The Nashville Predators are rewarding their unexpected postseason contributor.
Frederick Gaudreau has agreed to a three-year contract with the Predators, the first two years of which are two-way and the final year of which will become a one-way deal.
It carries an NHL salary of $650,000 and an AHL value of $70,000 in each of the first two seasons, and will pay him $700,000 in the third year.
The 24-year-old scored the eventual winning goals in Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins, becoming the second player in NHL history and first in 73 years to score each of his first three NHL markers in the championship round.
He made his Stanley Cup playoff debut in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final against the Anaheim Ducks after appearing in nine regular-season games for Nashville.
Gaudreau was an undrafted free agent who originally signed a two-year pact with the Predators in January 2016.
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