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.

Back in 2017, a young Jack Ivankovic was in Nashville for the Stanley Cup Final, sporting his Gold and cheering on his idol, Pekka Rinne, and the Predators. Less than a decade later, Ivankovic slipped ...

Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) smiles after defeating the Winnipeg Jets at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.© Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean ...

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.

Juuse Saros is signed through 2033, but the Nashville Predators have a void in their goalie pipeline. Here's how they can fix that in the 2025 draft.

The 30-year-old Saros struggled for much of last season in Nashville, posting a 20-31-6 record, along with a career high 2.98 goals against average and a career low .895 percentage.