{"id":561697,"date":"2026-04-28T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/561697\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:42:18","slug":"predators-pick-up-khl-standout-vitali-pinchuk-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/561697\/","title":{"rendered":"Predators Pick Up KHL Standout Vitali Pinchuk &#8211; NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/player-news\/predators-pick-up-khl-standout-vitali-pinchuk\/1852188\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"Permanent Link to Predators Pick Up KHL Standout Vitali Pinchuk\" target=\"_blank\">Predators Pick Up KHL Standout Vitali Pinchuk<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"player-news meta meta-post-time\" style=\"display:none;\">April 28, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Nashville Predators have signed forward Vitali Pinchuk to a one-year entry-level contract. The 24-year-old will join the Predators next season after spending the past six campaigns with Minsk Dynamo of the KHL. In 2025-26, he recorded a career-high 66 points (31 goals, 35 assists) in 65 games, ranking third in goals in the league. Pinchuk, a Belarusian native, was an undrafted free agent. According to Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman, Pinchuk had narrowed his NHL options to Nashville and the Los Angeles Kings. The Predators were one of 13 teams to average fewer than 3.00 goals per game this season, and adding Pinchuk could give the offense a welcome boost if he adapts well to his new surroundings.&#8211;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/author\/meiejames\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taavi Pailk<\/a><br \/>Source: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/predators-to-sign-vitali-pinchuk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sportsnet<\/a>                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Predators Pick Up KHL Standout Vitali Pinchuk April 28, 2026 The Nashville Predators have signed forward Vitali Pinchuk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5119],"tags":[5,2418,2409,231,5281,4,2410,11210],"class_list":{"0":"post-561697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nashville-predators","7":"tag-hockey","8":"tag-lineup","9":"tag-nashville","10":"tag-nashville-predators","11":"tag-nashvillepredators","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-predators","14":"tag-top-headlines"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116482627620019579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}