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• Predators' Juuse Saros: Not very busy in loss

  3D ago • By RotoWire

  Saros made 15 saves in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Penguins on Thursday. Saros has had an unlucky run with just one win over his last 10 contests, going 1-5-4, but he's been sharply consistent in that span -- Saros has allowed three or fewer goals in seven of those 10. Saros is a fantasy pillar, but his ratios (2.72 GAA, .907 save percentage) are suppressed because of his team's overall struggles. General manager Barry Trotz claims he's not going to blow things up, but Saros (and his managers) would benefit immensely from a change in front of him.

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• Predators' Juuse Saros: Receiving start Thursday

  3D ago • By RotoWire

  Saros will guard the home goal versus the Penguins on Thursday, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports. Saros is coming off his third shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over the Rangers on Tuesday, which ended his eight-game losing streak. The 29-year-old will have a tougher challenge Thursday, as the Penguins have scored 23 goals over their last six games, winning half of them.

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• Predators' Juuse Saros: Blanks Blueshirts

  4D ago • By RotoWire

  Saros stopped all 25 shots he faced in Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Rangers. It's the third shutout of the season for Saros but only his seventh win, which sums up how little help he tends to get from his teammates. It was also his first win since Nov. 23, ending an eight-start stretch in which he'd gone 0-5-3 with a 3.40 GAA and .885 save percentage. The veteran netminder's spot at the top of the Preds' depth chart is secure, but Justus Annunen is beginning to see more consistent action as his backup, and a lighter workload could help Saros regain his form.

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• Predators' Juuse Saros: Facing Rangers

  5D ago • By RotoWire

  Saros will start at home Tuesday versus the Rangers, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports. Something's got to give -- Saros is 0-5-3 over his last eight games, but the Rangers have lost five of their last eight games, scoring 21 goals in that span. The Predators have struggled to give Saros goal support, which has been a major part of the problem during his current skid, but he has also allowed 26 goals during the losing streak.

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• Predators' Juuse Saros: Winless streak at eight

  7D ago • By RotoWire

  Saros stopped 29 of 32 shots in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Avalanche, with Colorado's final two goals getting scored into an empty net. The 29-year-old netminder kept the Avs off the board in the first period and through the first half of the second, but the Predators' defense began to break down after that. Saros hasn't given up fewer than three goals in eight straight starts, going 0-5-3 over that stretch with a 3.40 GAA and .885 save percentage, but the issues have more to do with the team in front of him than his own play -- especially with Roman Josi (lower body), Alexandre Carrier (upper body) and Jeremy Lauzon (lower body) all currently sidelined.

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