Predators sign Erik Haula to one-year, $1.75M contract

Sportsnet Staff @SportsnetDecember 23, 2020 - 2:24pm

Florida Panthers left wing Erik Haula (56) celebrates his goal with teammates Keith Yandle (3) Jonathan Huberdeau (11). (Nathan Denette/CP)

The Nashville Predators have signed free-agent forward Erik Haula, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman has learned.

The deal is for one year, and is worth $1.75 million, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston can confirm.

Erik Haula to NASH

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 23, 2020

Erik Haula's one-year deal in Nashville is worth $1.75M.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) December 23, 2020

Haula recorded 12 goals and 24 points last season in 48 games split between the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers. The 29-year-old was sent to the Panthers in the Vincent Trocheck trade in February.

In his NHL career, Haula has registered 85 goals and 175 points in 405 games.

The six-foot winger was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the seventh round of the 2009 NHL Draft, 181st overall.

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