- Jack Drury signed a five-year, $22.5 million extension to stay in Nashville
- The deal carries a $4.5 million cap hit and runs through the 2030-31 season
- Read below for the full contract breakdown and how Drury landed in Smashville
The Predators aren’t letting Jack Drury get anywhere near the open market. Nashville signed the 26-year-old center to a five-year, $22.5 million extension on Saturday, a deal worth a $4.5 million cap hit that keeps him off the July 1 free agent board.
Drury was set to become a restricted free agent next week. Instead he’s locked in through 2030-31.
PuckPedia laid out the structure:
The contract pays Drury $4 million in year one and $4.625 million in each of the final four seasons. He gets full no-trade protection in years two and three, then an eight-team no-trade list for the back half. Agent Pat Brisson and CAA Hockey worked out the terms.
Nashville only landed him a few days ago. The Predators acquired Drury from Colorado on June 24, along with Chase Bradley and a 2029 third-round pick, and sent Zachary L’Heureux and Fedor Svechkov the other way.
President of hockey operations Chris MacFarland knew exactly what he was buying. MacFarland ran the Avalanche front office before taking the Nashville job, and Drury is the second former Colorado forward he’s brought in this offseason.
Carolina drafted Drury 42nd overall in 2018 out of Harvard. He went to Colorado at the 2025 trade deadline as part of the three-team Mikko Rantanen blockbuster, then posted career highs of 10 goals and 17 assists in 82 games this past season. He also won 59.2 percent of his faceoffs, 10th best among players who took at least 100 draws.
Drury won’t headline a top line, but a center who wins draws, kills penalties and plays both ends is worth holding onto. Nashville paid to make sure he sticks around.
