DONE DEAL: Nashville Predators have completed the deal of a top Veteran from Columbus Blue jacket worth…
If you thought the Nashville Predators were done making big splashes this offseason, then think again if you ask some people out there. In what has already been a tremendously wild free agency summer, the Predators have to resist the urge of trading for Patrik Laine.
It would take a complex trade to acquire Laine, who was just released from the NHL Player Assistance Program and the Columbus Blue Jackets have made it clear they’re set on trading him, per a recent report from Elliotte Fried
Patrik Laine is a High Risk, High Reward player Nashville Predators should resist
If you thought the Nashville Predators were done making big splashes this offseason, then think again if you ask some people out there. In what has already been a tremendously wild free agency summer, the Predators have to resist the urge of trading for Patrik Laine.
It would take a complex trade to acquire Laine, who was just released from the NHL Player Assistance Program and the Columbus Blue Jackets have made it clear they’re set on trading him, per a recent report from Elliotte Friedman.
Laine and the Predators are a natural match due to the ongoing trade speculations of star goalie prospect Yaroslav Askarov. The Blue Jackets are considered a top landing spot for Askarov due to them being in full-on rebuild mode and needing a franchise goalie for the future.
The Predators also need to free up some cap space through a trade or two. Moving Askarov alone wouldn’t help much with that, but a larger trade package involving either Cody Glass ($2.5M) or Dante Fabbro ($2.5M) could help get the ball rolling.
