Nashville Predators (NSH)
Est. 1998
Current Cap Hit: $89,120,627
            
                Projected Cap Hit:
                
                    $86,571,987.96
                
            
            
                Projected Cap Space:
                
                    $8,928,012.040000007
                
            
            Contracts: 44
            Roster: 23
            Injuries: 2
            Retained Contracts: 2
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Draft Picks
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 9 | Filip Forsberg | NMC | LW | 31 | UFA | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | ||
| 91 | Steven Stamkos | NMC | C | 35 | UFA | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | ||||
| 81 | Jonathan Marchessault | NMC | C | 34 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | |||
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | C | 34 | UFA | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | ||||||
| 58 | Michael Bunting | LW | 30 | UFA | $4,500,000 | |||||||
| 56 | Erik Haula | M-NTC | LW | 34 | UFA | $3,150,000 | ||||||
| 77 | Luke Evangelista | RW | 23 | RFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||
| 36 | Cole Smith | LW | 30 | UFA | $1,000,000 | |||||||
| 71 | 
                    
                        Matthew Wood
                    
                    
                    
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                RW | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | $950,000 | ||||||
| 40 | 
                    
                        Fedor Svechkov
                    
                    
                    
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                C | 22 | RFA | $925,000 | |||||||
| 47 | Michael McCarron | RW | 30 | UFA | $900,000 | |||||||
| 89 | Ozzy Wiesblatt | C | 23 | RFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
| 43 | Tyson Jost | C | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 59 | 
                    
                        Roman Josi
                    
                    
                    
                    
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                NMC | D | 35 | UFA | $9,059,000 | $9,059,000 | $9,059,000 | ||||
| 76 | Brady Skjei | NMC, M-NTC | D | 31 | UFA | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | |
| 41 | Nicolas Hague | D | 26 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | ||||
| 48 | Nick Perbix | D | 27 | UFA | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | ||||||
| 20 | Justin Barron | D | 23 | RFA | $1,150,000 | |||||||
| 24 | Spencer Stastney | D | 25 | RFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| 37 | Nick Blankenburg | D | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 83 | 
                    
                        Adam Wilsby
                    
                    
                    
                    
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                D | 25 | RFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 74 | Juuse Saros | NMC | G | 30 | UFA | $7,740,000 | $7,740,000 | $7,740,000 | $7,740,000 | $7,740,000 | $7,740,000 | + | 
| 29 | Justus Annunen | G | 25 | RFA | $837,500 | 
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Buyouts | Position | Age | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |||
| Kyle Turris | C | 36 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | ||||||
| Matt Duchene | C | 34 | $6,555,556 | $1,555,556 | $1,555,556 | $1,555,556 | |||||
| Retained | Position | Age | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |||
| Colton Sissons (Ret: 50.0%) | C | 32 | $1,428,571 | ||||||||
| Mattias Ekholm (Ret: 4.0%) | D | 35 | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | ||
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                Ryder Rolston
                
                
                
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            RW | 24 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($895,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Joakim Kemell
                
                
                
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            RW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                Reid Schaefer
                
                
                
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            LW | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                David Edström
                
                
                
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            C | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                Zachary L'Heureux
                
                
                
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            LW | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($863,333)  | 
                
            
                
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                Joey Willis
                
                
                
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            C | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($860,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($860,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($860,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Cole O'Hara
                
                
                
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            RW | 23 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($860,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($860,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Austin Roest
                
                
                
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            C,RW | 21 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($845,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($845,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Hiroki Gojsic
                
                
                
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            R | 19 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($835,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($835,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($835,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Kalan Lind
                
                
                
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            LW | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($806,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($806,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($806,666)  | 
                
            
                
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| Navrin Mutter | LW | 24 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Jake Lucchini | C | 30 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Brady Martin
                
                
                
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            C | 18 | RFA | In Juniors | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
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                     ($975,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
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                Ryan Ufko
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($925,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
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                     ($925,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Tanner Molendyk
                
                
                
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            D | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($886,666)  | 
                
            
                
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                Andrew Gibson
                
                
                
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            D | 20 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
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                     ($865,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Jack Matier
                
                
                
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            D | 22 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($801,666)  | 
                
            
                
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| Kevin Gravel | D | 33 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Jordan Oesterle | D | 33 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Andreas Englund | D | 29 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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                Magnus Chrona
                
                
                
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            G | 25 | RFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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| Matt Murray | G | 27 | UFA | 
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
                
                    $0
                    
                     ($775,000)  | 
                
            
                
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Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Dylan MacKinnon | 20 | D | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 83 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Juha Jatkola | 23 | G | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 121 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Jakub Milota | 19 | G | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 99 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Kasper Kulonummi | 21 | D | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 84 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Miguel Marques | 19 | R | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 87 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Adam Ingram | 22 | C | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 82 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Ben Strinden | 23 | C | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 210 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Sutter Muzzatti | 22 | C | 2026-08-15 | 2023 | 143 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Alex Huang | 18 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 122 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Cameron Reid | 18 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 21 OA (round 1) | 
                    
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| Felix Nilsson | 20 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 43 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| Aiden Fink | 20 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 218 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Erik Påhlsson | 21 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 213 OA (round 7) | 
                    
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| Viggo Gustafsson | 19 | D | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 77 OA (round 3) | 
                    
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| Viktor Nörringer | 19 | L | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 127 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Teddy Stiga | 19 | C | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 55 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Daniel Nieminen | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 163 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Jack Ivankovic | 18 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 58 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| Jacob Rombach | 18 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 35 OA (round 2) | 
                    
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| Ryker Lee | 18 | F | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 26 OA (round 1) | 
                    
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Egor Surin | 19 | C | Indefinite | 2024 | 22 OA (round 1) | 
                    
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| Konstantin Volkov | 28 | G | Indefinite | 2016 | 168 OA (round 6) | 
                    
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| Semyon Chystyakov | 24 | D | Indefinite | 2019 | 117 OA (round 4) | 
                    
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| Vladislav Yeryomenko | 26 | D | Indefinite | 2018 | 151 OA (round 5) | 
                    
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