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Credit: Jun 28, 2023; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Nashville Predators incoming general manager Barry Trotz announces the twenty fourth pick in round one of the 2023 NHL Draft at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsThat sentiment just hits a bit differently for a “rookie” GM who has been an NHL institution for more than three decades.
And then, when David had reached out to me and said, “Hey, would you consider this?” That was really the first time I started thinking about it. It came to pass after that.In terms of getting advice before commencing the gig as GM, surely it helped to have David as a sounding board. Were their any pointers from him or someone else that stuck in your head when you started the job?I tried to take the best. I’ve been with David for a long time, in Washington with and then with Lou at the end .
You saw our team , we moved a lot of players out at the trade deadline. We ended up with no Roman Josi, no Filip Forsberg, they were injured. And all these players, minor league players, Ryan McDonagh really took that group and led that group. And we hung around and really didn’t get eliminated until like game 80. That really said that our culture and leadership were going to be strong.
And what happened was exactly that. Andrew came in, we wanted to play a different style, we wanted to do things a little bit differently, and he did a fantastic job. Our team took a while to get the identity we wanted, and we started to thrive.With the O’Reilly addition, everyone knew what he brought to the table, so what he’s done this year isn’t a huge surprise. But few if anyone saw this coming from Nyquist. He’s dealt with a lot of injuries in the past, but he’s had such a big year.
If we lost three games, we played our balls off, I wouldn’t care. But if you’re not going to put the time and energy in and the focus to give yourself a chance, there’s no reason we should be rewarded for that. To me that’s a losing culture, not a winning culture. Right after the Dallas game, I walked in and said, “It doesn’t morally feel right that we should be going to Vegas early to reward these guys.” Not just to me but to the people we were supposed to play in front of every night.
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