As only the second General Manager in Nashville Predators history, Barry Trotz enters an offseason with an interesting question of whether to be aggressive or to play the more patient approach.
For a combination of unlucky injuries in the second half of the season and a major selloff at the trade deadline, the Predators failed to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2014. Even so, they fell just short and showed a lot of promise for the future with their younger core of players.
This leaves Trotz, who has 13 draft picks in his back pocket for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, with having to figure out how he wants to change this roster in the offseason, if at all.