Sergei Bobrovsky

Prague, Czech Republic It is puck drop tonight in Prague, Czech Republic as the Nashville Predators takes part in opening up the league's first game of the 2022-23 season. Prospects Mark Kastelic, Calen Addison and Daniil Miromanov have made it all this way throughout training camp this off-season and can now finally say they have made the main roster. Unrestricted free agent goalie Thomas Greiss was also acquired during the last bits of training camp to claim the back up role behind starting netminder Juuse Saros. Forward Nikita Kucherov was heard to be as rowdy as ever in the team's locker room prior to hitting the ice for warmups. This can be explained by Kucherov appearing later on the ice today with the letter 'A' on his chest. And look at that, Kuch's hype just got the team a goal! With the last alternate captain now named, it is very likely that the captain for the Nashville Predator's 2022-23 season is set to be Aleksander Barkov. Head coach John Hynes had confirmed to Czech media that the club has indeed named center Aleksander Barkov as team captain. Things have gone full circle here in Nashville as the last time the club had a captain was when Jaromir Jagr still played in North America. At the time, Jaromir as captain had played with Barkov in his early twenties and now gets the opportunity to watch him play on the ice as captain in his home country. Both Jaromir and Alex bumped into each other before the game and after a bit of chatter, had agreed to delay Barkov from wearing the C today so that they can officially do a transferal of captaincy ceremony for the Preds' home opener. Nashville Predators leadership group for the 2022-23 season A - Brent Burns A - Max Pacioretty (IR) A - Nikita Kucherov Captain - Aleksander Barkov

ASSIGNMENT: The Nashville Predators assign F Lias Andersson, F Fredrik Olofsson, D Sebastian Aho and G Joel Hofer down to the Kansas City Lynx. RECALL: The Nashville Predators recall F Mark Kastelic, D Conor Clifton and D Daniil Miromanov to the main roster.

SIGNING: The Philadelphia Flyers have signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Radim Simek to a one year deal. Radim Simek - 1 year, $1.25 million dollar contract. ($1.25m per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The Los Angeles Kings have signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Dylan DeMelo to a two year deal. Dylan DeMelo - 2 year, $5.0 million dollar contract. ($2.5 million per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The Los Angeles Kings have signed unrestricted free agent forward Jujhar Khaira to a two year deal. Jujhar Khaira - 2 year, $1.95 million dollar contract. ($975,000 per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

Dang.. sucks to see you go .. I hope you find the time to come back in the future

Nashville Predators 2022 Training Camp Update Forwards (15): Lias Andersson, Aleksander Barkov, Sammy Blais, Nikolaj Ehlers, Lars Eller, Patric Hornqvist, Kaapo Kakko, Mark Kastelic, Nikita Kucherov, Brock McGinn, Josh Norris, Tomas Nosek, Fredrik Olofsson, Jacob Petersen, Brayden Point DEFENSE (8): Calen Addison, Sebastian Aho, Brent Burns (A), Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort, Daniil Miromanov, Neal Pionk, Mikhail Sergachev GOALTENDERS (2): Joel Hofer, Juuse Saros RFAs (4): Mason Appleton, Dakota Joshua, John Marino, Niko Mikkola CUTS (14): Victor Berglund, Declan Chisholm, Grigori Denisenko (RFA), Adam Edstrom, Ben Harpur, Brady Keeper, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Lodin, Tyler Pitlick, Ivan Prosvetov (RFA), Sheldon Rempal, Antonio Stranges, Riley Sutter, Lassi Thomson INJURED (2): Max Pacioretty, Alex Alexeyev Training Camp notes: Cuts have been made, RFAs deals are still being worked on and F Patric Hornqvist has returned to Nashville via waivers. Patric was dealt in the trade deadline during the retool days of the past. The training camp roster now stands with 25 players with 15 forwards, 8 defensemen and 2 goalies. This does not include the 4 remaining RFAs that GM SB is still working to extend. GM SB refused to provide an update on the Predators remaining RFAs which also include F Grigori Denisenko and G Ivan Prosvetov, but Tennessee media is reporting that talks are close between the GM and the remaining players that still need contracts. Shifting the focus now from off the ice and onto the ice, forwards Mark Kastelic and Fredrik Olofsson, defensemen Calen Addison and Daniil Miromanov and goaltender Joel Hofer are the remaining prospects who have made it through the first round of cuts which saw 14 other players be assigned to their new homes for the upcoming hockey season. "The team has not had an injection of graduated youth within the past couple of years like it is used to, we have changed our focus in development and drafting to make improvements in our developmental system so that we can continue to have a consistent internal annual graduation of prospects. We don't ever want to rebuild or retool ever again. Those days are over." was the only news worthy quote GM SB had provided to the media earlier today. By his response, it is obvious that the GM has been impressed by the prospects performance in training camp. The previously mentioned group of RFAs are however also slated to make the main-roster, so stay tuned for the club's second update as the the prospects have one last pre-season game to impress to make the main-roster. Another thing that was news worthy tonight was Max Pacioretty, who is currently recovering from torn achilles, was seen outside of the locker room after today's session waiting at the exit to shake the hands of all 14 players who were cut from camp. He was doing this while dawning the letter A on his blue and gold sweater. Nashville Predators leadership group for the 2022/23 season A - Brent Burns A - Max Pacioretty A - TBA Captain - TBA

ASSIGNMENT: The Nashville Predators assigns F Tyler Pitlick and D Ben Harpur down to the Kansas City Lynx.

INJURED RESERVE: The Nashville Predators place D Alex Alexeyev on the IR. Source:

CLAIM: NSH places claim for Patric Honrqvist

EXTENSION: The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Tage Thompson to a seven year contract extension. Tage Thompson - 7 year, $50.05 million dollar contract. ($7.15 million per season) L-NTC (5 team no trade list starting on July 1, 2024) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The San Jose Sharks have re-signed restricted free agent forward Travis Konecny to a five year contract extension. Travis Konecny - 5 year, $30 million dollar contract. ($6 million per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The San Jose Sharks have re-signed restricted free agent forward Jaret Anderson-Dolan to a two year contract extension. Jaret Anderson-Dolan - 2 year, $2.8 million dollar contract. ($1.4 million per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

RELEASE: The Nashville Predators release both F Albin Eriksson and Jacob Olofsson as they had signed contracts in Europe. Sources Eriksson: https://www.bikkarlskoga.se/artikel/n9jcal2p1-1eki1/silly-season-22-23-valkommen-albin-eriksson Olofsson: https://www.bjorkloven.com/artikel/o3buakxua-2e4ad/olofsson-ansluter

Nashville Predators 2022 Training Camp FORWARDS (20): Lias Andersson, Aleksander Barkov, Sammy Blais, Adam Edstrom, Nikolaj Ehlers, Lars Eller, Kaapo Kakko, Mark Kastelic, Nikita Kucherov, Viktor Lodin, Brock McGinn, Josh Norris, Tomas Nosek, Fredrik Olofsson, Jacob Petersen, Tyler Pitlick, Brayden Point, Sheldon Rempal, Antonio Stranges, Riley Sutter DEFENSE (14): Calen Addison, Sebastian Aho, Victor Berglund, Brent Burns, Declan Chisholm, Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort, Ben Harpur, Brady Keeper, Mats Lindgren, Daniil Miromanov, Neal Pionk, Mikhail Sergachev, Lassi Thomson GOALTENDERS (2): Joel Hofer, Juuse Saros INJURED: Max Pacioretty, Alex Alexeyev RFAs (6): Mason Appleton, Grigori Denisenko, Dakota Joshua, John Marino, Niko Mikkola, Ivan Prosvetov Training Camp notes: This year's Predators training camp begins with 20 forwards, 14 defensemen and 2 goalies. This includes Lias Andersson, Adam Edstrom, Brock McGinn, Fredrik Olofsson, Tomas Nosek, Sebastian Aho and Mats Lindgren who are new to the organization after being acquired in the off-season via free agency, trade and the recent Entry draft. The new group of players were introduced today by a collection of 4 veteran players which is now being reported to be the new leadership group of the Nashville Predators. Head coach John Hynes told reporters this morning that the team will be making the identity of the group public as training camp moves along. The coach also went on to say that this year's training camp will be seeing a mix of movements in cuts and late invitees as the club still works to iron out deals for 6 qualified restricted free agents. Hynes refused to comment when being asked if there were any more free agent signings being worked on who we could eventually see make their way to camp as it is being reported by Tennessee media. Defeceman Brent Burns was seen leaving the ice early as today's session heads to a close this afternoon. Expecting some news or announcement, the media migrated from the rink to the locker room to get an update on Burns. Along the way to the locker room is Bridgestone arena's conference hall that is currently set up with a microphone and a chair that has Brent Burns' #88 jersey dawning the letter 'A', signaling that Burns will be announced here shortly as part of the new leadership group as an official alternate captain for the club. Nashville Predators leadership group for the 2022/23 season A - Brent Burns A - TBA A - TBA Captain - TBA

SIGNING: The San Jose Sharks have re-signed restricted free agent forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel to a two year contract extension. Nicolas Aube-Kubel - 2 year, $2.9 million dollar contract. ($1.45 million per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The San Jose Sharks have re-signed restricted free agent forward Will Bitten to a two year contract extension. Will Bitten - 2 year, $1.65 million dollar contract. ($825,000 per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: Restricted free agent defenceman Cam Dineen has accepted their qualifying offer with the San Jose Sharks. Cam Dineen - 1 year, $880,000 contract. ($880,000 per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The Boston Bruins have signed unrestricted free agent forward Hayden Hodgson to a three year deal. Hayden Hodgson - 3 year, $2.25 million dollar contract. ($750,000 per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

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INJURED RESERVE: The Nashville Predators place F Max Pacioretty on the IR. Source:

SIGNING: The St. Louis Blues have signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Gavin Bayreuther to a two year deal. Gavin Bayreuther - 2 year, $1.9 million dollar contract. ($950,000 per season) -------------------------------------------------------------

SIGNING: The Florida Panthers have signed unrestricted free agent forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau to a three year deal. Jean-Gabriel Pageau - 3 year, $10.5 million dollar contract. ($3.5 million per season) Full NMC from 2022/23-2023/24. L-NTC in 2024/25 (Can only be traded to a playoff team) -------------------------------------------------------------

According to our CBA there is no distinction on how much term you can offer a UFA coming from Europe regardless of age. If the original agent you contacted has not responded to your offer/message, you are free to transfer it to a different agent of your choice. This goes for all GMs. If it helps @Ilunga majority of the signings I am getting to at the moment have all been agreed to last month.

SIGNING: The Anaheim Ducks have signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Michal Kempny to a two year deal. Michal Kempny - 2 year, $2.6 million dollar contract. ($1.3 million per season) -------------------------------------------------------------