From the ArcaMax Publishing, Sports Update Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/sports/s-574254-390453
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Washington Capitals have signed high-scoring,
free-agent right wing Mike Knuble to a two-year contract.
No monetary figure was disclosed after Wednesday's surprise deal at
the onset of the league's off-season, free-agent signing period, but
the Delaware Daily Times reported he will receive $5.6 million.
"We just felt we needed someone else, a player on (the top) line in
particular with (left wing Alex) Ovechkin, the reigning two-time NHL
MVP and (center Nicklas) Backstrom, that will go to the net," General
Manager George McPhee told the Washington Post. "Mike's made his
living there."
Knuble, 37, scored 47 points for the Flyers last season, his fourth in
Philadelphia and in his 13-year career with four NHL teams, he has
compiled 429 points (215 goals and 214 assists.)
The Capitals lost free agent left wing Donald Brashear, mainly an
enforcer, to the New York Rangers after Sergei Federov signed with a
team in his native Russia last month.