The query: What do Shea Weber, Dan Hamhuis, Seth Jones, Tomas Vokoun, Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell have in common?
Before any guesses can be offered, Poile answers it himself.
"How would you like to have that team? And I traded away all those guys," he says.
Standing in the Air Canada press box, Poile chuckles. He admits he's always been a determined sort, whether it be overcoming Mother Nature to be on hand to see his Predators play the Toronto Maple Leafs, or trading away assets in hopes of a Stanley Cup.
This time around is no different.
Coming off a six-game loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Final last spring, Poile and his players are hungry to complete unfinished business. To that end, Poile hopes to be active in the coming weeks, looking to find any commodity that will help push the Predators over the top.
He's already proven that he's not trigger-shy.
"Look, I like a lot about our team," Poile said. "If we don't do anything, I'd say we're still in pretty good shape.
"But would I like to do something? Ya, possibly."
Specifically, he'd like to add up front.
"We're carrying eight defensemen and I'm pretty happy with our defense, the top four especially," Poile said. "Maybe another forward if you had to pin me down and say one thing."
Poile admits that won't be easy. He agrees with Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford that asking prices have ballooned due to the number of teams who believe they have a shot at the playoffs.
"When you talk to everybody, everybody has got different things available at different prices," he said. "Certainly we're willing to listen if something makes sense for us.
"There's not that many sellers in this league because of the parity. As a result, you find that, well, I'm pretty confident that if you name four or five players that are available, I could name four or five clubs that are pursuing the same player. And that gets back to your price."
In November, Poile acquired Turris from the Ottawa Senators in a three-way deal that also involved the Colorado Avalanche. Last month, Fisher, the Predators' former captain, was persuaded to come out of retirement to rejoin Nashville.