The Sabres are close to re-signing restricted free agent center Peyton Krebs to a two-year, $2.9MM contract, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports Tuesday.
Krebs, 23, was Buffalo’s only late-summer RFA holdout but will be in training camp when it opens Wednesday if the contract is registered without incident. His deal will keep him with the Sabres through 2025-26 and cost $1.45MM against the salary cap.
The 17th overall pick of the Golden Knights in the 2019 draft, Krebs appeared in just 13 NHL games with Vegas before he was traded to Buffalo in Nov. 2021 as part of the Jack Eichel blockbuster. Early on, it looked like Krebs wouldn’t have any issues developing into a core top-nine piece for the Sabres. He immediately stepped into a full-time role as a middle-six winger, recording 22 points (7 G, 15 A) in 48 games after the trade while averaging 14:45 per game. His 0.46 points per game finished ninth on the team.
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