The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent left wings Craig MacDonald and Mathieu Darche to one-year contracts, Executive Vice President & General Manager Jay Feaster announced. MacDonald, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, has played in 160 career NHL games with Carolina, Florida, Boston, Calgary and Chicago, recording eight goals and 22 points. He spent last season in the Blackhawks? organization, skating in 25 games in Chicago while playing 50 games for the AHL?s Norfolk Admirals, where he served as captain. MacDonald, 30, scored three goals and recorded two assists with Chicago and tallied 15 goals with 40 points in Norfolk. MacDonald finished the season in Norfolk with a plus-9 rating, six power-play goals and four shorthanded goals. ?Craig is a veteran player with significant NHL experience who will be given every opportunity to make our hockey team,? Feaster said. ?He is a high-character guy who plays hard and competes every shift. He has very good hockey sense, is responsible defensively, is good on draws and is strong on his skates. He does all of the little things it takes to win hockey games and that makes him a good fit for us. He is also a leader at the AHL level and is exactly the kind of depth player we need to continue adding to our organization. We look forward to having him compete for a spot on our roster in camp.?