RWJC Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 (edited) Predators Nearing Agreement With Alexandre Carrier June 30th, 2024 at 7:43pm CST • By Brian La Rose Defenseman Alexandre Carrier won’t be hitting the open market on Monday after all. Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic reports (Twitter link) that the two sides are close to finalizing a new contract. Terms of the potential agreement have not been disclosed. After a rough 2022-23 showing, the 27-year-old had a nice bounce-back effort this past season. Carrier played in 73 games, scoring a career-best four goals while adding 16 assists and a career-high 137 blocked shots while logging a little under 19 minutes a night. He was one of their most-used penalty killers, averaging more than two minutes a night shorthanded. He added a goal and two assists with 19 blocks in six playoff contests where his ATOI jumped to over 21 minutes per game. For his career, Carrier has played in 217 NHL games, all with Nashville who drafted him in the fourth round (115th overall) back in 2015. He has just 10 goals and 52 assists to his name but has become an effective shot blocker and defensive blueliner, even earning a spot on the All-Rookie team back in 2021-22. Carrier played on a one-year, $2.5MM deal in 2023-24, an agreement that gave him a nice raise based on his play the past couple of years while giving the Preds a chance to walk away if he couldn’t get back to his form from a couple of years ago. Since he was able to rebound nicely, Carrier should be in line for a nice raise and a multi-year pact this time around. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/06/predators-nearing-agreement-with-alexandre-carrier.html#ref=home Edited July 1 by RWJC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Another target gone. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Just now, DeNiro said: Another target gone. Unless they actually hit free agency I don't get too invested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Hogg Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 So…circle back to Z? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 8 minutes ago, Snoop Hogg said: So…circle back to Z? just go full term and get it done. I don't care about 8 years, if its well under 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 50 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Another target gone. Part of me feels we're gonna bring in guys we haven't heard of in the rumour mill. If we don't land the guys on our list, we'll trade for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 1 hour ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said: Part of me feels we're gonna bring in guys we haven't heard of in the rumour mill. If we don't land the guys on our list, we'll trade for them I think it'll be the Forborts, Hakanpaas, and Lyubushkin types that we will bring in. The big money is reserved for a top 6F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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