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Sabres Signing 282-Hit Forward To Big Extension
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The Buffalo Sabres are keeping one of their pending unrestricted free agents (UFAs) around.
According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman , the Sabres are signing forward Beck Malenstyn to a six-year contract extension with an average annual value around $3 million.
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TSN's Pierre LeBrun reported later that Malenstyn's six-year deal will come with a $2.9167 M AAV.
It was known that the Sabres were working hard to keep Malenstyn in Buffalo. Now, once this deal comes to fruition, the big winger will be a long-term part of the Sabres' roster.
Malenstyn's grit and speed make him a valuable asset to the Sabres' bottom six, and they are rewarding him for it with this six-year deal.
The 28-year-old appeared in 81 games last season for the Sabres, where he recorded seven goals, seven assists, 14 points, and a franchise-record 282 hits.
The Sabres acquired Malenstyn from the Washington Capitals during the 2024 NHL off-season. In 157 games over two seasons with the Sabres since then, the 6-foot-3 winger has posted 11 goals, 13 assists, 24 points, and 473 hits. It will be interesting to see how he builds upon these stats after landing this long-term deal from Buffalo from here.
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With Malenstyn staying in Buffalo, the Sabres' most notable pending UFAs remaining are Logan Stanley , Luke Schenn , Joshua Dunne, and David Kampf , who was recently acquired from the Washington Capitals in the Alex Tuch trade.
