According to multiple sources, Barry Trotz will announce Monday he is stepping down as general manager of the Nashville Predators — although he will remain on the job until a successor is found.
After a rough start to the 2025-26 season, the Predators rallied to within four points of a playoff spot as of Sunday night. However, with just days remaining until the Olympic freeze and a month until the trade deadline, the team was also investigating all of its options.
Trotz is one of the greatest figures in Nashville hockey history, named as the team’s inaugural head coach one year before the Predators dropped the puck. He stayed until April 2014, before moving to Washington (winning the Stanley Cup in 2018) and the New York Islanders.
He became the second GM in team history in 2023, replacing David Poile.
More on this story as it develops.
