A pair of Predators players have been selected to their nations’ preliminary rosters for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Switzerland named Nashville defenseman Roman Josi to its six-man preliminary roster and Finland added Preds goalie Juuse Saros to its six-man preliminary roster.

All 12 of the countries that have qualified for the men’s 2026 Olympics in Italy were scheduled to name six players to preliminary rosters Monday.

One Predators player who did not have his name called among the top six was forward Filip Fosberg, as Sweden chose defensemen Rasmus Dahlin and Victor Hedman, along with forwards Adrian Kempe, Gabriel Landeskog, William Nylander and Lucas Raymond.

The remainder of each country’s rosters will be announced later this year, as the start of the Olympic hockey tournament — which will run Feb. 11-22 — gets closer.

The upcoming Olympic games will mark the first for NHL players since the 2014 Olympics in Soshi, Russia, when Canada defeated the U.S. in the gold-medal game.

Finland won men’s hockey gold at the last Olympics, 2022, with a victory over the Russian Olympic Committee team in the final.

The 35-year-old Josi is a three-time NHL All-Star who won the Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenseman following the 2019-20 season.

A 14-year veteran who has spent his entire career in Nashville, Josi has totaled 724 points (190 goals, 534 assists) in 963 contests.

He missed the last 25 games of last season with a concussion, one of several he’s suffered over the years.

But Josi said in April he expected to return for the 2025-26 season.

“No, I’m not concerned about [the concussion history], to be honest,” Josi said. “I’ve dealt with it before. I think I got some really good answers, which are really positive, [things] that I can work on … I know [I’m] feeling better and better, and I have been getting better, which is really cool.”

The 30-year-old Saros struggled for much of last season in Nashville, posting a 20-31-6 record, along with a career high 2.98 goals against average and a career low .895 percentage.

He put up good numbers at the 2025 IIHF World Championship following the NHL season, earning three wins for Finland while recording a 1.67 goals against average and .943 save percentage.

Saros will enter into an eight-year, $61.9 million contract with the Predators next season.