Top Contracts for Nashville Predators to Focus On For Offseason Ahead
By Chad Minton
Juuse Saros
It’s not a matter of if the Predators will re-sign Saros, it’s just a matter of what the contract will look like. He absolutely proved to management that he’s the franchise goaltender for the foreseeable future.
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Simply put, the Predators don’t even sniff the postseason without Saros’ stellar play in net over the last two months of the season. Even furthermore, the Predators probably get swept convincingly in the first round of the playoffs without Saros.
Saros is becoming a restricted free agent. The Predators will work out a contract that should be a good one for Saros considering how much he carried the team. Poile knows that Saros is the foundation of this team, just like Rinne was for so many years.
The only big question mark for Saros is postseason success, and even though the Predators got eliminated in six games, he delivered against the high pressure and wasn’t the reason they got ousted by the Hurricanes.
I’m expecting around a three or four-year deal worth at least $5M per year, and that might be on the conservative side. Poile might go all in and sign him for a much longer term contract. It will be interesting to see what it ends up looking like.