Salomaki signs two-year contract with Predators

Forward avoids arbitration, will earn $750,000 per season

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

Miikka Salomaki signed a two-year contract worth $1.5 million with the Nashville Predators on Monday.

It has an average annual value of $750,000.
Salomaki was a restricted free agent who had a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for Thursday. The 25-year-old forward had eight points (two goals, six assists) in 58 games with the Predators last season and no points in eight Stanley Cup Playoff games
Nashville selected Salomaki in the second round (No. 52) of the 2011 NHL Draft. He has 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists) in 125 NHL games with the Predators, and two points (one goal, one assist) in 28 playoff games.

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