Several teams have added players on professional tryout (PTO) agreements in recent days and many more will do so before training camps open up. It appears the Predators have joined the list as Daily Faceoff’s Anthony DiMarco reports ( Twitter link ) that forward Dylan Gambrell has inked a PTO agreement with Nashville.
The 29-year-old isn’t too far removed from playing a regular role in the NHL. Between 2019-20 and 2022-23, Gambrell played in at least 49 games per season while splitting time between San Jose and Ottawa. 2020-21 saw him log more than 16 minutes a night of playing time but beyond that, he largely played on the fourth line. In 233 NHL games between the two teams, he has 17 goals and 23 assists along with a 46.1% faceoff rate.
However, Gambrell has been limited to j