Buffalo Sabres: Odds That Each Pending UFA Gets a Contract Extension
- Here’s a list of every player currently on an expiring contract and the odds the Sabres will seek to re-sign them.
- Contract Extension Odds: Rieder was one of the depth forward signings Adams made shortly before the Sabres’ training camp began ahead of the season and started out hot before fizzling out and becoming virtually invisible on the ice.
- Contract Extension Odds: Much like Rieder, Sheahan was another signing late in the offseason in an attempt to bolster the Sabres’ bottom-six forward depth.
- Sheahan wasn’t even expected to be in the opening night roster, but somehow he has played in all but three games for the team this season.
- Contract Extension Odds: There is virtually no shot that Irwin re-signs with the Sabres, especially since other, younger left-shooting defensemen Jacob Bryson and Mattias Samuelsson have broken into the NHL this year and have often played better than Irwin has.
- Contract Extension Odds: There is no chance at all that Hutton will be back next season.
- Contract Extension Odds: Ullmark is probably the most likely player on this list to receive a new contract once the season finishes.
- His 2.63 GAA and .917 SV% are outstanding for the record of the team he plays for, and he has single-handedly stolen games for the Sabres this season.
- Contract Extension Odds: Houser was an emergency signing by Adams when Hutton and Ullmark went down with injuries at the same time, so as to avoid having to call up goalie prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and force him into an NHL game too early.
- Pros: Given that Houser hasn’t played a game with either the Sabres or the Amerks this season, there are no pros.
- Contract Extension Odds: The odds he re-signs is little to none unless the Sabres are planning to expose him to the expansion Seattle Kraken in this summer’s upcoming expansion draft.
- Contract Extension Odds: In another world, McCabe might have had a really strong season that warranted a contract extension, but that’s not the world we live in.
- Contract Extension Odds: Fogarty might have an outside chance of signing a new contract with the Sabres, though it would likely be a two-way contract for him to report to the AHLs Rochester Americans.
- Pros: In nine NHL games this season, Fogarty scores one goal (the first of his career), two assists, and added eight penalty minutes for the Sabres.
- Contract Extension Odds: Despite only appearing in one game for the Sabres this season, Dea might actually have a decent chance in landing a new contract with the Sabres, likely another one-year, two-way deal so he can play in the minors with the Americans.
- He failed to register a point in the one NHL game he played this season and isn’t going to unlock some hidden potential that sees him become a full-time NHL player any time soon
- Contract Extension Odds: Davidson will not be back with the Sabres next season
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