Nashville ink O’Reilly to 4-year, $18M deal

The Nashville Predators have inked Ryan O’Reilly to a 4-season, 18 million dollar deal as he will earn 4.5 million dollars per season.

Ryan O’Reilly signs in Music City! 🎸

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Ryan finished the campaign with the Toronto Maple Leafs after being traded, along with forward Noel Acciari, from the St. Louis Blues for Abramov, Gaudette, and 3 draft selections in February.

O’Reilly notched 16 goals and earned 30 points in 53 matches past campaign with St. Louis and Toronto.

Ryan scored 3 goals and had 9 points in 11 postseason matches before the Maple Leafs were defeated by the Florida Panthers in 5 matches in the 2^nd round.

He was the 33^rd overall pick at the 2009 NHL Draft, as Colorado Avalanche selected him. In his NHL career, Ryan scored 256 goals and earned 702 points in 991 matches for Colorado, Buffalo, St. Louis, and Toronto.