Nashville Predators

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Head Coach John Hynes

Associate Coach Kevin McCarthy
Assistant Coach Dan Muse
Assistant Coach Dan Lambert
Goaltending Coach Ben Vanderklok

Cap Hit	$79,065,553
Cap Space	$2,434,447
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	23/23
Contracts	47/50

Cap Breakdown

Draft Picks

Transactions

recalled G Connor Ingram from Milwaukee (AHL).	Feb 25
TRADE ANALYSIS The Anaheim Ducks acquired Matt Irwin and 2022 sixth round pick from the Nashville Predators for Korbinian Holzer (0) Leave a Comment	Feb 24
signed RW Rocco Grimaldi to a two-year, $4 million contract extension.	Feb 24
TRADE ANALYSIS The Nashville Predators acquired Ben Harpur from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Miikka Salomaki (0) Leave a Comment	Feb 22
activated D Ryan Ellis from injured reserve.	Feb 21

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Tuesday, Feb 25 | 5:00pm

The Nashville Predators have lost more games than they have won but find themselves well within striking distance of a playoff spot as they host the depleted Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. Nashville snapped a two-game slide and improved to 4-1-1 in its last six games with a 4-3 shootout victory over Columbus on Saturday and is two points behind wild-card holders Arizona and Calgary with four games in hand on the Coyotes and two on the Flames. Full Preview

Thursday, Feb 27 | 5:00pm

Saturday, Feb 29 | 5:00pm

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Tuesday, Feb 25

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2-3
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Saturday, Feb 22

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3-4 (W)

Friday, Feb 21

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1-2 (OTL)

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Line Combinations Updated: Feb 25 (10:16am)

Grimaldi $1,000,0001M	Turris $6,000,0006M	Smith $4,250,0004.3M	Josi $4,000,0004M	Ellis $6,250,0006.3M
Line 1 $11,250,000			Pairing 1 $10,250,000
Forsberg $6,000,0006M	Johansen $8,000,0008M	Granlund $5,750,0005.8M	Tinordi $700,0000.7M	Ekholm $3,750,0003.8M
Line 2 $19,750,000			Pairing 2 $4,450,000
Jarnkrok $2,000,0002M	Duchene $8,000,0008M	Arvidsson $4,250,0004.3M	Hamhuis $1,250,0001.3M	Fabbro $925,0000.9M
Line 3 $14,250,000			Pairing 3 $2,175,000
Blackwell $675,0000.7M	Bonino $4,100,0004.1M	Sissons $2,857,1432.9M	Saros $1,500,0001.5M	Rinne $5,000,0005M
Line 4 $7,632,143			Goalies $6,500,000

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Injury Report

	Korbinian Holzer - Acquired Holzer was recently acquired in a trade by the organization, and it is unclear if he will make his team debut Thursday versus the Flames. questionable - Ques Thurs Updated Feb 25, 2020
	Pekka Rinne - Illness Rinne was absent from the lineup during the last game due to an illness, and it is unknown if the symptoms will go away in time for Thursday's matchup with the Flames. questionable - Ques Thurs Updated Feb 25, 2020
	Nick Bonino - Illness Bonino has sat out the previous two games due to an illness, and it is uncertain if his symptoms will subside in time for Tuesday's contest versus the Senators. questionable - Ques Tues Updated Feb 22, 2020
	Ryan Ellis - Concussion Ellis has been placed on the injured reserve list with a concussion. It is expected he will clear protocol prior to Friday's contest versus the Blackhawks. I-R - Prob Fri Updated Feb 21, 2020

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve

Entry Level Contract
Waiver Exempt
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(13) Forwards $53,982,143 66.2% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Turris, Kyle	C NHL --> 0	30	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$0 UFA (2024)
Duchene, Matt	C NHL --> 0	29	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2026)
Bonino, Nick	C NHL --> 0	31	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$0 UFA
Smith, Craig	RW NHL --> 0	30	$4,250,000	$0 UFA
Johansen, Ryan	C NHL --> 0	27	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$0 UFA (2025)
Granlund, Mikael	LW NHL --> 0	27	$5,750,000	$0 UFA
Watson, Austin	LW NHL --> 0	28	$1,100,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$0 UFA
Jarnkrok, Calle	C NHL --> 0	28	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0 UFA
Grimaldi, Rocco	RW NHL --> 0	27	$1,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0 UFA
Forsberg, Filip	LW NHL --> 0	25	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$0 UFA
Sissons, Colton	C NHL --> 0	26	$2,857,143	$2,857,143	$2,857,143	$2,857,143	$2,857,143	$0 UFA (2026)
Arvidsson, Viktor	RW NHL --> 0	26	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$0 UFA (2024)
Blackwell, Colin	C NHL --> 0	26	$675,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$53,982,143	$44,707,143	$40,607,143	$30,607,143	$29,107,143	$0

(8) Defence $18,400,000 22.6% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Hamhuis, Dan +35	D NHL --> 0	37	$1,250,000	$0 UFA
Weber, Yannick	D NHL --> 0	31	$675,000	$0 UFA
Ellis, Ryan	D NHL --> 0	29	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$0 UFA (2027)
Ekholm, Mattias	D NHL --> 0	29	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$0 UFA
Tinordi, Jarred	D NHL --> 0	28	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Holzer, Korbinian	D NHL --> 0	32	$850,000	$0 UFA
Josi, Roman	D NHL --> 0	29	$4,000,000	$9,059,000 NMC	$9,059,000 NMC	$9,059,000 NMC	$9,059,000 NMC	$0 UFA (2027)
Fabbro, Dante	D NHL --> 0	21	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$18,400,000	$20,684,000	$19,059,000	$15,309,000	$15,309,000	$0

(2) Goalies $6,500,000 8.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Rinne, Pekka +35	G NHL --> 0	37	$5,000,000 M-NTC	$5,000,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Saros, Juuse	G NHL --> 0	24	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$0

(1) Buried $341,667 0.4% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Santini, Steven	D MIN --> 0	24	$341,667	$341,667	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$341,667	$341,667	$0	$0	$0	$0

Cap Summary Projection Share Copy Link Embed Tweet It
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Roster Size Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR. Learn More Or Ask A Question	23	17	12	8
Standard Player Contracts Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	47	29	13	8
Upper Limit The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000
Projected Cap Hit Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$79,065,553	$72,232,810	$59,666,143	$45,916,143
Projected Cap Space Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$2,434,447	$9,267,190	$21,833,857	$35,583,857
Current Cap Space Amount of Cap Space that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$11,320,180	$9,267,190	$21,833,857	$35,583,857
Maximum LTIR Pool The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$79,223,810	$72,232,810	$59,666,143	$45,916,143
Carryover Bonus Overages Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$0	$0	$0
Potential Bonuses Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$850,000	$850,000	$0	$0
Retained Salary Remaining Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(24) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Paterson, Jake	G --> 0	25	$0		$0 UFA
Richard, Anthony	C MIN --> 0	23	$688,333	$0 RFA
Gaudreau, Frederick	C MIN --> 0	26	$666,666	$0 UFA
Grosenick, Troy	G MIN --> 0	30	$700,000	$0 UFA
McCarron, Michael	RW MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Santini, Steven	D MIN --> 0	24	$1,416,667	$1,416,667	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Harpur, Ben	D MIN --> 0	25	$725,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Carr, Daniel	LW MIN --> 0	28	$700,000	$0 UFA
Trenin, Yakov	C MIN --> 0	23	$730,833	$0 RFA
Novak, Thomas	C --> 0	22	$0
Carrier, Alexandre	D MIN --> 0	23	$688,333	$0 RFA
Vejmelka, Karel	G --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Svoboda, Miroslav	G MIN --> 0	24	$767,500	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Ingram, Connor	G MIN --> 0	22	$759,167	$0 RFA
Pitlick, Rem	RW MIN --> 0	22	$925,000	$0 RFA
Allard, Frederic	D MIN --> 0	22	$714,167	$714,167	$0 RFA
Haman Aktell, Hardy	D --> 0	21	$0
Harper, Patrick	C --> 0	21	$0
Volkov, Konstantin	G --> 0	22	$0
Davies, Jeremy	D MIN --> 0	23	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Smith, Adam	D --> 0	23	$0
Tolvanen, Eeli	LW MIN --> 0	20	$894,166	$894,166	$0 RFA
Mismash, Grant	C --> 0	21	$0
Farrance, David	D --> 0	20	$0
Vomacka, Tomas	--> 0	22	$0
Koltygin, Pavel	C --> 0	21	$0
Paquette, Jacob	D --> 0	20	$0
Army, Derek	C --> 0	28	$0
Kelleher, Tyler	C --> 0	25	$0			$0 UFA
Perfetpo, Stephen	C --> 0	28	$0
Kondelik, Jachym	C --> 0	20	$0
Stastney, Spencer	D --> 0	20	$0
Yeryomenko, Vladislav	D --> 0	20	$0
Kloucek, Milan	G --> 0	21	$0
Magwood, Zachary	C MIN --> 0	21	$753,333	$753,333	$0 RFA
Westerholm, Niclas	G MIN --> 0	22	$825,833	$825,833	$0 RFA
Jeannot, Tanner	LW MIN --> 0	22	$713,333	$713,333	$0 RFA
Donovan, Matt	D MIN --> 0	29	$675,000	$0 RFA
Lane, Matthew	C --> 0	25	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Olivier, Mathieu	RW MIN --> 0	23	$730,000	$730,000	$0 RFA
Overhardt, Alex	C --> 0	23	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Fortunato, Brandon	D MIN --> 0	23	$842,500	$842,500	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Craggs, Lukas	LW MIN --> 0	23	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Wilkins, Josh	D MIN --> 0	22	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Tomasino, Philip	C --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Afanasyev, Egor	LW MIN --> 0	19	$817,500	$817,500	$817,500	$0 RFA
Campbell, Alexander	LW --> 0	30	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Del Gaizo, Marc	D --> 0	20	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Chystyakov, Semyon	D --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Haider, Ethan	G --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Walther, Isak	LW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Parssinen, Juuso	LW --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Atwal, Arvin	D --> 0	24	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Garlent, Hunter	C --> 0	25	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Roy, Hugo	C --> 0	22	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Savage, Scott	D --> 0	24	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$17,791,664	$9,065,832	$817,500	$0	$0	$0

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