The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Alexander Semin to a one-year contract on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not immediately available.
Semin spent the last three seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes. In 57 games last year, Semin scored six goals and 13 assists. He was also a minus-10 rating.
The 31-year-old Russian was a first-round pick of the Washington Capitals in the 2002 NHL draft. Semin spent seven seasons in Washington and scored 40 goals in 2009-10.