Inside the NHL’s Biggest Contract Surprises of 2025: Who’s Winning and Losing Big Bucks?
30. Nashville Predators
Last season: 21st
No team is expected to spend more for less than the Predators, whose total surplus value comes in at minus-$63 million. All of that is a result of some awful long-term bets that immediately aged poorly. Nashville’s huge 2024 offseason looks cataclysmic just one year later — and this summer’s strange Nicolas Hague deal only added insult to injury.
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Steven Stamkos is not an $8 million forward and saw his value immediately tank away from Tampa Bay. Brady Skjei is not a $7 million defenseman and saw his value immediately tank away from Carolina. Both players thrived as supporting stars, but failed in Nashville where they were expected to offer more on their own. Both contracts are among the league’s worst.
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