David Poile
David Poile
David Poileis the President of Hockey Operations and General Manager of the NHL's Nashville Predators...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth14 February 1950
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Some of the nervousness going into the season is the changes. Why are we a better team? We're a better team because we made the playoffs in 2003-04. But is Danny Markov a good fit in our defense? Who is he going to play with? What are defense pairings going to be because it looks like they are all going to be different than they once were.
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His treatment will prohibit him from playing hockey through the remainder of the season. We are hopeful he will be discharged from Baptist Hospital in the next few days.
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This is exactly what we dreamed about when we talked about the new CBA and being on a more level playing field. We've seen that already to a certain extent in the free agency period ... The dollars are more evenly spread. These guys now are at least attracted to our markets.
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Tomas is an extremely important and valuable part of our team, and his presence will be missed. Our thoughts and support are with him as he begins the recovery process, and we are confident that he will have a complete recovery. We know what kind of a person and what kind of a competitor he is; that being said, he will do everything in his power to get back on the ice, and we look forward to seeing him in training camp this fall.
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We just thought it was a muscle cramp in his back. On a routine MRI, they discovered something that didn't look quite right.
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The perception has been sort of an 'us-against-them' mentality in the NHL for a long period of time. I think this addresses that perception, and builds the idea of a partnership.
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We know what kind of a person and competitor he is. He will do everything in his power to get back on the ice.
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We knew what our biggest weakness was. It was something we had talked about going back to last year. We had no argument with the skill of our defense. It certainly is one of the best in the league. But we were missing that size, grit and physical aspect.