Predators Trade Rumors: Filip Forsberg could be asked to waive no-movement clause

The Nashville Predators are once again struggling this season, and a complete fire sale could be on the way.

The Preds have started 2025-26 with a 5-6-3 record, and continue to have serious issues finding the back of the net. GM Barry Trotz has spent a ton of money the last two summers, and unfortunately, things haven't panned out as planned, and now big big changes could be on the way.

Daily Faceoff's Jeff Marek wonders about the potential of a Filip Forsberg trade, even though the veteran forward has a full no-movement clause. Forsberg was a hot topic of conversation during today's episode of Daily Faceoff Live, where Marek and Tyler Yaremchuk dove into what could go on in Nashville:

That goes to my other point about Barry Trotz… you’re going back to your owner and essentially saying, if you want to fire the coach and bring someone else in, it’s like, well, hold on a second, I’m not really in the business of paying someone not to work. You’re the most successful coach in the history of this organization. You broke it, you buy it, it becomes yours. If Nashville ultimately decides to go the rebuild route, we think about Brady Martin and Tanner Molendyk, and Teddy Stiga, but it’s not as if they are flush with a whole bunch of A-listers that are going to walk in tomorrow. This isn’t the San Jose Sharks or the Chicago Blackhawks.

The question becomes, if you’re going to rebuild, how quickly can you get there? The one player that I perhaps wonder about here the most is again, Forsberg. You can ask a player to go through a rebuild once. But, given how short careers are, it’s not fair to ask a player to go through a rebuild twice. That’s why I think you go to Filip Forsberg, and you say, Look, you’ve been through it before with us as we put all of this together, but we’re going to tear it down, given where you’re at in your career right now? Do you have the stomach for this? Because it is going to be years of pain before we get back, and who knows where you’re going to be at the end of all of it.

Forsberg is signed through the 2029-30 season, and is owed $8.5 million annually. So far this season through 14 games, Forsberg leads the team with six goals and 11 points. Could Forsberg be on the move? Sure sounds like there's some potential brewing.

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