<p>A couple of players will stay in the Music City for a little longer.</p>



<p>Following the NHL Trade Deadline, Nashville Predators general manager Barry Trotz revealed that the team is signing forward Mark Jankowski and defenseman Dante Fabbro to contract extensions.</p>



<p>While speaking to the media on Friday, Trotz said Fabbro has been signed through the end of next season, carrying a $2.5 million cap hit.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Preds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Preds</a> have signed defenseman Dante Fabbro to a one-year, $2.5 million contract for the 2024-25 season.<a href="https://t.co/YTe6NOje9D">https://t.co/YTe6NOje9D</a></p>— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PredsNHL/status/1766233950005916067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>Jankowski <a href="https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/predators-sign-mark-jankowski-to-two-year-1-6-million-contract">will be making $1.6 million over his contract</a>. He will receive $775,000 next season, and will get $825,000 during the 2025-26 campaign.</p>



<p>Both players are currently on one-year deals. <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/the-nashville-predators-have-signed-dante-fabbro-to-a-one-year-contract-extension">Fabbro received his extended contract</a> on March 3 of last season, also with a $2.5 million cap hit, while <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/nashville-predators-sign-mark-jankowski-to-one-year-contract-extension">Jankowski signed an extension</a> with an AAV of $775,000 10 days later.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="144"></div>



<p>This is the first time since 2020, while he was with the Calgary Flames, that Jankowski has been playing under a multi-year contract. The Hamilton, Ontario native has spent the last two seasons with the Predators’ organization, splitting time between Nashville and its American Hockey League affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. </p>



<p>In 14 games with the Preds this season, Jankowski has two goals, registering an assist in Nashville’s 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.</p>



<p>The 29-year-old has appeared in 336 NHL games, scoring 51 goals and 44 assists, playing 10 playoff games during his time in Calgary.</p>



<p>After his three-year entry-level contract with the Preds, Fabbro has signed one two-year, and now a pair of one-year contracts with the team. Through 51 games in 2023-24, the Coquitlam, British Columbia native has posted two goals and 10 assists.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="140"></div>



<p>In 304 career games, Fabbro has scored 15 goals and 56 assists, putting up just one assist in 14 postseason appearances with the Predators.</p>



<p>The Predators (36-25-3) are still in the thick of the playoff race. They hold the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference, eight points ahead of the ninth-place Flames, and are currently fourth in the Central Division, eight points back of the Colorado Avalanche for third.</p>
