After the season ended, it was announced that Head Coach Barry Trotz's contract would not be extended and a search for a new head coach would begin immediately. Trotz had been offered a different role in the organization, which he declined. Trotz had been the only coach in franchise history.[2]
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Predators. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
Transactions
The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 (203rd overall) and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Nashville in exchange for this pick.[40] Nashville previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 3, 2011 that sent Cody Franson and Matthew Lombardi to Toronto in exchange for Brett Lebda, Robert Slaney and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[41] The condition – Lombardi plays in 60 or more regular season games over the course of the 2011–12 and 2012–13 NHL seasons[41] – was converted on April 3, 2012.[42]
e The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of an April 3, 2013 trade that sent Scott Hannan to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.[43]
f The St. Louis Blues' seventh-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Toronto's fourth-round pick in 2013 (112th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[40]