The Nashville Predators have extended the contract of their forward Jerred Smithson by two years and he will be playing for the Predators through the 2010-11 season. Smithson is very much delighted with the offer that the Predators made and will be richer by $1.475 million for this two year contract extension. Jerred Smithson was in great form in the 2008-09 season scoring 7 goals in the 81 games played. He made his NHL debut with Los Angeles team and has so far played in 241 games in his NHL career. Smithson’s fans are hoping for similar hockey skills this upcoming season too. Tickets to most of the NHL games are being sold at a hectic pace.

The Predators new owners are doing all that they possibly can to keep the young players in their team and are also on the look out for young blood in a bid to rebuild their team. The testimony to this fact can be got from the fact that the Preds have signed a seven year contract with forward Martin Erat, the longest contract in the history of the franchisee. Polie felt that bringing in new and raw talent will augur well for the franchisee and he expects that the young talents will be able to put Nashville and Predators back on the map of glory.