{"id":138771,"date":"2023-07-11T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138771"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:01:45","slug":"denis-gurianov-signs-with-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/11\/denis-gurianov-signs-with-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis Gurianov Signs with Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denis Gurianov had a new contract. The Nashville Predators sign young forward \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guriade01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denis Gurianov<\/a> to a one year deal that will have an AAV of $850k. This is a great deal for both sides as his hockey career continues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Denis Gurianov <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Preds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Preds<\/a><br \/>1 year \/ 1-way<br \/>$850,000<\/p>\n<p>Gurianov did not receive a QO from Montreal, resulting in him being UFA and able to sign with any team he wanted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lIsAw119Ox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/lIsAw119Ox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapFriendly\/status\/1678845693933367297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Predators Sign Denis Gurianov<\/h2>\n<p>After being traded to Montreal in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dadonev01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evgenii Dadonov<\/a>, Gurianov was one of the bright spots on the Canadiens offence. He was missing a spark. However, his time in Montreal has come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Being drafted by the Dallas Stars 12th overall in 2015, he quickly became one of the team&#8217;s top forwards. He made a name for himself with the AHL&#8217;s Texas Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Gurianov started his 2022-2023 season in a bit of a slump, only recording 9 points in 43 games. Gurianov went to Montreal in a trade prior to the deadline. After being traded to Montreal, he only recorded 8 points in 23 games but solidified his spot in Montreal fairly quickly.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>The Denis Gurianov contract makes sense for the present. Although Gurianov had a pretty bad year, only notching a combined 17 points through a combined 66 games, he can establish himself further as one of the top players, given a full healthy season on the top line.<\/p>\n<p>With a new supporting cast of talent in Nashville, Gurianov will have the opportunity to soar. Barry Trotz has been a busy man this summer and has retooled the entire club. For a club that barely missed the playoffs, Trotz is hoping that the new look Predators can expand on their late season surge.<\/p>\n<p>Gurianov has the potential and the contract is a low risk high reward potential contract. Joining a core group of Ryan O\u2019Reilly, Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi, and Jusse Saros should make for a fun group to watch. Nashville may not be the best team, but they will be competitive in the Central Division.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denis Gurianov had a new contract. The Nashville Predators sign young forward \u00a0Denis Gurianov to a one year deal that will have an AAV of $850k. This is a great deal for both sides as his hockey career continues. Denis Gurianov #Preds1 year \/ 1-way$850,000 Gurianov did not receive a QO from Montreal, resulting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4073,"featured_media":139272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,7,34,4548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-canadiens","category-news","category-nhl"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}