Sabres and Skinner agree on a big new contract
John Vogl of The Athletic: Jeff Skinner and the Buffalo Sabres have agreed on an eight-year contract extension worth $72 million – a $9 million AAV.
The Sabres are have scored the least amount of goals in the league since 2011 and Skinner’s greatest value was with the Sabres.
The Sabres still have over $11 million in salary cap space. Next offseason they have $20 million coming off the books.
The Sabres are not deep on the left side at all and if he’d left, he would have left behind a huge hole.
Cap Friendly: Skinner’s contract breakdown.
2019-20: $10M Base
2020-21: $2.5M Base $7.5M SB
2021-22: $10M Base
2022-23: $2.5M Base $7.5M SB
2023-24: $10M Base
2024-25: $10M Base
2025-26: $7M Base
2026-27: $5M Base
Full no-movement clause
Cap Friendly: The Sabres now have two players in the top 15 with the highest salary cap hit.
The other teams that have two in the top 15 are the Maple Leafs, Blackhawks, Stars and Penguins.
Jeff Skinner’s $9,000,000 AAV is currently the 14th highest AAV among forwards for 2019-20.https://t.co/uEbX9Ur4Td pic.twitter.com/D85bYLMroR
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 8, 2019
