The Nashville Predators announced Tuesday that the club has signed forward Colin Wilson to a three-year, $6 million contract.
Wilson will make $1.5 million in 2012-13, $2 million in 2013-14 and $2.5 million in 2014-15.
Wilson, 22, set career highs in assists (20) and points (35) while scoring 16 goals in 2011-12. He also tied for second on the Predators in game-winning goals (5), and fourth on the club in power-play goals (5) this past season. In 185 career NHL game since the start of the 2009-10 season, Wilson has 84 points.
Nashville's first choice, seventh overall (first round), in the 2008 Entry Draft spent two seasons at Boston University prior to joining the Predators (2007-09), helping the Terriers win the 2009 NCAA National Championship and being named USA Hockey College Player of the Year in the process.
Wilson was Team USA's Most Outstanding Player at the 2009 World Junior Championships and was the only current college player to represent the Red, White and Blue at the 2009 World Championship.
