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The Buffalo Sabres have aggreed to pay Briere $5 million for next season on Thursday, after an arbitrator's ruling. |
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Briere scored 25 goals with 33 assists in 48 games for the Sabres last season. The center missed eight games with an abdominal strain and then was sidelined for 24 contests due to a sports hernia and ensuing surgery on Jan. 5. Despite the setbacks, he returned to score eight goals and 19 points in 18 playoff games for the Sabres. |
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Afinogenov agreed to terms with the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, the team avoiding what could have been an expensive salary arbitration hearing with the forward. |
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Terms of the deal were not immediately available, but it's anticipated that Afinogenov will receive a big raise over the $1.086 million he made in leading the Sabres with a career-high 73 points last season. |
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Gaustad avoided salary arbitration with the Sabres, signing a two-year, $1.425 million contract Sunday. Gaustad, who will make $675,000 next season, received a slight raise over the $450,000 contract he made as an NHL rookie last season. He was scheduled to have his arbitration hearing Wednesday. |
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A rugged center, who split time on the Sabres third and fourth lines last season, Gaustad finished with nine goals and 15 assists in 78 games. He added four assists in 18 playoff games in helping the Sabres reach the Eastern Conference final, which they lost in Game 7 to eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina. |
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The Sabres and Connolly avoided salary arbitration, agreeing to a three-year contract Friday. |
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Financial terms were not immediately available, but it's expected Connolly received a raise over the $1.03 million he made last season while registering a career-high 55 points. |
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Lydman agreed to a four-year, $11.5 million deal with the Sabres on Thursday shortly before his arbitration hearing was scheduled to begin. A five-year NHL veteran, Lydman will make $2.3 million next season, $2.9 million in 2007-08 and $3.15 million in each of his final two years. He made $1.9 million last season. |
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Lydman, 28, had one goal and 16 assists in 75 games with Buffalo last season, his first with the Sabres after spending four with the Calgary Flames. The defenseman has 20 goals and 90 assists in 364 career games. |
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Pominville agreed to a three-year, $3.1 million contract Thursday to re-sign with Buffalo and avoid arbitration. The deal will pay Pominville $800,000 next season, $925,000 the following year and $1.375 million in the final year. He made $450,000 last season. |
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Buffalo's second-round pick in the 2001 draft, Pominville emerged as a dependable third-line forward and power-play threat after opening last season in the minors. He finished second among Sabres rookies in scoring with 18 goals -- 10 on the power play -- and added 12 assists in 57 games. |
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Sabres captain Briere was awarded a one-year, $5 million contract by an arbitrator Sunday. The Sabres have 48 hours to decide whether they will sign Briere or allow him to become an unrestricted free agent. |
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Briere earned $1.938 million last season, when he had 58 points in 48 games and added 19 points in 18 playoff games. |
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The Sabres agreed to terms on a three-year contract with Sekera on Friday. Sekera, 19, was a member Slovakia's team at the 2006 world junior championships, registering five points in six games. |
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Sekera, Buffalo's third-round pick in the 2004 draft, was selected the Ontario Hockey League's outstanding defenseman this past season, finishing with 21 goals and 55 points while playing for Owen Sound. The 6-foot, 191-pound blueliner was also a first-team OHL All-Star. |
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Biron accepted the Sabres' one-year qualifying offer Thursday despite still seeking a trade from the club. The 28-year-old goaltender becomes Buffalo's only goalie under contract and will be paid $2.1 million this season. |
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Biron played in 35 games last season for the Sabres, finishing with a 21-8-3 mark and a 2.89 goals-against average. He reeled off a franchise-record 13 straight victories when starter Ryan Miller was sidelined with a thumb injury. |
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Campbell and the Sabres agreed to a two-year, $3 million contract on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration. Campbell led all Buffalo defensemen with 44 points while recording a team-low 16 penalty minutes. |
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Peters signed a one-year, $460,000 contract with Buffalo on Monday, avoiding salary arbitration. The left wing led the Sabres with 100 penalty minutes last season despite scoring no points in 28 games. He didn't appear in the playoffs. |
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Spacek agreed to a three-year contract worth about $10 million with the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. The 32-year-old defenseman had 12 goals and 31 assists in 76 games last season, which he split between Chicago and Edmonton. He added 14 points in 24 postseason games, helping the Oilers reach the Stanley Cup finals. Spacek, who was an unrestricted free agent, is getting a significant raise after making $2.25 million last season. |
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Spacek, a seven-year NHL veterean, has 51 goals and 154 assists in 496 career games. |
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Numminen will stay in Buffalo after agreeing to a one-year contract with the Sabres on Monday. The 38-year-old defenseman received a raise over the $2 million he made last season, when he joined the Sabres as a free agent. Numminen has been cleared to play after undergoing surgery last week to correct an irregular heartbeat. |
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Numminen, a 17-year veteran, had two goals and 38 assists during the 2005-06 season and added a goal and an assist in 12 postseason games. He has 113 goals and 478 assists in 1,235 career games. |
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Numminen underwent surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat this week and plans to re-sign with Buffalo. The surgery wasn't considered life-threatening and was anticipated after the heart condition caused the defenseman to miss one game during Buffalo's first-round playoff series with Philadelphia. Numminen's had a heart murmur since childhood and was diagnosed with a dilated aorta in March 2004. |
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Numminen had two goals and 38 assists this season and finished second among Sabres defensemen in scoring, his best season since recording 48 points with Phoenix in 2001-02. |
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Briere was given Buffalo's one-year, $1.94 million qualifying offer, but according to his agent, he plans to negotiate a better deal. The Sabres will retain Briere's rights when the free-agency period begins on July 1, but he has the option to decline the offer to negotiate a new contract. "I'm pretty sure they're going to be serious in trying to retain Danny for many years," Briere's agent Pat Brisson told The Associated Press. |
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The Sabres' center led the team with 19 points in the playoffs, including eight goals and 11 assists. He recorded 25 goals and 37 assists during 48 regular-season games. |
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Numminen is expected to return to the Sabres for Sunday's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes, after missing three games with a lower body injury. The 37-year-old defenseman's return will be relief to the Sabres, as Henrik Tallinder is out for the playoffs with a broken arm and Dmitri Kalinin is sidelined with an ankle injury. |
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Numminen has one goal and one assist in 11 games this postseason after recording two goals and 38 assists during the regular season. |
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Tallinder will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a broken left arm suffered in a collision during the Sabres' 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday. |
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Tallinder had two goals and six assists in 14 playoff games this season. The defenseman had six goals and 21 points in 82 games this season. |
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Briere scored twice in Wednesday's 4-3 victory over Carolina to help Buffalo take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. The Sabres' center had two goals in the first nine minutes of the second period to boost his postseason totals to five goals and 10 assists. |
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Numminen missed Wednesday's 4-3 victory over Carolina with a lower body injury as his team took a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. The Sabres' defenseman played the first period of Game 1, but has not played since. His status is uncertain for Game 4 on Friday. |
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Numminen has one goal and one assist in 11 games this postseason after recording two goals and 38 assists during the regular season. |
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Numminen left Saturday's 3-2 playoff win over the Hurricanes with a lower-body injury and didn't return. The Sabres' defenseman, who has one goal and one assist this postseason, is listed as day-to-day. |
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Numminen had two goals and 38 assists during the regular season. |