Nashville Predators
The whole organization. One connected view.
Western Conference · Central DivisionOpen GM workspace2026–27
Current roster2413 F · 9 D · 2 GKnown commitmentsUS$87.8M20 / 35 contracts pricedFarm system#7Strong · board consensusNext game@ PITOct 24
Line combinations
Provider projection · 2026-10-12
#91
#90
#81
#9
#71
#21
#49
#51
#14
#79
#18
#84
#41
#59
#76
#48
#3
#2Goaltending
Juuse Saros
#74 · NSH · 31 years- SV%
- GAA
- Games
2025–26 · NHL regular season
Shots on goal faced
1,519 saves181 goals allowed
Source & scope
NHL stats API goalie summary (aggregated across clubs), data/goalie-stats-2025-26.json · 2026-09-21T18:03:37.296Z. Current roster; statistics from the stated season, across clubs. This selection does not identify tonight’s starter. Condensed footage does not establish full video coverage.
Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2720 priced deals · 15 AAV unknown
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share84.4%
Ceiling less known AAVUS$16.2M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
1 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 47,975,000 USD
- D
- 30,834,000 USD
- G
- 8,990,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Prospect pathways
Prospects
Wyatt CullenLW · U.S. National U18 TeamNHLETA —
Brady MartinC · Soo GreyhoundsNHLETA —
Tanner MolendykD · Milwaukee AdmiralsNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
Wyatt Cullen: 40 GP · 2025–26 · 45 points
Brady Martin: 24 GP · 2025–26 · 24 points
Tanner Molendyk: 60 GP · 2025–26 · 23 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Cameron Reid
Aiden Fink
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All moves- William Trudeauplaced on injured reserve
Reported event
Results, standings & source context
2026–27 regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| at PIT | Regular season | ||
| vs COL | Regular season | ||
| vs NYI | Regular season | ||
| vs WSH | Regular season | ||
| vs TBL | Regular season |
White noise · as of 2026-10-18 · social 2026-10-18
Nashville Predators are talked about more than most (72nd percentile); attention is up on the usual
How much the club is being talked about: the league's stories tagged to the club and to its players, daily pageviews of the club's article against its 90-day baseline, and posts naming the club on the connected networks (Bluesky). Attention, measured; not a claim about what it does to the room.
Social: .
Carrying the noise: Matt Murray (), Steven Stamkos (), Ryan O'Reilly ().
Latest from the league: Forsberg’s goal, assist help Predators defeat Blues to stop skid (2026-10-18) · Forsberg’s goal, assist help Predators defeat Blues to stop skid (2026-10-18) · Preds Score Five to Conclude Homestand With Win Over Blues (2026-10-18)
Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
Nashville Predators contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Filip ForsbergCertifiedLNMC | |||
| Steven StamkosCertifiedCNMC | |||
| Mavrik BourqueCertifiedC | |||
| Jonathan MarchessaultCertifiedCNMC | |||
| Jack DruryCertifiedCNTC | |||
| Ryan O'ReillyReportedC | |||
| Ross ColtonReportedC | |||
| Alexander KerfootCertifiedC | |||
| Nils HoglanderCertifiedL | |||
| Adam EdstromReportedC | |||
| Vitali PinchukCertifiedC | |||
| Matthew WoodCertifiedR | |||
| Chase BradleyCertifiedL | |||
| Aiden FinkCertifiedR | |||
| Jake LucchiniCertifiedC | |||
| Brady MartinCertifiedC | |||
| Felix NilssonCertifiedC | |||
| Cole O'HaraCertifiedR | |||
| Joey WillisCertifiedC | |||
| Defence · | |||
| Roman JosiCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Brady SkjeiCertifiedDM-NTC | |||
| Nicolas HagueCertifiedD · NTC (modified, 6-team list, 2027-2029) | |||
| Ilya LyubushkinCertifiedD | |||
| Nick PerbixCertifiedD | |||
| Justin BarronCertifiedD | |||
| Ryan UfkoReportedD | |||
| Adam WilsbyCertifiedD | |||
| Jack AhcanCertifiedD | |||
| Viggo GustafssonCertifiedD | |||
| Daniel NieminenCertifiedD | |||
| Hunter SkinnerCertifiedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Juuse SarosCertifiedGNMC | |||
| Justus AnnunenCertifiedG | |||
| Matt MurrayCertifiedG | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced NSH skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
Nashville Predators cap planner
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Line 1
Forsberg · O'Reilly · Bourque
Line 2
Stamkos · Marchessault
Line 3
Drury · Colton · Wiesblatt
Line 4
Hoglander · Kerfoot · Edstrom
Pair 1
Skjei · Josi · Hague
Pair 2
Perbix · Wilsby
Pair 3
Lyubushkin · Barron
Projected lineup · as of 2026-10-12
Nashville Predators as the feed projects it
Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts depth chart (licensed feed (30-day trial)): the club's intended lines, pairs, power-play units and goalie order, under Andrew Brunette. Measured lines above come from last season's shift charts; this is what the club says it means to do. "Expected starter" is first on the chart, not a confirmed start.
Line 1 · Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Jonathan Marchessault
Line 2 · Filip Forsberg · Matthew Wood · Nils Hoglander
Line 3 · Reid Schaefer · Vitali Pinchuk · Alexander Kerfoot
Line 4 · Ross Colton · Jack Drury · Adam Edstrom
Pair 1 · Nicolas Hague · Roman Josi
Pair 2 · Brady Skjei · Nick Perbix
Pair 3 · Jayden Struble · Adam Wilsby
Power play 1 · Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Matthew Wood · Filip Forsberg · Roman Josi
Power play 2 · Alexander Kerfoot · Vitali Pinchuk · Nils Hoglander · Brady Skjei · Jonathan Marchessault
Goalies · expected starter Juuse Saros · Matt Murray
Official roster
Who is in the organization now
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Mavrik Bourque | 22 | C | ||
| Ross Colton | 79 | C | ||
| Jack Drury | 18 | C | ||
| Adam Edstrom | 84 | C | ||
| Filip Forsberg | 9 | L | ||
| Nils Hoglander | 21 | L | ||
| Alexander Kerfoot | 14 | C | ||
| Jonathan Marchessault | 81 | C | ||
| Ryan O'Reilly | 90 | C | ||
| Vitali Pinchuk | 51 | C | ||
| Reid Schaefer | 49 | L | ||
| Steven Stamkos | 91 | C | ||
| Matthew Wood | 71 | R | ||
| Defense · | ||||
| Jack Ahcan | 47 | D | ||
| Nicolas Hague | 41 | D | ||
| Roman Josi | 59 | D | ||
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 46 | D | ||
| Nick Perbix | 48 | D | ||
| Brady Skjei | 76 | D | ||
| Jayden Struble | 3 | D | ||
| William Trudeau | 85 | D | ||
| Adam Wilsby | 2 | D | ||
| Goalies · | ||||
| Justus Annunen | 29 | G | ||
| Juuse Saros | 74 | G | ||
2025–26 production
Last season’s scoring leaders
Club totals with NSH.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available Filip ForsbergL | |||||
| #2Range not available Ryan O'ReillyC | |||||
| #3Range not available Steven StamkosC | |||||
| #4Range not available Luke EvangelistaR | |||||
| #5Range not available Roman JosiD | |||||
| #6Range not available Erik HaulaL | |||||
| #7Range not available Jonathan MarchessaultR | |||||
| #8Range not available Michael BuntingL | |||||
| #9Range not available Matthew WoodR | |||||
| #10Range not available Brady SkjeiD |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
From the video · model judgement
How they gained the zone in condensed games
Read from the league's free condensed games: entries carried in against dumped in, entries denied at the line for and against, and the rest of what the model could see. A condensed game is a sample of the game, so these are observations from the games read, not season counts.
Games read: TBL at NSH (2026010029), NSH at CAR (2026010044).
Coaching style · 2025-26
leans on his top six; rides his top four defence; hard line-matcher at home
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like Los Angeles Kings, Florida Panthers, Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
Nashville Predators: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
Nashville Predators: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Holding
Standing pat: little trade activity.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: unknown.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Dylan Strome (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Aliaksei Protas (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Kevin Fiala (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: Filip Forsberg ( through 2029–30: ); Juuse Saros ( through 2032–33: ); Brady Skjei ( through 2030–31: ); Mavrik Bourque ( through 2031–32: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Centre
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
Left wing
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
Right wing
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
Right-shot defence
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
Adam Wilsby
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Justin Barron
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Adam Edstrom
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Dylan Strome (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Aliaksei Protas (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Kevin Fiala (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Igor Chernyshov (SJS)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Justin Robidas (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Stephen Halliday (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Logan Stankoven (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Noah Ostlund (BUF)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Nick Robertson (PIT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Justin Hryckowian (DAL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tony DeAngelo (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- Own 2027 picks held
Gabe Perreault (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
ANA → DET → NSH → CBJ
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → NSH: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at NSH: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NSH → CBJ: Nick Perbix (rental, )
Gate at CBJ: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CBJ → ANA: Mathieu Olivier (salary, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → NSH → SJS
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → NSH: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at NSH: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NSH → SJS: Nick Perbix (rental, )
Gate at SJS: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - SJS → ANA: Adam Gaudette (sell-high, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → NSH → PHI
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → NSH: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at NSH: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NSH → PHI: Nick Perbix (rental, )
Gate at PHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - PHI → ANA: Tyson Foerster (sell-high, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → NSH → CBJ
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → NSH: Justin Faulk (sell-high, )
Gate at NSH: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NSH → CBJ: Nick Perbix (rental, )
Gate at CBJ: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CBJ → ANA: Mathieu Olivier (salary, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Igor Chernyshov (SJS)
- Contract
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Logan Stankoven (CAR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Noah Ostlund (BUF)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Nick Robertson (PIT)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Sell-high candidates
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Steven Stamkos
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Filip Forsberg
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Matthew Wood
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
Reid Schaefer
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
Viktor Norringer
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Zachary L'Heureux
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
Sutter Muzzatti
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Pavel Zacha (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
Casey Mittelstadt (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Jason Robertson (DAL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
Alex DeBrincat (DET)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Kirill Marchenko (CBJ)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Artem Zub (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
Alexandre Carrier (MTL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the Nashville Predators assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
Chris MacFarland: 0.3 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
Nashville Predators: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
| Date | Rental | GM | Picks sent | Price | Win value | Vs mean | Not explained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-08 | Jason Zucker | Barry Trotz | 2024 round 6 | −8 | −8 |
| GM | Rentals (league-wide) | Mean price | Not explained: mean | 25th to 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Trotz | 1 | Not on file (fewer than 5 rentals (1)) | ||
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
There is usable depth here, but the organization needs development wins rather than assuming draft pedigree will carry it.
- 01Map every realistic graduation before buying a veteran blocker.
- 02Price surplus prospects by role probability, not name recognition.
- 03Protect the premium ceiling; trade from repeated position depth.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
Nashville Predators picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-17
Nashville Predators roster moves
Waivers, claims, injured-reserve placements, assignments to the minors and signings in the last 45 days, as the club announced them (Sportradar NHL API v7, league transfers feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)). Facts, not inferences: no cause is read into an injured-reserve placement, and what each move does to the cap lives on the cap table.
Justus Annunen
Matt Murray
Jayden Struble
William Trudeau
Justus Annunen
Matt Murray
Matt Murray
Ryan Ufko
Tyson Jost
Ilya Lyubushkin
Ilya Lyubushkin
Nick Perbix
Justin Barron
Ethan Haider
Hunter Skinner
Brady Martin
Justin Barron
William Trudeau
Tanner Molendyk
Cole O'Hara
Felix Nilsson
Matt Murray
Isak Posch
Daniel Nieminen
Ben Strinden
Joakim Kemell
Chase Bradley
Ozzy Wiesblatt
Andrew Gibson
Joey Willis
Austin Roest
Kyle Marino
Kalan Lind
Hiroki Gojsic
Aiden Fink
Jacob Lucchini
Ben Hrebik
Charlie Puglisi
Michel Myloserdnyy
Philip Hemmyr
Justin Graf
Jakub Floris
Benjamin Cossette Ayotte
Dmitri Borichev
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Nashville Predators injury listings
What the club has published (Sportradar NHL API v7, league injuries feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)): status, body area, listed-since and expected-return dates. CapOrCup infers no cause from a listing and keeps its own availability measure, games not dressed, separate.
Mavrik Bourque (C):
William Trudeau (D):
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Every player any club placed on waivers in the last three league days, with what the feed shows next: claimed, cleared to the minors, or nothing yet. A claim costs no assets, only a roster spot and the whole contract, and claiming priority follows the standings.
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Aatu Raty
Alex Barre-Boulet
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits Nashville Predators is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how Nashville Predators plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2023-10-10 (249 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
Nashville Predators
trades
New Jersey Devils receive
GM: Sunny Mehta
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- 1st-round pick
- 2028 2nd-round pick · now owned by NSH
Detroit Red Wings receive
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Future considerations
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Dallas Stars receive
GM: Jim Nill
- 2027 2nd-round pick · now owned by DAL
- 2028 3rd-round pick · now owned by VGK
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Ryan Johnson
- 2029 3rd-round pick · now owned by COL
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- 2028 5th-round pick · now owned by NSH
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Massimo Rizzo
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- 2026 1st-round pick ()
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
- 2026 2nd-round pick
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Jack Drury
- Chase Bradley
- 2029 3rd-round pick · now back with COL
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
- Magnus Chrona
- 2026 3rd-round pick
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by COL
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- Dalton Bancroft
- Massimo Rizzo
Dallas Stars receive
GM: Jim Nill
- Michael Bunting
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Nick Blankenburg
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2027 5th-round pick · now owned by NSH
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- Christoffer Sedoff
- 2028 3rd-round pick · now owned by NSH
Minnesota Wild receive
GM: Bill Guerin
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2028 2nd-round pick · now owned by NSH
Edmonton Oilers receive
GM: Stan Bowman
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by NSH
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
Dallas Stars receive
GM: Jim Nill
- 2027 2nd-round pick · now owned by DAL
- 2028 3rd-round pick · now owned by VGK
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
- Colton Sissons
- Jeremy Lauzon
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by COL
Salary retained:
Utah Mammoth receive
GM: Bill Armstrong
- 2025 6th-round pick · No. 182
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2026 6th-round pick
Edmonton Oilers receive
GM: Stan Bowman
- 2025 5th-round pick · No. 131
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2026 5th-round pick
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2nd-round pick · No. 58
- 4th-round pick · No. 122
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
- 2025 2nd-round pick · No. 55
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-18
Nashville Predators: difficulty rank #25Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.