The Buffalo Sabres officially moved on from Jeff Skinner, the top-paid forward on the team’s roster, by buying out the final three years of the veteran’s contact. The move comes a day after GM Kevyn Adams informed reporters at the NHL draft in Las Vegas he had initiated the buyout paperwork.
FILE - Buffalo Sabres left wing Jeff Skinner carries the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, March. 2, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y. The Sabres officially moved on from Skinner, the top-paid forward on the team’s roster, by buying out the final three years of the veteran’s contact Sunday, June 30, 2024.
The 32-year-old Skinner becomes the third player to have his contract bought out by Buffalo over that span, joining Ville Leino and Christian Ehrhoff.for a second stint, this time to replace Don Granato, who was fired after Buffalo underachieved in finishing 12th in the Eastern Conference. This marks the end of Skinner’s up-and-down six-year stint in Buffalo, where his production was inconsistent from one season to the next, and he was often knocked for defensive lapses. Acquired in a trade with Carolina in the summer of 2018, Skinner scored a career-best 40 goals in his first season in Buffalo, which prompted the team to sign him to an eight-year, $72 million contract.
Including his first eight seasons in Carolina, Skinner’s 1,006 NHL games are the most of any player not to have been a member of a team that qualified for the postseason.
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