SEATTLE (AP) Mattias Ekholm scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Nashville Predators beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Tuesday night.
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Makar: $2.5M
Makar’s rookie season was nothing short of dominant as he took home the Calder Trophy for the top rookie while finishing in the top-10 of Norris voting for the top defenseman in the league. He finished second on the team in scoring and logged over 21 minutes a night. Better still, he played even better in the playoffs. He looks like a franchise blueliner already and is going to command a substantial raise next offseason, even without arbitration eligibility. The fact they burned a year of his entry-level deal in the 2019 playoffs might help keep the AAV down slightly (he’ll have less than two full seasons of games under his belt) but if his sophomore campaign is anything like 2019-20, that shouldn’t make much of a difference. Makar may not get the top cap hit of $9.25M but he should come fairly close to that mark.