Predators are winners and players seeking long contracts are among the…

Barry Trotz was tired after a busy week of putting his stamp on the Nashville Predators by remaking the roster through some important comings and goings.

It’s a good kind of tired.

On what was technically his first day on the job as general manager, Trotz signed top two-way center and 2019 playoff MVP Ryan O’Reilly, rugged Stanley Cup-winning defenseman Luke Schenn and winger Gustav Nyquist who has something to prove. Those moves, even after trading Ryan Johansen and buying out Matt Duchene earlier in the week, made Nashville one of the big winners in NHL free agency.

“I want to change a little bit of the culture,” said Trotz, who coached the Predators for 15 years from their inception in 1998-2014. “I was looking for serial winners. I wanted to allow for a path for our young guys to develop and be surrounded by those those type of people.”

Trotz and his team were far from the only ones who did well.

WINNERS

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Two-time All-Star Tristan Jarry got a five-year deal worth almost $27 million to stay with the very active Pittsburgh Penguins. Joonas Korpisalo signed a $20 million, five-year contract with Ottawa.

The deal doesn’t go into effect until the 2024-25 season, but Ilya Sorokin received $66 million over the following eight years to continue backstopping the New York Islanders.

Others — like Carolina’s Antti Raanta, two-time Cup-winner Jonathan Quick and vet James Reimer — got one-year contracts at more bargain prices.

RYAN GRAVES

No player has made more total money in unrestricted free agency so far than Graves, a defensive defenseman who signed for $27 million over six years with Pittsburgh. Graves will make a average of $4.5 million a season through 2028-29.

“He brings a lot of size to the group he’s in, but more importantly, he’s been very effective playing against very, very tough competition in New Jersey and going back to Colorado,” Penguins GM Kyle Dubas said. “We feel that’ll help.”

Additional shoutout to Dmitry Orlov for getting…