{"id":135219,"date":"2023-02-03T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135219"},"modified":"2023-02-02T22:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:43:55","slug":"nhl-rumours-mattias-ekholm-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/03\/nhl-rumours-mattias-ekholm-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Nashville Predators Defender Getting Trade Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another edition of NHL rumours for your Friday. We&#8217;ve got plenty of names that are garnering interest as we race to the March 3 deadline. Some teams have to make hard decisions when it comes to the deadline. A number of clubs are stuck in a kind of hockey purgatory. This means they&#8217;re not bad enough to get Connor Bedard and not good enough to contend. Today&#8217;s NHL Rumours looks at a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ekholma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mattias Ekholm<\/a> trade.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Mattias Eklhom Gets Trade Looks<\/h3>\n<p>Rumour: David Pagnotta and the rest of the Fourth Period staff have the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/24\/nhl-predictions-jan-24-jets-predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a> blueliner on the trade big board. The Swede has reportedly been shopped by general manager David Poile. Ekholm is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/13\/nashville-predators-extend-mattias-ekholm-through-2025-26\/\" target=\"_self\">currently in the first year<\/a> of a four-year deal that pays him $25 million for the life of the contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">Trade Watch List: Meier jumps to No.1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IWq4EyGn8y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IWq4EyGn8y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Fourth Period (@TFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TFP\/status\/1621166569291415553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The soon-to-be 33-year-old has played in the Music City for his entire 12-year NHL career. Ekholm may not provide the goals that someone like teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josiro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Josi<\/a> does. However, he&#8217;s a reliable defender that can provide some veteran leadership. His best season was the 2017-18 season when he scored 10 goals.<\/p>\n<h3>What a Mattias Ekholm Trade Could Mean<\/h3>\n<p>Ekholm may not be one of the most eye-popping names on the trade bait list. However, he can still be a good acquisition for teams that need defensive help. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> were listed in the article that were linked with the Borlange, Sweden native.<\/p>\n<p>Ekholm has pretty much partnered with any defencemen of note throughout the last decade-plus. Nashville is in the no man&#8217;s land where it&#8217;s not really bad, but they&#8217;re not a contender for the Stanley Cup. The Predators are three points from the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. They could still make a charge, but they may also fall off and have a lot of salary decisions to make in the summer. 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