Lightning sign forward Tanner Jeannot to a two-year contract

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed restricted free agent forward Tanner Jeannot to a two-year contract worth an average annual value of $2.665 million, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.

The Lightning acquired Jeannot from the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Cal Foote, Tampa Bay's first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, its second-round selection in 2024, as well as third-, fourth- and fifth-round picks in 2023 on February 26, 2023. In 20 regular season games with the Lightning, Jeannot scored a goal and posted four points while blocking 11 shots and dishing out 77 hits -- most on the Bolts over the final 23 games of the season. In the playoffs, Jeannot got in a fight, delivered 16 hits and blocked two shots in three contests during a First Round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Prior to joining the Lightning, the 26-year-old Jeannot played two seasons in Nashville where he tallied 34 goals and 62 points in 152 contests. He had his best season statistically in 2021-22 with the Predators when he scored 24 goals, including five game-winners, and added 17 assists over 81 games.

The undrafted Oxbow, Saskatchewan native was signed originally to a three-year, entry-level contract by Nashville on April 2, 2018 and was extended by the Predators for another two seasons on July 30, 2021.