Predators' Mazanec signs 1-year KHL deal

Goaltender Marek Mazanec signed a one-year contract with Slovan Bratislava of the KHL, the team announced Monday.

Mazanec is under contract with the Nashville Predators on a two-way deal for 2017-18 at a salary-cap hit of $650,000, according to Cap Friendly. This contract was agreed upon earlier this summer prior to a scheduled arbitration hearing.

The 26-year-old spent the majority of the past three seasons with the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, and has been bumped down the Predators' depth chart by the emergence of Juuse Saros, who's expected to be Pekka Rinne's primary backup this season.

Drafted 179th overall in 2012, Mazanec made 31 appearances for Nashville, posting an 8-13-4 record with an .895 save percentage.

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