Predators claim Andreas Englund off waivers from Kings
The only notable waiver action across the NHL on Monday saw the Nashville Predators claim defenseman Andreas Englund off the wire from the Los Angeles Kings.
The Predators have claimed Andreas Englund, a left-handed defenseman, off waivers from Los Angeles.
He’s played in 11 games theis season and is in the final year of a 2-year deal at an AAV of $1 million.
The Predators take on Englund’s two-year contract that he signed with Los Angeles in July 2023. The deal has an AAV of $1 million. It will be his fourth team in the last three seasons.
Englund hasn’t seen a lot of game action this season in the NHL. After playing the full 82-game season with the Kings during the 2023-24 campaign, the 29-year-old has spent more time in the press box than on the ice. He’s played just 11 games so far this season, last finding his name on the lineup card on Jan. 11 in a 2-1 loss to the Calgary Flames. The only point Englund has registered this year came as a goal against the Montreal Canadiens back on Oct. 17.
Before joining the Kings, Englund finished out the 2022-23 season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, a team that the Stockholm blueliner joined after being traded from the Colorado Avalanche for Jack Johnson.
Englund started his NHL career with the Ottawa Senators, the team that took him in the second round, 40th overall, in the 2014 draft. He went on to play parts of four seasons with the Sens before signing with the Avs as a free agent in the summer of 2022.
In 173 NHL appearances, Englund has posted two goals and 16 assists for 18 points, with a career plus/minus of -17. He appeared in all five games of the Kings’ opening-round series against the Edmonton Oilers in last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Predators (19-28-7) are seventh in the Central Division, eight points ahead of the San Jose Sharks for the worst record in the league.