BUFFALO, N.Y. — – The Buffalo Sabres averted wage arbitration by agreeing to signal newly acquired ahead Beck Malenstyn to a two-year, $2.7 million contract on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Malenstyn was a restricted free agent and had opted for wage arbitration earlier this month.
The Sabres acquired the hard-hitting left winger in a commerce with the Washington Capitals through the second day of the NHL draft in Las Vegas final month. The Capitals acquired a second-round choose (forty third general), which they used to pick Cole Hutson.
For Buffalo, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound participant provides a bodily presence to what’s anticipated to be a totally retooled fourth line beneath new coach Lindy Ruff, who rejoins the Sabres for a second stint.
Malenstyn was chosen by Washington within the fifth spherical of the 2016 draft and is coming off his first full NHL season through which he had six objectives and 21 factors in 81 video games. From Delta, British Columbia, Malenstyn has eight objectives and 24 factors in 105 NHL profession video games.
