Scott Hannan changes his NHL team once again, signs with Nashville Predators for one year
Scott Hannan, a professional Canadian ice hockey player, has changed his National Hockey League (NHL) team once again as he signed with Nashville Predators of the Western Conference of NHL. Nashville Predators would be the fourth team in four years that
Hannan would play for.
The 33-year-old defenseman has been signed for just one year, for $1 million, as announced by David Poile, General Manager and Director of Hockey Operations of Nashville Predators. This is exactly the amount that Hannan took from Calgary Flames for one year
contract last year.
The Richmond, British Columbia resident started his hockey career with Tacoma Rockets at the age of 15 in 1994-1995 season in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Next year he shifted to Kelowna Rockets in the same league and played there for four years, until
1999. His points scoring got better there with time as he scored 40+ in three successive seasons, before getting selected 23rd overall in the first round of 1997 NHL draft by San Jose Sharks.
At first, the left hander blue-liner was sent to play for Kentucky Thoroughblades in the American Hockey League (AHL) but eventually made his debut with San Jose Sharks in the NHL in 1998-1999 season.
San Jose, California based side was the place where he spent most of his time he played there eight seasons and made 508 appearances and scored 25 goals, 102 assists for 127 points.
In 2007-2008, he left Sharks and signed a new contract with Colorado Avalanche for four years, $18 million, averaging $4.5 million for one year. Hannan played full 82 games in the regular season in first year, scoring two goals and 19 assists. Second season
was his worst of his NHL career as he scored just 10 points in 81 games, with third being an average one for 16 points in 81 games.
Midway through the 2010-2011 season, while he had played 23 games, scoring six points, all of them being assists, Avalanche traded him to Washington Capitals in exchange of Tomas Fleischmann.
Last season with Calgary, the 6-foot-1, 225 pounder, again did not impress much and scored 12 points, 2 goals, 10 assists in 78 games.
The 2004 World Cup medal winner with Team Canada and 2005 World Championship’s silver medallist has still got some years left and would be looking for a good year so that he does not have to change his team again.
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