The Nashville Predators still need to extend Juuse Saros and would love some top-nine help
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz plans on speaking with Kevin Epp, the agent for Juuse Saros, this week in Buffalo. Trotz desires to sign Saros to a contract extension after July 1st.
The Predators can be trying to upgrade their blue line and can be among the many teams taking a look at Brett Pesce.
Trotz also desires to upgrade their top nine.
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“We relied heavily on one line last yr, the Ryan O’Reilly line. All of them had profession years on that line. But I’m in search of more scoring. I’m taking a look at the trade market. I’m taking a look at free agency. And a few options internally.”
Don’t think the Preds can be in on someone like Jake Guentzel but possibly among the second-tier forwards.
There are some UFAs that may interest the Pittsburgh Penguins but they’d might have to maneuver out some salary
Josh Yohe of The Athletic: (mailbag) can be surprised if Jake Guentzel signed back with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He’d should be okay with taking a reduction if he were to sign back. Don’t think he was too blissful with how he left and so they didn’t make a legit try and re-sign him. The Pens have limited cap space and holes of their roster. He could possibly be in search of six years at $9 million per.
The Penguins can be lively this offseason trying to get younger and faster. The blue line and in net may look very similar. Changes could possibly be coming to their bottom six.
Consider GM Kyle Dubas will discover a method to trade Reilly Smith and his contract. If the Penguins were to attempt to trade Tristan Jarry, there probably can be someone interested. In the event that they do move him, they’d need to search out one other goalie (possibly two).
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Undecided they might give you the chance to unload Ryan Graves and his $15 million remaining. If they might, fitting in Guentzel would make more sense.
Pending UFAs that may interest the Penguins include Jake DeBrusk, Max Domi, and Anthony Duclair.
