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Jeff Skinner: A buyout in Buffalo, finally playoff hockey… and a Stanley Cup?

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My colleague Raphaël Simard was right last week when he wrote that Jeff Skinner could soon be bought.

According to a columnist from the Buffalo region, Kevyn Adams will announce in the coming hours that he has indeed decided to buy out the contract of the 32-year-old striker. Elliotte Friedman mentioned this possibility just a few days ago…

The contract buyout window opens tomorrow (morning?), 48 hours after the Panthers’ coronation, and closes at 5 p.m. on June 30.

Remember, a team must submit a player’s name to unconditional waivers – and must not be claimed – before it can proceed with a buyout of said player’s contract. Since he has a no-movement clause, Jeff Skinner could refuse to submit to waivers and accept his buyout straight away.

Since Skinner is likely well aware of his market value, he could proceed directly with the buyout, skipping the usual process.

Skinner East Currently worth $9 million on the Sabres’ payroll, and will remain so for three more seasons. If he is indeed bought out, the Sabers will save several million dollars (real and accounting).

Buying out Jeff Skinner’s contract won’t be too restrictive for the Sabres.
(Credit: CapFriendly.com)

Skinner played over 1,000 regular NHL games but never made the playoffs. He had a career-best season in 2022-23 (82 points) but struggled in 2023-24.

Will Skinner emulate Ryan O’Reilly, Jack Eichel, Sam Reihart, Kyle Okposo, Brandon Montour and Evan Rodrigues by lifting the Stanley Cup in Buffalo? That would be quite a story.

It’s not easy being a Sabres fan…

I expect Skinner to agree to a one-year contract with a salary of two to four million dollars, no more. And even if he is used to success at the Bell Centre, I don’t see how he could end up with the Montreal Canadiens. This is not the type of player Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes are looking for. Even if some media want you to believe it’s a possibility…

We will keep an eye on the waivers this afternoon (2:00 p.m.), as several names are said to be in contention. to win in the next few hours: Jack Campbell, Kevin Hayes, Torey Krug, Nate Schmidt, Ryan Johansen, Cal Petersen, Conor Sheary, Cam Atkinson, Philipp Grubauer, Justin Holl and Jean-Gabriel Pageau have all been subject to at least a few rumors to this effect. For Pageau, it was only a few hours ago!

Pierre-Luc Dubois, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow and Joona Korpisalo all seem to have avoided the worst…

Note that Kent Hughes has stated that he has no plans to buy out any contracts this summer. Christian Dvorak, Joel Armia, Josh Anderson and Brendan Gallagher can all sleep easy, like…

Over time

– Ismaël Koné would be on the verge of being transferred to Marseille… for more or less 15 million euros.

– AdidOUT! FanatIN!

– Well done!

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