Nov 29, 2024; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Nick Perbix (48) skates with the puck in opposition to the Nashville Predators throughout the third interval at Bridgestone Area. Necessary Credit score: Steve Roberts-Imagn Photographs
The Nashville Predators have signed the previous Tampa Bay Lightning defender for 2 years at an AAV of $2.75M. This brings the variety of similarly-named gamers acquired for the blueline this week to 2, after yesterday’s signing of Nicolas Hague.
Perbix, who simply turned 27, scored 19 factors (6G/13A) in a third-pair function for the Bolts final season. The workforce struggled with puck management whereas he was paired along with his ordinary protection accomplice, Emil Lilleberg. Nonetheless, he performed higher with different protection companions; he additionally had some unhealthy puck luck throughout the center of the season.
It’s a small deal, however one with potential upside and little or no draw back.
Statistics from naturalstattrick.com. Background from hockeyviz.com.
