The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Andreas Englund to a one-year contract worth $775,000 for the 2025-26 season.

Nashville claimed Englund, 29, off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 10. He played in 24 games for the Predators this season, recording two assists, 58 hits and 33 blocked shots to go along with 36 penalty minutes.

The 6-foot-4, 200 pound defenseman helped replace some of the size Nashville was missing on the blue line after losing Roman Josi and Jeremy Lauzon to season-ending injuries and trading Luke Schenn to the Pittsburgh Penguins ahead of the March deadline.

Englund, a native of Stockholm, was originally selected by the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the 2014 NHL Draft. He has played in 197 NHL games over seven seasons, recording 20 points and 484 hits.

The Predators now have eight NHL defensemen under contract for 2025-26, including Englund, Josi, Lauzon, Nick Blankenburg, Brady Skjei, Justin Barron, Jordan Oesterle, Adam Wilsby.