The Washington Capitals have signed unrestricted free agent center Brendan Morrison to a one-year contract.
A native of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Morrison has played 755 career games with four teams -- Dallas, Anaheim, Vancouver and New Jersey -- spanning 12 NHL seasons. He has accumulated 175 goals and 330 assists for 505 points in his NHL career.
Morrison, who will turn 34 on Aug. 15, split last season between Anaheim and Dallas, posting 16 goals and 31 points in 81 games.
He was a second-round draft choice, 39th overall, of the New Jersey Devils in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.