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Nashville Predators Sign Sam Girard to Entry Deal

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The Nashville Predators have a thing for keeping their roster full of highly skilled defenders, and they took a step towards ensuring that trend continues in the future by signing this past year’s second round draft pick, Sam Girard, to a three-year entry-level deal.

The 18-year-old was selected 47th overall, and he came with a cabinet full of individual awards. In his first of two years in the QMJHL he served as Defensive Rookie of the Year, following up with a 2015-16 campaign that earned him the CHL Sportsman of the Year, QMJHL Defenseman of the Year, QMJHL Most Sportsmanlike Player, Hlinka Memorial Gold Medal, and recognition for being the top scoring defenseman in the league.