It seems that all the speculation was correct: St. Louis Blues defender Barret Jackman was not interested in signing with his former club’s main rival, the Chicago Blackhawks. Instead, Jackman signed with the Nashville Predators, who also occupy the central division alongside the Blues and Blackhawks.
According to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun, Jackman signed a 2-year, $4 million deal with the Nashville club Wednesday.
Jackman was told in June that the Blues would not be re-signing the blueliner and that he was free to test the market as an unrestricted free agent. Jackman had, until now, played his entire NHL career on the St.