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

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

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 place a player on unconditional waivers—and he must be unclaimed—before they can buy out that player’s contract. Since he has a no-movement clause, Jeff Skinner could refuse to place himself on waivers and accept his buyout outright.

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).

Jeff Skinner: A buyout in Buffalo, finally playoff hockey… and a Stanley Cup?
Buying out Jeff Skinner’s contract won’t be too restrictive for the Sabres.
(Credit: CapFriendly.com)

Skinner played over 1,000 regular games in the NHL, but never appeared in the playoffs. He had his 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 Sabers fan…

I expect Skinner to take a one-year deal worth $2 million to $4 million, no more. And while he’s used to success at the Bell Centre, I don’t see how he could end up with the Montreal Canadiens. He’s not the kind 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 coming 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 the subject of at least some of the 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 intention of buying out 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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