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Sabres Sign F Josh Doan to 7-Year, $48.65M Contract
Josh Doan leads the NHL in takeaways and has set career highs in goals and points during Buffalo's push to end a 14-year playoff drought, team says.
- On Wednesday, the Buffalo Sabres signed forward Josh Doan to a seven-year extension worth $6.95 million per season through 2032-33.
- Showing career highs, Josh Doan, forward, has 15 goals and 35 points in 49 games and leads the NHL with 35 takeaways, boosting Buffalo Sabres' playoff contention bid.
- Doan was acquired with defenseman Michael Kesselring in a late-June trade that sent forward JJ Peterka to the Utah Mammoth while he was in the final year of his rookie contract.
- General manager Jarmo Kekalainen made Josh Doan's extension his first major move after replacing Kevyn Adams last month, saying `Josh is a player that impacts the team both on and off the ice,`.
- Buffalo is 27-17-5 and entered Wednesday in fifth place in the Eastern Conference after a 5-3 win at Nashville.
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Sabres sign forward Josh Doan to 7-year, $48.65 million contract extension
The Buffalo Sabres signed Josh Doan to a seven-year, $48.65 million contract extension in a deal that secures the third-year forward as a key fixture of the team’s core group.
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