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Jets sign Ponikarovsky

Free-agent forward Alexei Ponikarovsky agreed to a one-year, $1.8 million contract with the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

Ponikarovsky, 32, had seven goals and eight assists in 49 games for Carolina last season before being traded to the New Jersey Devils, where he had seven goals and 11 assists in 33 games.

He also had a goal and eight assists in 24 games for New Jersey in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.