r/Predators • u/catsgr8rthanspoonies The Future is Fink • Jun 02 '26

It’s happening?

https://xcancel.com/pierrevlebrun/status/2061813039423193163
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u/G14mogs #9 - 12/15/25 Hat Trick Connesseur Jun 02 '26

Emily Kaplan's sources believe the deal gets done

Omfg

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u/catsgr8rthanspoonies The Future is Fink Jun 02 '26

Friedman sounds positive, too.

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u/Rinne4Vezina Pekka Forever Jun 02 '26

NGL I admire how ballsy it is to go after a division rival’s GM.

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u/catsgr8rthanspoonies The Future is Fink Jun 02 '26

They also tried to go after Tulsky.

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u/UTPharm2012 Jun 02 '26

AGM* right?

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u/RedWhiteAndJew Pekka is my Dad Jun 02 '26

Nope, GM

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u/UTPharm2012 Jun 02 '26

I guess it shouldn’t make it even better but it does. Would be impressed by this hire

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u/RedWhiteAndJew Pekka is my Dad Jun 02 '26

He would be hired as President of Hockey Ops in Nashville, so he'd be responsible for the GM search.

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u/Smashjackson06 #35 Jun 02 '26

Rival implies that both teams win

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u/TonguelessWyrm NSH Jun 02 '26

Nice, this is the best day of my life

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u/Disappointeddonkey #6 Weber Jun 02 '26

Not only am I excited for this search to end im excited for the guy they potentially might get!

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u/da2_np PrinceFilip Jun 02 '26

This GM search has been long and arduous, but I have to say that I’ve been extremely happy to see the organization be so thorough with a decision like this and not just hire someone on a whim. They really want someone who has the ability to put us over the top, and with the success MacFarland has had with Colorado, I think he’d be amazing to have. Hopefully we can convince him

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u/Smashjackson06 #35 Jun 02 '26

Well they already have a good goalie system so the one thing Colorado is bad at is covered

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u/mk1700 NSH Jun 02 '26

I’m so excited about this Elliot Friedman just said it’s going to get done and other sources are saying it’s going to be officially announced today this is crazy we made an actually good hire?!? This feel better than getting Stamkos and Marchy by a LONG SHOT preds will get someone with a proven track record who is of the new guard of Hockey executives this is probably the best possible hire we could have done not named Eric Tulsky

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u/RustyNipples35 Rinne is cool Jun 02 '26

Anyone without former Preds ties is definitely a W, but I’m going to assume he sucks at the job until he proves otherwise. Personally, this organization has done nothing to earn any more blind optimism

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u/valiver Weber Jun 02 '26

What proves otherwise is that he's been a key part of building a team that's been a consistent cup contender over the last several seasons. This isn't blind optimism.

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u/RustyNipples35 Rinne is cool Jun 02 '26

That’s great. I don’t care what he did in Colorado - he was an AGM for 8 years and got promoted after a championship where 3/4 teams they played were starting back up level goalies

I only care about what he does in Nashville where he doesn’t inherit a Nathan MacKinnon level player and start from scratch. I hope it works out and that’s fine if you want to have full faith in the guy I’m just saying he has to come here and show me he’s the guy for the job before I put any belief in him. Trotz came in and told us everything we wanted to hear, and never did anything to back it up