Report: Nashville Predators GM Involved in Trade Talks

The Nashville Predators have some holes to fill up front in their lineup, and while GM Barry Trotz would like to make a trade, the veteran executive is having a hard time finding a trade partner.

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the Predators are in the market for a center, but to this point early on, haven't been able to find many who are available in trade talks. Friedman touched on the Predators' plans in his latest 32 Thoughts:

Know you love the rumours, but it is early. This is the 'we’re-still-seeing-what-we’ve-got' phase. Predators GM Barry Trotz has the second-best hockey radio hit on The Game in Nashville. On Tuesday, he told hosts Willy Daunic, Derrick Mason and Adam Vingan, “No one is trading anyone right now. I would like to get a centre, but no one is giving their centremen away.”

Two toughest things to find: a stud defender and a top centre. No more zero in the win column after Tuesday night, where they opened with Colton Sissons between Jonathan Marchessault and Steven Stamkos.

Nashville sits 1-5-0 on the season and despite signing a couple of big names up front in Marchessault and Stamkos, are still looking to bring in another center. Sissons has zero points in six games so far this year, and last season, posted just 35 points, which was a career high.