The Nashville Predators were looking for forward and especially first line center help at that time and the last thing it seemed they needed was a “broken” defenseman from the waiver wire that would have to keep with the team.
They claimed young Petter Granberg on waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs who was coming off Achilles surgery in the offseason and had played a total of a whopping eight NHL games. In those eight games, he had zero points and six penalty minutes.
What was GM David Poile thinking? At the time, he had arguably the best defensive core in the league with Shea Weber and Roman Josi as the first tandem, Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm at two, and Seth Jones and Barret Jackman as 2A.