{"id":135898,"date":"2023-02-26T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135898"},"modified":"2023-02-26T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T23:39:19","slug":"nashville-predators-only-ever-gm-david-poile-announces-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/26\/nashville-predators-only-ever-gm-david-poile-announces-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nashville Predators Only Ever GM David Poile Announces He&#8217;s Retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Main Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/david-poile-to-step-down-as-nashville-predators-gm-barry-trotz-to-take-over-1.1924062\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced today that the only General Manager in the club\u2019s history is retiring from his post<\/a>. After 39 seasons as an NHL General Manager, and a remarkable 24 of them with Nashville, David Poile is calling it a career. Currently, he is the President of Hockey Operations and the GM, but will likely move into only a consulting role after the season. Despite never having a team reach the Stanley Cup finals as a GM, he will go down as one of the greatest architects in NHL history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big breaking story out of Nashville: after 26 years as the Predators\u2019 architect \u2014 the most consistent presence in franchise history \u2014 David Poile is retiring from President of Hockey Operations &amp; GM position, effective June 30. Expectation is he will remain in a consulting role.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1629950560139984898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nashville Predators GM David Poile Retiring<\/h2>\n<p>Poile had a short-lived playing career. He played three years at Boston\u2019s Northeastern University from 1967 to 1970. During that time, he had seasons of an astonishing 31 and 37 goals. He still holds a school record for most career hat tricks with 11. Next, his front office career began in 1972, when the Atlanta Flames hired him as an Administrative Assistant. Moreover, his first chance as General Manager in the NHL came with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a> in 1982. Also noteworthy, his father, \u201cBud\u201d Poile was in the game a long time as well. He won the 1947 Stanley Cup with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> as a player. Furthermore, in 1967 became the first GM of the expansion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers.<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 185px;\" width=\"571\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>TEAM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>Years<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>L<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>T<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>RT<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>Capitals<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">1982-1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">594<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">454<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">132<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>Predators<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">1998-2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">926<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">708<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">60<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Along with Poile\u2019s longevity, his ability to grow the game for a franchise in the state of Tennessee will go down as his legacy. As mentioned, even though he never lead a team to the Stanley Cup finals, he still had a major influence. The year he left Washington, and George McPhee took over, the Capitals did reach the finals. However, they did find themselves on the losing end to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/redwings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>.\u00a0In addition, he does have some international hockey claim. He was the GM of the 2014 Winter Olympic Team USA.<\/p>\n<h3>What Poile Has Accomplished and What this will mean for the Nashville Predators<\/h3>\n<p>For his time in Nashville, he has been the only General Manager the franchise has known. Back in 1997, the ownership group, led by Craig Leipold hired Poile to be the club\u2019s General Manager. His accomplishments over his career are nothing sort of amazing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/poile-sets-wins-record-for-gm\/c-296520710\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In March of 2018, he recorded his 1320th career win as GM<\/a>, surpassing Glen Sather, the longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> GM, as most in NHL history. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/david-poile-relied-on-much-to-reach-3000-games-as-nhl-general-manager\/c-336592110\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he became the first GM to reach 3000 career games<\/a>, eclipsing the mark earlier this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/predators-president-gm-david-poile-to-retire-be-replaced-by-barry-trotz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As the organization looks ahead to the future<\/a>, they already appear to be looking at Barry Trotz as his successor. One thing is for sure, there have been few before him and will be few after him, to have sustained success and influence on hockey or any sport, quite like David Poile as he retires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports The Nashville Predators announced today that the only General Manager in the club\u2019s history is retiring from his post. After 39 seasons as an NHL General Manager, and a remarkable 24 of them with Nashville, David Poile is calling it a career. 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