Nashville Predators Buy Out Matt Duchene: What Is that Decision Really About?

New General Manager Barry Trotz shocked many in Nashville as word spread on Friday that the Nashville Predators were buying out Matt Duchene's remaining contract. On today's Locked On Predators podcast, we take a look at the buy out and review the other big moves Trotz made over the weekend. The Predators signed Ryan O'Reilly, Luke Schenn, and Gustav Nyquist and re-signed Cody Glass and Alexandre Carrier. But what happened with Matt Duchene? We'll break down the financial repercussions of buying out Duchene's contract and take a look back at his four seasons in Nashville. We'll share to words that may explain why Matt Duchene didn't fit into the Predators' reset going forward and hear from Barry Trotz on the importance of tweaking the locker room culture. While it is easy to point the finger at Duchene's contract or statistics or locker room leadership, could the decision to move on from Dutchy really be about something else entirely? Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOPredators?sid=YouTube Locked On NHL League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Prospects & More 🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnNHL Follow us on Twitter! Nick: @_nsmorgan Ann: @AnnK_MamaOnIce Podcast Account: @LO_Predators #NashvillePredators #NHL #Preds Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices