Prior to the deadline, Poile had already dealt for veteran forwards Cody McLeod and Vernon Fiddler, and combined with the addition of players like Matt Irwin, Yannick Weber and Juuse Saros, the general manager likes the look of his roster with less than six weeks remaining in the regular season.
"I didn't think we needed to do too much based on the depth that we had and the way everybody was playing," Poile said. "I think less disruption is probably better at this time, and I think Parenteau being a veteran player should probably assimilate to our team pretty easily."
The recent play of the team certainly helped the comfort level. Nashville has points in six consecutive games, and with players like Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen, Viktor Arvidsson, Roman Josi and P.K. Subban - just to name a few - elevating their games as of late, Poile has reason to believe the best is yet to come.
"The feeling is good, we're finding different ways to win games and one of the things that's really jumping out at us is our offense has been the best it's been in years," Poile said. "We have some good things going on all three of our top lines, and we're producing, so we're playing very exciting hockey." Then our defense, which we felt was going to be really good at the beginning of the season, is finally healthy and everybody is probably getting into top form, and I really think that's making a huge difference in our team… I think we're going in the right direction."
