As the rumors about Matt Duchene intensify, and wingers like Phil Kessel and Taylor Hall are entered into the conversation, we’re once again left asking what the Nashville Predators are to do about Kyle Turris, who has just finished the first of six years on a six-million-a-year contract.
The salary cap is expected to go up a little, but the Predators will still have at best a few million of wiggle room once they’ve re-signed current RFAs like Colton Sissons and Rocco Grimaldi, as well as extended any UFAs who they’d like to keep.