Filip Forsberg and the Nashville Predators are nearing agreement on an to an eight-year contract worth approximately $70 million, ESPN's Dawn Davenport reported on Saturday.
Elliotte FriedmanThings are headed in this direction. Forsberg’s bachelor party this weekend…so official signing yet to occur. 8x8.5. <a href="https://t.co/Q2IEHaCRDO">https://t.co/Q2IEHaCRDO</a>
The news comes after Forsberg had been linked in numerous trade rumors leading up to the March 21 deadline. However, Predators general manager David Poile said on March 1 that he wanted to extend Forsberg's contract before the deadline, so the deal comes as no surprise.
Poile said in an interview with 102.