Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced today that the club has signed free-agent forward Steve Begin to a one-year, two-way contract worth $550,000 on the NHL level and $105,000 on the AHL level. Begin cleared waivers on Thursday and will report to Milwaukee (AHL). Begin has played 486 career NHL games since 1997-98, posting 100 points and 535 penalty minutes. The Trois-Rivieres, Que., native spent the 2009-10 season with the Boston Bruins, posting 14 points and 53 penalty minutes while playing a career-high 77 games.