Veteran defenseman Mark Streit signed a one-year deal to return to the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced Tuesday.

The deal comes with a cap hit of $700,000, reports TVA Sports' Renaud Lavoie.

Streit concluded the 2016-17 season as a member of the Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburgh Penguins. He began the year with the Philadelphia Flyers, scoring five goals and adding 16 assists in 49 games played. He was briefly traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning before being flipped to Pittsburgh.

Streit was rarely used during the Penguins' journey to the Cup, averaging just 15:03 of ice time per game in only three appearances, but did contribute two assists.

He last played for the Canadiens in 2007-08, scoring 25 goals and recording 109 points over a three-year span which began with the 2005-06 season. He left the Canadiens to join the New York Islanders via free agency, and went to post a total of 179 points over 286 games.

Now 39 years old, Streit is coming off a

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