Gabriel Bourque signed a one-year, $866,250 contract with Nashville on Thursday.

Bourque signed a one-year, $866,250 contract with Nashville on Thursday.

Analysis:

The 24-year-old Bourque, who has 220 NHL regular season games under his belt, is thus in line to reprise his bottom-six forward role with the Preds, on the heels of a 2014-15 campaign in which he notched 13 points and 10 PIM in 69 games.