Lightning sign first-round pick Nolan Foote to entry-level contract

The Tampa Bay Lightning selected Nolan Foote during the first round of the 2019 NHL Draft. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed Nolan Foote, their 2019 first-round pick, to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Foote, 18, was the 27th overall pick in last week’s NHL Draft.

Foote, a forward, is the son of former NHL defenceman Adam Foote and the brother of defenceman Cal Foote, who the Lightning took in the first round in 2017.

Nolan Foote scored 36 goals and 63 points in 66 games last season with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets.

June 25, 2019

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Nolan Foote
SIGNED BY
Tampa Bay Lightning
LENGTH
3 yrs
CONTRACT TYPE
Entry-Level Deal
SALARY CAP HIT
N/A
TOTAL
N/A

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