Nashville, TN – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed defenseman Hal Gill to a two-year, $4 million contract.

Gill, 37 (4/6/75), was acquired by the Predators from Montreal Canadiens on February 17th, 2012, and suited up for 23 regular-season games (0g-5a) and five playoff games (0g-0a) for the club.One of the League’s biggest players at 6-7, 240 pounds, Gill has played 1,070 regular-season games (36g-148a-184pts, 948 PIMs) and 110 playoff contests (0g-6a-6pts, 68 PIMs) since 1997-98 – more than any player currently on the Predators roster. He appeared in back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals in 2008 and 2009 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, winning the Cup in 2009, and his 74 postseason games the past five seasons are the third most in the League.

The Concord, MA, native was drafted 207th overall (eighth round) by the Boston Bruins in the 1993 Entry Draft, and played eight seasons with the Bruins (1997-2006) before a pair of two-season stints in the Toronto Maple Leafs and (2006-08) Pittsburgh (2007-09). Gill played 196 games with the Canadiens from 2009-12 before being acquired by Nashville.

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