Tyson Jost is heading back to Nashville, at least for training camp.
The unrestricted free agent center will attend the Predators’ 2026 camp on a professional tryout opportunity, according to PuckPedia on Tuesday afternoon.
Jost, 28, spent the full 2025-26 season with Nashville after the club claimed him off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes at the start of the regular season. He worked mostly in a bottom-six role and finished with eight goals and 16 points in 69 games, along with 30 penalty minutes, a minus-21 rating, and 12:25 of ice time per game.
Before landing in Nashville, Jost split the 2024-25 season between Carolina and the AHL’s Chicago Wolves.
The former first-round pick went No. 10 overall to the Colorado Avalanche in the 2016 NHL Draft. He played his first post-draft season at the University of North Dakota before signing his first pro deal with Colorado.
Jost’s NHL path has taken him through several stops. He spent parts of six seasons with the Avalanche and reached a career high of 26 points in 70 games in 2018-19. Colorado later dealt him to the Minnesota Wild near the end of the 2021-22 season in a trade for Nico Sturm, who would go on to win the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche later that year.
Jost’s time in Minnesota lasted eight months and 33 games before he was waived and claimed by the Buffalo Sabres midway through the 2022-23 season. Buffalo later sent him to the AHL during the 2023-24 season, and he eventually signed with Carolina in the 2024 UFA period.
Across 564 career NHL games over parts of 10 seasons with Colorado, Minnesota, Buffalo, Carolina, and Nashville, Jost has 69 goals and 165 points. In 46 playoff games with Colorado and Minnesota, he has added six goals and 10 points.
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