Preds' new $6.8M offer keeps Rinne here for two more seasons

Rinne

Pekka Rinne will be minding the nets for the Nashville Predators for at least two more years after the team extended his contract with $6.8 million through 2012, it was announced Wednesday.

General Manager David Poile said the team plans to make a formal announcement soon, but added that the starting goaltender would receive $2.8 million next season; $4 million the year after.

At the end of the season, Rinne would have been an unrestricted free agent if the team did not re-sign him.

Rinne's season record is 20-12-4 at the Olympic break, along with a .902 save percentage. He has split some time in net with teammate Dan Ellis, from whom he took the starter's job last season.