Pierre LeBrun: Trading P.K. Subban obviously clears up the money to take run at pending UFA center Matt Duchene.
Mike Morreale: Nashville Predators GM David Poile: “We had to make a business decision. With an aim at strengthening our forward corps this offseason, and the continued strength of our defensive group, we felt it was necessary to clear up salary cap space this way.”
Aaron Portzline: Using CapFriendly numbers, Duchene in Nashville. “There are no state/city income taxes in Tennessee, so Preds could sign Duchene to a deal worth $9M and he’d keep more income ($5,705,012) than he would at $10M from Columbus ($5,587,844).