Quoting: TagesMissedShots
I thought that Nashville had a good chance at the playoffs, but if this is not the case then I will fully agree with you that trading a 1st is nonsensical, after all I follow a team in a never-ending rebuild.
In: Myers, Glass, Rittich
Out: Ellis, Arvidsson, Rinne (just the biggest losses and their "replacements" to give you a sense of the talent that left the team this off-season)
I mean, NSH probably won't be awful -- they should still be a competitive team to play against -- but they won't be great either. They'll be a middling team this year, but they are worse at almost every position this year compared to last. They have gotten younger and cheaper though, so let's see what some of the young guys (Fabbro, Myers, Carrier, Jeannot, Tomasino, Glass, Tolvanen, Pitlick, etc.) can do. They've gotten worse in the short term, but hopefully better in the long term. And if Johansen/Duchene can't muster up 45+ point seasons (shouldn't be much to ask from $8m centermen), then it'll be a very long season for NSH.