Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Jerred Smithson to a two-year, $1.6M contract. He will make $800,000 during both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. Smithson, 31, has played in all 42 of Nashville?s games this season, posting eight points. He ranks eighth in the NHL in face-off winning percentage (58.7) and ninth among League forwards in average shorthanded time on ice, a category he?s led the team in the last four seasons.