Jordin Tootoo, a native of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut who became the first Inuk to play in the NHL, agreed to a $1.2-million, two-year deal with the Nashville Predators.
He'll earn $500,000 next season and $700,000 in 2007-08.
The 5-foot-9, 194-pound winger had four goals and 10 points and 55 penalty minutes in 34 games with Nashville last season. Tootoo also had 27 points and 133 penalty minutes in 41 games with AHL Milwaukee.
The Predators also signed restricted free-agent defenceman Sheldon Brookbank to a one-year contract and unrestricted free-agent forward Ramzi Abid to a one-year contract. Additional terms of the deals were not disclosed.
