OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) announced today that the club has signed forward Chris Kelly to a one-year, $900,000 National Hockey League contract.
Kelly returns to the team for which he began his career after having played his first 463 NHL games with the Senators. He registered 75 goals, 101 assists and 249 penalty minutes over that span and was a member of the 2007 Ottawa team that made the franchise’s only appearance in the Stanley Cup Final.
On Feb. 11, 2011, Kelly was traded to Boston in exchange for the Bruins’ second-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft (Shane Prince, drafted 61st overall).