatively weak attribute wise.
Forward Rating: 6.5/10 - Has a lot of good pieces but the synergy between them seems to be absolute hell.
Best Prospects
Goaltending: Michael DiPietro - Potential Backup.
Defense: Kyle Copiobianco (Potential 2nd Pairing HAG), & Cam Dineen (Potential 2nd Pairing Passing Plays)
Forward: My cutoff for prospect was 23 and under. Marner, Boewser, White, Zacha, and Noel, all technically fit this description and are likely parts of their rosters this season, with all having top 6 potential or current ability. Poehline, Pastnark, and Wilkie I'd say also project to be top 9 forwards.
Conclusions
I view this as a bubble team, which is what they've been the last two years. My major issue is the lack of synergy upfront. I think if Nashville could flip one of Shipley/Jacques for a comparable defenseman the roster would mesh much better. They have enough depth to replace those guys internally witht Noel/Poehling.