Predators Sign Wade Belak to One-Year Extension

The Nashville Predators announced on Thursday that they have signed forward Wade Belak to a one-year contract extension worth $575,000. He would have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. In 39 games this past season with the Predators, he had two assists and 58 penalty minutes. In 534 career NHL games with the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, and Nashville Predators, he has eight goals and 25 assists for 33 points and 1,245 penalty minutes. Really nothing more than a depth signing, Belak brings lots of grit and toughness to the Predators' third and fourth lines. He can also play defense, so the team can move Belak from offense to defense depending on their needs.