Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced today that the club has signed defenseman Francis Bouillon to a two-year contract worth $2.7M. The Montreal, Quebec native will make $1.2M in 2010-11 and $1.5M in 2011-12. Bouillon, 34, played a career-high 81 games for the Predators in 2009-10, ranking second on the team ? and among the Top 20 NHL defensemen ? in hits (162), while tying for third on the Predators in penalty minutes (50). He also posted 11 points, while averaging 19:18 per game a season ago, and played in all six of Nashville?s 2010 Playoff games.