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UFA spotlight – Andrei Kostitsyn

Andrei Kostitsyn

All week leading up to July 1, we’ll be profiling unrestricted free agents and speculating where they might end up.

Andrei Kostitsyn (RW)

Age: 27

2011-12 cap hit: $3.25 million

The skinny:

Kostitsyn has a lengthy history of up-and-downs and missed expectations. All the same, he might be best known as the other guy involved in the Alexander Radulov curfew controversy. They both come with baggage and it looks like neither of them will play for the Predators next season -- but that’s where the similarities end.

Kostitsyn turned 27 in February and has only reached the 50-point mark once in his career. (He’s coming off a 36-point campaign.) Unlike Radulov, teams aren’t going to sign Kostitsyn with the hope that everything will finally click and he’ll serve as a primary contributor. At the most, they’ll be hoping he’ll fit in as a second liner who’s capable of providing some secondary scoring.

Kostitsyn will likely end up with a one- or two-year deal, a modest salary, and the opportunity to get back to the level that produced three 20-goal seasons in Montreal.

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