{"id":276612,"date":"2025-11-07T05:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/276612\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T05:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:19:07","slug":"ryan-oreilly-emerging-as-trade-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/276612\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan O\u2019Reilly Emerging As Trade Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

On an episode of Oilersnation Everyday earlier this week<\/a>, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period mentioned Ryan O\u2019Reilly<\/a>\u2019s name, saying that it is starting to make the rounds again. With Nazem Kadri<\/a> making headlines in recent days<\/a>, the demand for centers is already taking shape in November, and is expected to heat up as the season goes on. If Nashville does not go on a serious push soon, perhaps O\u2019Reilly, a pending free agent, could be on the move again at some point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old center has appeal not only for his ongoing production and leadership, but also that he comes in at just a $4.5MM cap hit, one of Barry Trotz\u2019s first signings as a general manager in 2023. Given O\u2019Reilly\u2019s declining production at the time, it appeared he would be a perfect stop-gap, set to mentor the Preds\u2019 youth and age into a third-line center by contract\u2019s end. Instead, he had a resurgence, posting 69 points, and even despite Nashville\u2019s major struggles last season, O\u2019Reilly still notched 53 points in 79 games, and is maintaining such levels so far this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, with the contract coming to an end, O\u2019Reilly remains a key presence for the Predators, but if things do not change, offers for the center could be too much for Barry Trotz to pass up. In a market where the Hurricanes and Canadiens have been speculated as wanting centers, along with outside possibilities such as the Red Wings or Devils (who showed interest in O\u2019Reilly last year<\/a>), Nashville could take advantage and get a haul for an aging player, while also giving him another chance at contention. It\u2019s likely O\u2019Reilly would fetch a first-round pick as long as he can maintain such offensive production. Even as he turns 35 and beyond, with his skillset, O\u2019Reilly can be a serious bottom-six asset.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although it is mostly speculation at this point, Steven Stamkos<\/a>\u2019 name has floated around<\/a> of late as well, and it may, at long last, be time for the Predators to waive the white flag and tear things down by any means necessary. If an O\u2019Reilly deal is indeed made at some point this season, Trotz would likely look to bring back a short-term center. The young Fedor Svechkov<\/a> has flashed potential, but does not appear ready for a true top six role, with just one point in 13 games. Erik Haula<\/a>, another pending free agent, could also be a flip candidate for Trotz, but again, he is a placeholder, and without the two Nashville would be dangerously thin down the middle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trotz\u2019s hesitance to deal O\u2019Reilly for now could be two-fold; wanting to see if his group can make one more push, along with not wanting to deplete his forward core and hurt morale. However, O\u2019Reilly\u2019s name is one worth following if the Predators cannot turn things around, and at some point, teams like the Hurricanes could make a push. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On an episode of Oilersnation Everyday earlier this week, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period mentioned Ryan O\u2019Reilly\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[4826,385,1228,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-276612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nashville-predators","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-ryan-oreilly","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}