LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings have a four-year deal in place with free agent defenseman Rob Scuderi, who is leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
The contract was agreed to Thursday, the second day of NHL free agency.
Scuderi was part of Pittsburgh's top shutdown defensive pairing along with Hal Gill, who left the Penguins Wednesday and signed with the Montreal Canadiens. Scuderi led the Penguins with a plus-23 rating and had a career-high 16 points in 81 regular-season games. He also had a team-high 164 blocked shots.
In the playoffs, Scuderi added a goal and four assists in 24 games while logging 201/2 minutes of ice time. He assisted on Max Talbot's Cup-winning goal in Game 7 of the finals against Detroit.
In other signings, Mark Recchi has agreed to stay with the Boston Bruins.
The NHL's sixth leading active goal scorer has agreed to a one-year deal, a person familiar with the negotiations said on condition of anonymity because details were still being worked out. The club had no comment.
The agreement was first reported by TSN.
Boston obtained Recchi, 41, from Tampa Bay on March 4 as it tried to improve for the stretch drive. The Bruins ended up with the best record in the Eastern Conference but lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in a seven-game, second-round series.
Recchi has been part of three Stanley Cup-winning teams and has 545 goals and 897 assists in 1,490 regular-season games for seven clubs.