Lightning land Kunitz on 1-year deal

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed veteran forward Chris Kunitz to a one-year, $2-million contract Saturday, the club announced.

The four-time Stanley Cup champion spent the past eight-plus seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, winning three Cups and a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He won his first Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007.

Kunitz has totaled 250 goals and 580 points over 884 regular-season games in his career, adding 92 points in 161 playoff games. He is coming off his least productive season at the offensive end of the ice, scoring just nine goals and 29 points in 71 games. He rebounded with 11 points in 20 games during the Penguins' playoff run.

Kunitz rose to prominence while playing left wing on the Penguins' top line beside center Sidney Crosby, but he played the 2016-17 season mostly on the second line with forwards Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel.

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