Overview
- Zamula became a free agent today after clearing unconditional waivers that terminated his Penguins contract.
- He was suspended by Pittsburgh for refusing to report to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton following a Dec. 31 trade from the Flyers for Philip Tomasino.
- Columbus announced a one-year, rest-of-season contract worth a prorated $1 million, a figure also cited by his agent Dan Milstein and PuckPedia.
- He is expected to compete for immediate NHL minutes with depth options Erik Gudbranson and Brendan Smith unavailable.
- He joins with eight goals and 41 points in 168 NHL games and will share the locker room with fellow Russians Ivan Provorov, Kirill Marchenko, and Dmitri Voronkov.