"Below is the release. Hillen's point total would make him the third highest-scoring returning defenseman for the Predators. He would have been the fourth highest scoring Predators defenseman last season.

Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed defenseman Jack Hillen to a one-year, two-way contract worth $650,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 at the AHL level."