Eakin signs two-year, $4.5 million contract with Sabres

Forward scored 15 points with Golden Knights, Jets last season

Cody Eakin signs with Buffalo Sabres

By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

Cody Eakin
signed a two-year, $4.5 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 11. It has an average annual value of $2.25 million.

The 29-year-old forward scored 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in 49 games with the Winnipeg Jets and Vegas Golden Knights last season, including five points (one goal, four assists) in eight games after he was traded to the Jets on Feb. 21. He did not have a point in four games in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers.
Eakin said Wednesday he expects to be the third-line center and kill penalties.
"We had a good chat, me and (coach) Ralph Krueger
to a
one-year, $8 million contract
Oct. 11.

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