The Nashville Predators added two players off waivers on Thursday: defenseman Jordan Oesterle and forward Jakub Vrana. Their roster is now at 22.

BOSTON – When Steven Stamkos thought about the change he'd be making this season, he anticipated some bumps. He and his family were moving on from the only home they'd ever known, in Tampa, Florida, and setting out for a new life in Nashville, and there were bound to be growing pains.

Seattle started the month of March with a win over Vancouver before falling to Minnesota, 4-3, on Tuesday night. Jared McCann (15g-29a) leads the team with 44 points, followed by Chandler Stephenson (10g-31a) with 41 points and Jaden Schwartz (19g-19a) with 38 points. Joey Daccord is 21-16-3 on the season; Philipp Grubauer is 5-15-1 overall.

The Predators should be sellers at the NHL trade deadline and their dream and nightmare scenarios are based on selling.

Nashville traded forward Tommy Novak and defenseman Luke Schenn to the Penguins in exchange for forward Michael Bunting and a 2026 fourth-round pick. The deal occurred two days before Friday’s trade deadline.

First, there was the living, breathing reminder of your team's disappointing 2025 season—the Predators' trade of right wing Gustav Nyquist to the Minnesota Wild in advance of Friday's trade deadline.

In the opening 20 minutes, the Bruins made the Predators look like the team Nashville GM Barry Trotz thought he had assembled last summer when he sunk big money free agents Steven Stamkos, Brady Skjei and Jonathan Marchessault.