Nashville Predators Trade for Defenseman

The Nashville Predators traded Victor Bartley for defenseman Stefan Elliott today in a somewhat crazy trade.

It had originally been reported that Stefan Elliott was part of a trade with the Coyotes All-Star captain John Scott to the Montreal Canadians. It was a bit of a surprise because Scott was the controversial winner of the fan vote to captain the Pacific All-Star team at the game. It turned out that there was more to the trade than that.

The Predators actually traded Victor Bartley to the Coyotes for Stefan Elliott who had been placed on waivers on Thursday by Arizona. Coach Dave Tippett had been quoted in the Arizona Republic as saying, ” “I would like to keep him,” Tippett said. “He’s…