How Juuse Saros plans to bounce back for the Predators in 2024-25 Understanding Saros' down year in 2023-24 is challenging. He had no emerging vulnerabilities that suggested a downturn was coming.

But Saros, who turned 30 in April, is heading in the wrong direction. In 2022-23, when he placed fourth in Vezina Trophy voting, finished with a .919 save percentage.

• Saros has recorded only 26 quality starts out of 54, per Pro Hockey Reference, a .481 percentage that is way below his career mark of .589 and well below the league average of .548 this season.