TSN: Pierre LeBrun said on Insider Trading that it’s looking like the Nashville Predators could become sellers, though they haven’t fully decided that they will be yet.
“And there’s some obvious names… Mikael Granlund, Erik Haula, they’ve signed one-year deals and will be UFAs at the end of the year. Those will be your pure rentals, but there’s a more intriguing name when I talk to teams around the league that they hope will be on the market and I think there’s an absolute solid chance that the Predators at least listen is top four defenceman Mattias Ekholm who has been a long-standing member of that organization”
Ekholm carries a $3.