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Nashville, TN – The Nashville Predators avoided arbitration with restricted free agent forward Sergei Kostitsyn on Monday, signing him to a $6 million deal over two years.
Kostitsyn had been signed to a one-year contract worth $2.5 million last July.
The 25-year-old winger totaled 17 goals and 43 points in 75 regular-season games, adding a goal and one assist in 10 playoff appearances for Nashville in 2011-12.
A native of Belarus, Kostitsyn has compiled 64 goals and 97 assists in 307 career games with the Canadiens and Predators since 2007.
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