Team captain will earn $7.5M in coming season, face similar situation next offseason More

Sides submit bids slightly more than $4 million apart after regular negotiations fail to produce a deal More

Nashville has history of avoiding arbitration by making last-minute deals with top players More

Craig Smith was Team USA's second-leading scorer at the 2011 World Championships More

Town hall-style event filled with positive messages of progress in competitiveness, business More

Team's recent history shows that a small investment can yield big results on scoreboard More

Friday's hearing now comes down to determining the status of one player, Sergei Kostitsyn More

Status of Predators' leading goal scorer last season remains unsettled, pending grievance hearing More

Lombardi trade leaves Nashville with more room under the salary cap than any other NHL team More

Predators GM lands one affordable player, believes many others overpaid on opening day More