Jan 18, 2025; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) blocks the shot of Minnesota Wild center Marco Rossi (23) during the second period at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images Jan 18, 2025; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) blocks the shot of Minnesota Wild center Marco Rossi (23) during the second period at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

Does Marco Rossi make sense for the Nashville Predators?

Originally posted on NHL Rumors | By Mark Easson | Last updated Jun 30, 2025 5:15 PM ET

No tampering complaints yet

Andy Strickland: “According to a league source, the NHL will investigate team tampering if a complaint is filed. As of yesterday, the league had received zero complaints regarding possible tampering. We’ll see if that changes.”

Marco Rossi makes sense for the Nashville Predators

Michael Gallagher: The Nicolas Hague trade as a third-pairing defenseman, who is two years younger, but $3.5 million more than Jeremy Lauzon is a bit of head scratcher for the Nashville Predators.

The moving out of centerman Colton Sissons may signal that there is another trade coming. The Predators have already called the Minnesota Wild about Marco Rossi, and he makes a lot of sense for them.

Top NHL unrestricted free agents

TSN: A list of the top 46 unrestricted free agents and their projected salary cap hit on a new deal.

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	Projected AAV
1	Mitch Marner	Tor	RW	28	$13 million
2	Brad Marchand	Fla	LW	37	$8.1 million
3	Nikolaj Ehlers	Wpg	LW	29	$8.5 million
4	Aaron Ekblad	Fla	RD	29	$8 million
5	Vladislav Gavrikov	LA	LD	29	$7.5 million
6	Ivan Provorov	CBJ	LD	28	$7 million
7	Brock Boeser	Van	RW	28	$8.2 million
8	Jake Allen	NJ	G	34	$3.6 million
9	Mikael Granlund	Dal	C/LW	33	$5.3 million
10	Patrick Kane	Det	RW	36	$4 million
11	Dmitry Orlov	Car	LD	33	$6 million
12	Pius Suter	Van	C	29	$4.6 million
13	Nate Schmidt	Fla	LD	33	$2.8 million
14	Ryan Lindgren	Col	LD	27	$4.3 million
15	Jonathan Drouin	Col	LW	30	$4.5 million
16	Jack Roslovic	Car	C/RW	28	$4.2 million
17	Corey Perry	Edm	RW	40	$1.3 million
18	John Klingberg	Edm	RD	32	$2.5 million
19	Connor Brown	Edm	RW	31	$2 million
20	Dan Vladar	Cgy	G	27	$2.8 million
21	Cody Ceci	Dal	RD	31	$3.6 million
22	Victor Olofsson	VGK	LW	29	$3.4 million
23	Brent Burns	Car	RD	40	$5 million
24	Andrei Kuzmenko	LA	RW	31	$4.8 million
25	Andrew Mangiapane	Was	LW	29	$4 million
26	Nick Perbix	TB	RD	27	$2.7 million
27	Brian Dumoulin	NJ	LD	33	$3 million
28	Mason Appleton	Wpg	C/RW	29	$3.1 million
29	Anthony Beauvillier	Was	LW	28	$2.3 million
30	Adam Gaudette	Ott	RW	28	$1 million
31	Jeff Skinner	Edm	LW	33	$2 million
32	Alex Lyon	Det	G	32	$1.8 million
33	James van Riemsdyk	CBJ	LW	36	$1.4 million
34	Max Pacioretty	Tor	LW	36	$1 million
35	Evgenii Dadonov	Dal	RW	36	$3.3 million
36	Gustav Nyquist	Min	LW	35	$2 million
37	Brandon Saad	VGK	LW	32	$3 million
38	Matt Grzelcyk	Pit	LD	31	$3.8 million
39	Taylor Raddysh	Was	RW	27	$2.4 million
40	Brandon Tanev	Wpg	LW	33	$1.5 million
41	Joel Armia	Mtl	RW	32	$2.5 million
42	Ilya Samsonov	VGK	G	28	$1.5 million
43	Nick Bjugstad	Uta	C/RW	32	$2.3 million
44	Anton Forsberg	Ott	G	32	$2.8 million
45	Christian Dvorak	Mtl	C/RW	29	$2.8 million
46	Alexandar Georgiev	SJ	G	29	$2.6 million