It might've come down to the final minutes of Saturday's deadline, but Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander finally has a deal in place. Although the 22-year-old has yet to play this season due to a months-long contract stalemate with the team, he has no hard feelings on how the process played out.

"Everything worked out good for both sides, so there is nothing to be bitter about," Nylander said, according to Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun. "You want to be playing from the beginning of the season, but things happen for a reason and I am just so happy that it's over."

Although there was plenty of speculation as to how the stalemate would end, including a potential trade or bridge deal, Nylander agreed to a six-year deal worth roughly $6.96 million per season with the Leafs.

"That was something I wanted," he said. "I didn't want a bridge deal. I want to stay in Toronto with all the players that we have, and we have a great team.

"I didn't want to risk it by signing a bridge deal and not being able to stay, if that was going to happen."

Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said Saturday that the team hopes to have the winger back sometime over the next week. Nylander, meanwhile, is eager to rejoin his teammates.

"I can't wait to be back," he said. "It has been a crazy ride. I wish it would have been done earlier, but I'm very happy to be back with the best fans in the league. I'm very excited."

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Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg has been placed on injured reserve and will miss four to six weeks with an upper-body ailment, the club announced Saturday.

NHL.com's Robby Stanley reports Forsberg suffered a hand injury.

The 24-year-old Swede came into Saturday's action leading the Predators with 14 goals and 22 points in 26 games.

Nashville is already without Viktor Arvidsson, who's been out since Nov. 10 with a broken thumb, P.K. Subban, who hasn't played since Nov. 13 due to an upper-body injury of his own, and Kyle Turris, who was placed on IR last Sunday with an undisclosed ailment.

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Maybe Ryan Lacey wasn't blowing smoke.

Toronto Maple Leafs fans were abuzz on Twitter just over a week ago when Columbus Blue Jackets fan Ryan Lacey tweeted a photo of himself with Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas ahead of Toronto's game against the Blue Jackets on Nov. 23.

In the tweet, Lacey claimed Dubas told him he would have an update on the William Nylander contract situation at 5 p.m. that day.

Well, as everyone knows, 5 p.m. came and went with no update on Nylander, leaving Lacey looking like a Twitter troll. That is until Dubas reached out to him on Twitter on Saturday, lending some credence to the Columbus fan's claim just minutes after Nylander's six-year contract was made official.

Leafs Nation can hopefully forgive Lacey with Nylander now locked up long term.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs and William Nylander have agreed to a six-year contract, the team announced Saturday with minutes to spare before the 5:00 p.m. ET deadline.

Because Nylander's missed the club's first 26 games of the season, his cap hit will be $10.2 million for the remainder of the current campaign and $6.9 million in years two through six of the deal.

Here are some additional figures, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.

With the signing, the Maple Leafs have a projected $5.2 million in cap space for the remainder of the season, according to Cap Friendly. They've skated to an 18-8 record so far without Nylander in the lineup, good for third place in the Eastern Conference.

As for when the 22-year-old will make his season debut, Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said Nylander still has to go through medical testing, but the team hopes to have him back in action in the next week or so, according to the Toronto Sun's Terry Koshan.

Nylander has played two full campaigns with the Maple Leafs, recording 61 points in each.

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The Nashville Predators recalled top prospect Eeli Tolvanen from the AHL on Saturday, the team announced.

The 19-year-old has tallied four goals and 11 points in 21 games with the Milwaukee Admirals this season.

Tolvanen made headlines overseas a year ago while playing with the Helsinki Jokerit, breaking the KHL record for points by a teenager with 36, which was previously held by Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Selected 30th overall by the Predators in 2017, many considered Tolvanen to be the steal of the draft following his banner season with the Jokerit.

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It appears the William Nylander standoff has come down to one of two possible conclusions: sign or sit.

It's "highly unlikely" the Toronto Maple Leafs will trade Nylander before Saturday's 5 p.m. ET deadline, reports TSN's Bob McKenzie.

If Nylander doesn't sign a contract before then, he'll be ineligible to play at all this season.

If the deadline passes without a new contract, the Maple Leafs could still theoretically deal Nylander's rights this season before Feb. 25, but it would essentially rule out any trade partner with playoff aspirations.

Nylander was drafted eighth overall in 2014, and is coming off back-to-back 61-point seasons.

The Maple Leafs haven't skipped a beat without the young Swede in the lineup, as they've started the season 18-8-0 and own the NHL's best goal differential.

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Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson will not face supplemental discipline for his hit on New Jersey Devils forward Brett Seney, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.

Wilson was assessed a match penalty and was ejected for this check on Friday night.

Wilson missed the first 16 games of the regular season due to suspension after catching St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist with a blindside hit in preseason. It was his fourth suspension in just over a year.

Fresh off signing a six-year, $31-million contract in the offseason, Wilson is enjoying his best year to date, collecting seven goals and 13 points through his first nine games.

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