He was considered at one point the #1 trade deadline target. Then the Nashville Predators started winning and GM David Poile essentially pulled him off the table with his astronomically high asking price. In the end, Mattias Ekholm is right where he wanted to be.
Mattias Ekholm likely to remain with Predators past his contract
The 30 year-old defenseman has another year left on his deal with Nashville and it sounds like he wants to stick around.
“It’s nothing that I’ve really had to deal with a lot throughout my career,” he said Monday.