Long Rebuilds Are For Prey, Not Predators

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Long Rebuilds Are For Prey, Not Predators

One year ago, the Nashville Predators needed to change. In the summer of 2023, they'd just missed the playoffs for the first time in nine years and had completed a perfectly neat rise-and-fall arc. But rather than blow up the roster right away, they gave their off-ice personnel a dramatic makeover. Barry Trotz, the former Nashville head coach who went on to find success in Washington and on Long Island, was hired as just the franchise's second-e…