Bleacher Report · Oct 20, 2020
10 NHL Teams Having a Disappointing Offseason so Far
A lack of scoring depth led to the Nashville Predators suffering an upset qualifying-round elimination by the underdog Arizona Coyotes. So far, GM David Poile hasn't done much to address that weakness.
Poile has been busy freeing up salary-cap space. He bought out center Kyle Turris, shipped Nick Bonino to the Minnesota Wild and let Mikael Granlund and Craig Smith depart via free agency. The Predators GM also made some depth moves, acquiring Luke Kunin in the Bonino deal and signing forwards Brad Richardson and Nick Cousins and defensemen Mark Borowiecki and Matt Benning.