Predators acquire Lauzon from Kraken

The Nashville Predators have acquired defenseman Jeremy Lauzon from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a 2022 second-round pick, the Predators announced Sunday.

Lauzon, 24, carries a cap hit of $850,000 and can be an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent this offseason. He's logged one goal and five assists in 53 games this season while averaging almost 18 minutes of ice time per contest.

The 6-foot-1 blue-liner led all Kraken skaters with 176 hits, and he saw the fourth-most shorthanded ice time in Seattle.

A second-round selection of the Boston Bruins in 2015, Lauzon can add to the Predators' depth on defense. He was the Kraken's choice from the Bruins in the expansion draft.

Lauzon has skated in 13 career playoff games, all with Boston.

The Kraken have been busy leading up to Monday's trade deadline, also shipping off Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Seattle now holds five of the first 64 picks in the upcoming NHL draft.