The report comes after the Nashville Predators made a possibly related trade today. The team moved defenseman
Ryan McDonagh back to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for draft picks. Notably, the Lightning are taking on the entirety of McDonagh's cap hit. As such, the Predators clear up nearly 7 million dollars in cap space. Considering the fact that the Predators have been one of the teams in Mitch Marner rumors, this has lead many fans to speculate that Barry Trotz is simply making cap space to trade for Marner.