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Nashville Predators re-sign Spencer Stastney to two-year contract.

As reported by Nashville Predators reporter Michael Gallagher, the Predators have reached an agreement on a two-year contract with Spencer Stastney through arbitration.

The new deal will pay Stastney $825,000 in 2024-25 and $850,000 during the 2025-26 regular season.

Stastney spent the 2023-24 season with Nashville where he tallied two goals and two assists for four points in 20 regular season games. Stastney appeared in three Stanley Cup Playoff games during the Predators’ first-round matchup against the Vancouver Canucks. During Game 3 against Vancouver, Stastney took a hard hit from Canucks forward Dakota Joshua, resulting in a five-minute major and an upper-body injury for the Predators defenseman.

The 24-year-old also appeared in 44 games with the Preds’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Milwaukee Admirals registering five goals and 15 assists for 20 points. Stastney appeared in 10 Calder Cup playoff contests with the Admirals where he was held pointless. Throughout his career, Stastney has tallied six points in 28 NHL regular season games and 33 points in 102 AHL games.

Stastney was originally drafted in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Draft by Nashville. Prior to his pro career, the Woodbridge, Illinois product spent four seasons at the University of Notre Dame where he captured an NCAA B1G Championship in 2018-19. Throughout his tenure with the Fighting Irish, Stastney racked up 16 goals and 47 assists for 63 points in 143 games.