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Incoming Nashville Predators general manager Barry Trotz is packing his dancing shoes for the 2023 NHL Draft, which will take place Wednesday and Thursday at Bridgestone Arena.
After all, he hasn't built up all this draft capital — the Predators have 13 picks this year — for nothing.
Question is, will he be able to find any partners?
"We've got lots of picks and I'm trying like hell to get a, say, top four or five pick," Trotz told The Tennessean on Saturday after he traded Ryan Johansen to the Colorado Avalanche. "But you need a dance partner; teams are not going to give it to you.
"So I'm trying to make them uncomfortable with a lot of offers. They know there's a franchise player in there."
Trotz knows he has a less than 0% chance of prying Connor Bedard, the consensus No. 1 pick, from the Chicago Blackhawks. That doesn't mean he hasn't been and won't continue to be on the phone with the teams that are slated to follow Chicago in picking order: the Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks and Montreal Canadiens.
Trotz would not be adverse to adding an offensive talent such as Adam Fantilli, Matvei Michkov, Will Smith or Leo Carlsson to his roster in exchange for some of that valuable draft capital, which includes two first-round picks (Nos. 15 and 24).
Trotz has made it no secret his appetite for offense. He's said his team lacks — and always has lacked — an elite center. He said he wants his scouts to "take some big swings."
"They have to be willing," Trotz said of potential trade partners. "Unfortunately I haven't been able to move that dial yet. At the same time I'm going to give us as many weapons as I can — young players, draft choices, cap flexibility — so we have a chance to, A) maybe get our hands on a player, there's going to a team that's going to be squeezed and maybe they give us a good player. Maybe I take on a $6 million (player) and they do some (salary) retention.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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