David Poile steps down after many years of service for the Nashville Predators.
In a press conference in Nashville, the Nashville Predator General Manager David Poile announced his retirement. Poile, who is 63 years old, did not have enough motivation to continue his GM carreer in the NHL. After the last CBA previous season, Poile wasn't really motivated to give it all. Nashville regrets Poile's decision, but will move on.
After only 2 weeks they signed a new General Manager. The new manager is Jo Loonstra from New York. Loonstra has his origins in the Netherlands (Europe), but lived his whole live in NY. His hockey carreer is mostly amateur based. His coaching and GM carreer has been in Europe (the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Russia). Loonstra will be a long shot for the Predators in a time where Nashville needs to find their way up and back to the playoffs.