Nashville Predators Seek New GM: History in the Making

0:00It's April 1st. This is NHL News Today, your AI-powered team coverage. National Predators making history by hunting for a new general manager from outside the organization after Barry Trotts announced he stepping down. At the end of the 2025-26 season, this is the first time they've ever looked beyond their own ranks for a GM higher. Trotts took over from longtime boss David Poil, who ran things from day one through 2022-23 and built a solid legacy, despite some late stumbles. But Trotts' front office run bombed hard. He loaded up on an aging squad in 2024-24 offseason, barely scraped into playoffs, then tanked to, bottom five in the league the next year. Fans are sidelining a couple candidates in the mix, like Peter Sherelle, who just left the St. Louis Blues after five years. He snagged a Stanley Cup in Boston back in 2011, but blew it with trades dumping Tyler Seguin and bad deals from Milan Lucic and others, plus. Wasting prime years of economic David in Edmonton, then there's Mark Bergevin, ex-Montriol

1:05Boss from 2012 to 2021. He nailed some trades like flipping Alex Galkenioch, from Max Domey, and drafting Cole Caulfield. Even reached the Stanley Cup final, but flops like overpaying carry price 84 million over eight years and shipping the Kale's surgachev for bust Jonathan Drew in Still Sting. Right now, Fred sit in the playoff spot as of late March, backed by young guns like Matthew Wood and Jo Kim Kamel, though cap hits from Brady Sky. And Jonathan Marchesault loomed large. They need a fresh GM with vision to either rebuild or smarten up the roster and keep the faithful buzzing.