Tanner Jeannot was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning by the Nashville Predators on Sunday.
Nashville received defenseman Cal Foote, a conditional first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, and a third-, fourth- and fifth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.
Jeannot, who is in the final season of a two-year, $1.6 million contract he signed with Nashville on July 30, 2021, can become a restricted free agent after this season. The 25-year-old forward has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 56 games.
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Signed by the Predators as an undrafted free agent on April 2, 2018, Jeannot has 62 points (34 goals, 28 assists) in 152 regular-season games and two assists in nine Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Foote, a 24-year-old defenseman, is in the final season of a two-year, $1.7 million contract he signed on July 29, 2021, and can become a restricted free agent after the season. He has three points (one goal, two assists) in 26 games.
Selected by Tampa Bay in the first round (No. 14) of the 2017 NHL Draft, Foote has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 117 regular-season games, and two assists in 13 playoff games.
The Lightning (37-18-4), who are 2-2-2 in their past six games, are in third place in the Atlantic Division, four points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for second.
The Predators (29-22-6), who have won three in a row, are six points behind the Seattle Kraken, who have played two more games, for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
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