Predators And Evangelista Focused On Bridge Deal

Predators winger Luke Evangelista is one of the few remaining restricted free agents with training camps on the horizon.  Nick Kieser of Lower Broad Hockey relays that the two sides are focused on a bridge deal with the sides discussing contracts between one and three years but that there is still a gap to work through with more talks scheduled for this week.  The 23-year-old notched 10 goals along with 22 assists in 68 games last season and has 86 points in 172 career appearances with Nashville.  A short-term pact should carry a price tag in the $3MM range, one that they can easily afford with more than $9MM in cap room, per PuckPedia.  Kieser added that there has not been any talk about trading Evangelista so far.