The Buffalo Sabers are buying out the final three years of forward Jeff Skinner’s 8-year, $72 million contract.

The Buffalo Sabres have officially let go of Jeff Skinner, the team’s highest-paid forward, by buying out the final three years of the veteran’s contract. The move comes a day after general manager Kevyn Adams told reporters at the NHL draft in Las Vegas that he had initiated the buyout process. And it’s another example of how the Sabres mismanaged their roster during what has become an NHL-record 13-year playoff drought. Skinner was acquired by the Sabres in a trade with Carolina in the summer of 2018 and signed an eight-year, $72 million contract a year later.

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