(Another in a series of player profiles prior to training camp.)
Frans Nielsen
Position: Center
Age: 33
Height/Weight: 6-1/188
2017-18 stats: 79 games, 16 goals, 17 assists, 33 points, plus-1 rating, 14 penalty minutes.
Career stats: 764 games, 152 goals, 271 assists, 423 points, minus-14 rating, 144 penalty minutes.
Contract: Four years at a $5.25 million cap hit.
2017-18 in review: Improved from a career-worst minus-19 in 2016-17 to a plus-1. ... Went 4 for 6 in shootouts with three game-deciding goals.