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Head Coach John Hynes
Assistant Coach Todd Richards
Assistant Coach Dan Lambert
Assistant Coach Dan Hinote
Playoff Odds 100%
Projected Cap Hit $79,020,475
Projected Cap Space $3,479,525
Current Cap Space $35,761,786
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 24/23
Contracts 46/50
Transactions
Kevin Lankinen | Lankinen kicked out 31 of 34 shots in a 3-2 loss to Toronto on Sunday. Mar 26
Tyson Barrie | Barrie collected a goal and an assist in Nashville's 3-2 loss to Toronto on Sunday. Mar 26
Cody Glass | Glass found the back of the net in a 3-2 loss to Toronto on Sunday. Mar 26
Kevin Lankinen | Lankinen will defend the home crease Sunday against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mar 26
Tyson Barrie | Barrie notched a goal and an assist in Saturday's 7-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken, giving him five points in his last five games. Mar 26

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Injury Report
Roman Josi
Expected Return Tue Mar 28, 2023
Roman Josi - DAY-TO-DAY - Upper Body
Sun Mar 26, 2023
Roman Josi | Josi (upper body) will not play Sunday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.

Sat Mar 25, 2023
Roman Josi | Josi (upper body) won't play Saturday versus the Seattle Kraken, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Thu Mar 23, 2023
Roman Josi | Josi (upper body) remains day-to-day and won't be available versus Seattle on Thursday, John Glennon of NHL.com reports.
Tue Mar 21, 2023
Roman Josi | Josi (upper body) remains day-to-day and won't play Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports.
Sun Mar 19, 2023
Roman Josi | Josi (undisclosed) will be sidelined Sunday when the Nashville Predators take on the New York Rangers, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
Sat Mar 18, 2023
Roman Josi | Josi (undisclosed) left Saturday's game against the Winnipeg Jets after the first period and has not returned, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
Juuso Parssinen
Expected Return Tue Mar 28, 2023
Juuso Parssinen - DAY-TO-DAY - Upper Body
Thu Mar 23, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) is progressing slowly and is still not ready to return, John Glennon of NHL.com reports.

Tue Mar 14, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) is still day-to-day and won't play Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Mon Mar 6, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) will not play Monday against the Vancouver Canucks, per the NHL's media site.
Sat Mar 4, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) will miss Saturday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks, per Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site.
Thu Mar 2, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) isn't expected to play Thursday versus Florida, according to Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site.
Tue Feb 28, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) will miss Tuesday's game versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Sun Feb 26, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) will not play Sunday against the Arizona Coyotes, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Thu Feb 23, 2023
Juuso Parssinen | Parssinen (upper body) didn't finish Thursday's game versus the San Jose Sharks after an awkward collision near the boards, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Filip Forsberg
Expected Return Tue Mar 28, 2023
Filip Forsberg - IR - Upper Body
Tue Feb 28, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) skated in a non-contact jersey Tuesday, but his return is believed to be "imminent," Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.

Sun Feb 26, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) will not dress Sunday against the Arizona Coyotes, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Thu Feb 23, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) won't play Thursday versus the San Jose Sharks, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Tue Feb 21, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) has resumed skating, but he won't play Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks, Ann Kimmel of SI.com reports.
Sun Feb 19, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) will miss a fourth straight game Sunday against the Minnesota Wild, per Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site.
Sat Feb 18, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) won't play Saturday against the Florida Panthers, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Thu Feb 16, 2023
Filip Forsberg | Forsberg (upper body) is "making progress" according to coach john Hynes but will not play Thursday versus Boston, Emma Lingan of the Nashville Predators' official site reports.
Mark Borowiecki
Expected Return Tue Mar 28, 2023
Mark Borowiecki - IR - Upper Body
Matt Duchene
Expected Return Mon Apr 3, 2023
Matt Duchene - OUT - Hand
Sun Mar 26, 2023
Matt Duchene | Duchene (hand) is considered week-to-week after suffering an injury Sunday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, John Glennon of NHL.com reports.

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(14) Forwards $37,057,102 44.9% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Duchene, Matt C 32
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
M-NTC
$8,000,000
M-NTC
$8,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Johansen, Ryan C 30
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
$0
UFA
Forsberg, Filip
IR
LW 28
$8,500,000
NMC
$8,500,000
NMC
$8,500,000
NMC
$8,500,000
NMC
$8,500,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Jankowski, Mark C 28
$750,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
Sissons, Colton C 29
$2,857,143
$2,857,143
$2,857,143
$2,857,143
$0
UFA

(2026)
Trenin, Yakov C 26
$1,700,000
$1,700,000
$0
UFA
Novak, Thomas C 25
$750,000
$800,000
$0
UFA
Asplund, Rasmus C 25
$825,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Glass, Cody C 23
$874,125
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Sherwood, Kiefer RW 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Tomasino, Philip C 21
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
Afanasyev, Egor LW 22
$789,167
$789,167
$0
RFA
Parssinen, Juuso LW 22
$850,833
$850,833
$0
RFA
Smith, Cole LW 27
$750,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
Evangelista, Luke RW 21
$797,500
$797,500
$797,500
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$37,057,102
$34,707,977
$28,154,643
$19,357,143
$8,500,000
(8) Defence $27,954,833 33.9% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Barrie, Tyson D 31
$4,500,000
$4,500,000
$0
UFA
McDonagh, Ryan D 33
$6,750,000
NTC
$6,750,000
NTC
$6,750,000
NTC
$6,750,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Josi, Roman D 32
$9,059,000
NMC
$9,059,000
NMC
$9,059,000
NMC
$9,059,000
NMC
$9,059,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Borowiecki, Mark
IR
D 33
$900,000
$0
UFA
Lauzon, Jeremy D 25
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Carrier, Alexandre D 26
$733,333
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Fabbro, Dante D 24
$2,400,000
$2,500,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Foote, Callan D 24
$850,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Gross, Jordan D 27
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$27,954,833
$25,571,500
$17,809,000
$17,809,000
$9,059,000
(2) Goalies $6,500,000 7.9% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Saros, Juuse G 27
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$0
UFA
Lankinen, Kevin G 27
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$6,500,000
$7,000,000
$5,000,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(2) Buyout & Retained Salary $2,250,000 2.7% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Ekholm, Mattias
Retained Salary
D 32
$250,000
$250,000
$250,000
$250,000
Turris, Kyle
Buyout
C 33
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
TOTALS
$2,250,000
$2,250,000
$2,250,000
$2,250,000
$2,000,000
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2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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24 20 9 6
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.

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46 34 17 10
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.

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$82,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000
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.

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$79,020,475 $69,529,477 $53,213,643 $39,416,143
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$3,479,525 $13,970,523 $30,286,357 $44,083,857
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$35,761,786 $13,970,523 $30,286,357 $44,083,857
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.

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$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.

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$73,761,935 $69,529,477 $53,213,643 $39,416,143
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.

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$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.

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$510,000 $410,000 $82,500 $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.

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2 2 2 2
(24) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Gravel, Kevin D 31
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
McCarron, Michael RW 28
$750,000
$0
UFA
Sanford, Zach LW 28
$850,000
$0
UFA
McKeown, Roland D 27
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Angello, Anthony RW 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Haman Aktell, Hardy D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Nurmi, Markus LW 24
$842,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Volkov, Konstantin G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Smith, Adam D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Ratcliffe, Isaac LW 24
$813,750
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Vomacka, Tomas G 23
$810,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Koltygin, Pavel C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Paquette, Jacob D 23
$0
$0
UFA
Kelleher, Tyler C 28
$0
Kondelik, Jachym C 23
$855,000
$855,000
$0
RFA
Stastney, Spencer D 23
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Yeryomenko, Vladislav D 23
$0
$0
UFA
Leonard, John LW 24
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Kloucek, Milan G 24
$0
$0
UFA
Overhardt, Alex C 26
$0
$0
UFA
Huntington, Jimmy C 24
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Del Gaizo, Marc D 23
$850,833
$850,833
$0
RFA
Chystyakov, Semyon D 21
$0
$0
UFA
Haider, Ethan G 21
$0
$0
UFA
Walther, Isak LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Atwal, Arvin D 27
$0
$0
UFA
Garlent, Hunter C 28
$0
$0
UFA
Roy, Hugo C 25
$0
$0
UFA
Savage, Scott D 27
$0
$0
UFA
Rueschhoff, Austin RW 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Cooley, Devin G 25
$787,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Askarov, Yaroslav G 20
$925,000
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Prokop, Luke D 20
$793,333
$793,333
$793,333
$0
RFA
Wilsby, Adam D 22
$842,500
$842,500
$0
RFA
Reid, Luke D 21
$0
$0
UFA
Fontaine, Gunnarwolfe C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Mclane, Chase C 22
$0
$0
UFA
L'Heureux, Zachary LW 19
$894,167
$863,334
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA

(2026)
Svechkov, Fyodor C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Olsson, Anton D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Ufko, Ryan D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Matier, Jack D 19
$820,000
$801,667
$801,667
$801,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
Knak, Simon RW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Mutter, Navrin LW 22
$776,667
$776,667
$776,667
$0
RFA
Schaefer, Reid LW 19
$950,000
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kemell, Joakim RW 18
$950,000
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Ingram, Adam C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Kulonummi, Kasper D 19
$0
$0
UFA
O'Hara, Cole RW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Sward, Graham D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Strinden, Benjamin C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Burke, Nolan C 20
$861,667
$861,667
$861,667
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$19,822,917
$11,856,667
$6,858,334
$3,501,667