The Nashville Predators signed restricted free agent Colin Wilson to a four-year, $15.75 million contract Monday to avoid arbitration.
Wilson will be paid $3.75 million in 2015-16, and $4 million in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 for an average annual value of $3.9375 million.
Wilson, 25, set career highs in goals (20) and points (42), while tying a personal best in assists (22) in 2014-15. The Greenwich, Conn., native also led the team and set a career high with a plus-19 rating, and tied a career high and ranked third on the Predators in game-winning goals (five).
The 6-foot-1, 216-pound Wilson had five goals, four on the power play, in the Western Conference first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, which the Predators lost in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks.