Alexander Semin has signed a one-year, $6.7 million contract extension with the Capitals. It's the second-straight year that the two sides have settled on a 12-month pact. "Alex was basically comfortable with another one-year deal, and that was fine with us," general manager George McPhee said. "We could do one-year deals for the next 10 years if he wishes. It gives us flexibility. It gives the player flexibility."

Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Jerred Smithson to a two-year, $1.6M contract. He will make $800,000 during both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. Smithson, 31, has played in all 42 of Nashville?s games this season, posting eight points. He ranks eighth in the NHL in face-off winning percentage (58.7) and ninth among League forwards in average shorthanded time on ice, a category he?s led the team in the last four seasons.

The Los Angeles Kings have signed defenseman Jack Johnson to a seven-year contract extension that will carry into the 2017-18 season, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced Saturday night. The seven-year contract matches the second longest in club history. Kings center Anze Kopitar also signed a seven-year contract extension on Oct. 11, 2008, and former Kings Great/Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky signed an eight-year contract in 1988 (after the first year that contract was extended from seven years to nine years).

Marc-Andre Bergeron has agreed to a one-year, two-way deal with the Lightning, according to a source. The defenseman, who missed the first half of the season recovering from knee surgery, will earn a $1-million salary at the NHL level and $105,000 at the minor-league level.

The Penguins have signed defenseman Deryk Engelland to a $1.7 million, three-year contract that runs through the 2013-14 season. The deal will count $566,700 per season against the NHL salary cap. Engelland, in his first full NHL season, has developed into one of the league's top fighters.