Official Site of the Predators · Jun 1, 2016
Predators Sign Gunnarsson to an Entry-Level Contract
Nashville, Tenn. (June 1, 2016) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Wednesday that the club has signed free-agent goaltender Jonas Gunnarsson to a one-year entry-level contract.Gunnarsson, 24 (3/31/92), has spent the past two seasons with the Malmo Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League. In 2015-16 the Eksjö, Sweden, native played a league-high 44 games, ranking ninth among netminders in save percentage (.913) despite his team finishing 12th out of 14 teams, and in 2014-15, he ranked ninth in Swedish second division goals-against average (2.28), helping Malmo earn promotion to the SHL.