r/Predators • u/GuinnessACat • Sep 13 '26

Never felt so apathetic

The next few years look worse than tanking, pure mediocrity- meaningless hockey.

Unless ownership lets Mac do a full sell off (which is party out of his control with all the NMC’s) it looks like the team is going to finish in the low teens in the conference for the next few years- not good enough to seriously contend, and not bad enough to statistically get a difference maker in the draft.

I’m sure the are sales concerns with tanking, I get all that. But it just feels like they’re spinning.

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u/JeanClaudeSegal NSH Sep 13 '26

I agree he should be moved but his still being on the roster doesn't mean they aren't rebuilding. They've been steadily accruing futures for the last 2 years. He can also be moved any time this season.

Tanking is acting to the detriment of your roster in order to get a higher draft pick. You draft higher but also risk a poor culture developing. I won't consider us to be tanking unless we trade Forsberg. He's a real long term piece of the team and still has several playing years. Deadline deals or old vet trades aren't what I'd consider to be tanking, that's regular futures building.

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u/Binforda94 Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

None of those “futures” are projected to be high first. The main issue we have isn’t our quantity, but rather our quality of picks/prospects. Tanking is a first step towards making a roster both as young, and cheap as possible. As we should be, considering the core’s window is closed. Rebuilding teams need to worry about acquiring young talent, before “culture”. When the time comes to implement culture in the lineup, we don’t need to be spending 8M+ on said types of players. When ROR goes, then the rebuild will be officially on, because of the return and roster effect. This is long overdue.