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Barry Trotz Will Replace David Poile As Predators GM

February 26, 2023 at 3:10 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 12 Comments

The Nashville Predators will soon have a new general manager for the first time in franchise history, but it will be a very familiar face. David Poile will retire as GM and president of hockey operations effective June 30th, staying in a consulting role afterward. Barry Trotz is expected to be hired immediately and officially take over the position this summer.

Poile, 73, has led the Nashville franchise since 1997 before they were even known as the Predators. He navigated the expansion process, bringing hockey to a market where few believed it would be successful. The team, even without a Stanley Cup championship, has become one of the league’s most stable organizations, drawing strong crowds and reaching the playoffs in 15 of the last 18 seasons.

This season, he became the first executive in NHL history to serve as general manager of a franchise for 3,000 games, combining his time in Nashville with years leading the Washington Capitals previously. This is his 41st consecutive season as an NHL GM.

Trotz, 60, was a big part of bringing hockey to Nashville as well. The team’s first head coach, he was behind the bench for the first 15 years of Predators hockey, leading them to a 557-479-60-100 record. He would then, coincidentally, head to Washington, where he won a Jack Adams and Stanley Cup with the Capitals, and then to the New York Islanders, where he would take home his second Coach of the Year award.

After leaving the Islanders, Trotz has spoken publicly about his desire to get into an NHL front office. The Predators are the perfect fit, given his ties to the organization and the need for something of a new voice in the front office.

Poile’s direction has been questioned in recent years, as the Predators struggled to stay among the league’s elite after reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2017. The books are filled with long, expensive contracts for veteran players, and a potential teardown may be in the cards at some point.

That was signaled with this weekend’s trade of Nino Niederreiter, but there is a lot more surgery to be performed on this roster if Trotz is to lead them to a championship. The Predators are expected to be serious players in the next few days, and the incoming executive will likely be involved in many of those decisions, even if his title won’t be official for a few months.

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet broke the news on Twitter.

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  1. KRB

    4 weeks ago

    Someone in Nashville was listening to me. I said they needed to get rid of DP before they started a rebuild. 40 years of being a GM with one Cup Final appearance to show for it is pretty bad.

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    • MotownWings

      4 weeks ago

      Other teams have fared worst over that same time period and didn’t have to start from scratch.

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    • KRB

      4 weeks ago

      I said 40 years. That includes his time with Washington. And other teams have done much better. Tampa had the #1 pick in the 98 draft. They’ve since won 3 Cups, two Finals appearances, and several conference finals.
      That “other teams have done worse” is just making excuses.

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  2. uvmfiji

    4 weeks ago

    Fantastic

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  3. Donovan Voigt

    4 weeks ago

    Finally a change is happening

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  4. Gbear

    4 weeks ago

    Three Dog Night is back to sing “Celebrate, Celebrate, Dance to the Music!!!”. :D

    But why couldn’t this of happened before the stupid Niederreiter trade?! Maybe that was the final straw for the new owner.

    I don’t envy the task Trotz has to deal with here, but hope he has a different vision for the team going forward…..and getting forwards who can score!

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    • pawtucket

      4 weeks ago

      He just wanted to make one more phone call

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  5. TheRickestRick

    4 weeks ago

    So Trotz isn’t going to be the Leafs coach in Sept I guess then.

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    • KRB

      4 weeks ago

      I heard Barry’s gonna hold down both jobs, flying to Canada to coach, then hopping back to Nashville, to take care of Preds business.

      I heard that from a Leafs fan, so it must be true.

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  6. dano62

    4 weeks ago

    How Poile had any role in choosing his replacement is mystifying. He delivered boring, mediocre hockey to a just-happy-to-be-here market that deserved so much more. Any where else he would have been fired into the Sun decades ago. I question handing the job to someone who’s never been a GM before, too. Gotta put the expectation bar pretty low for the next few years…

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    • Gbear

      4 weeks ago

      You speak the truth. I’m hoping ownership at least put some pressure on this to happen.

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  7. Nha Trang

    4 weeks ago

    Smart move. We have no idea how Trotz will work out as a GM, but if Nashville’s going to tear down and rebuild, hey look, there’s a famous Predators’ coach coming in with a good bit of good will that will tide things over.

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