Jeff Skinner agrees to waive no-movement clause for the Expansion Draft
Here’s a rare win for the Buffalo Sabres. Jeff Skinner has agreed to waive his no-movement clause, meaning he can be exposed to the Seattle Kraken in the Expansion Draft.
The Sabres’ Jeff Skinner has agreed to waive his no-movement clause for the expansion draft, his agent tells @TheAthleticBUF. theathletic.com/team/sabres/
Skinner has been a mess for the Sabres since signing an eight-year, $72,000,000 contract extension back in June o f 2019.
The Sabres acquired Skinner from the Carolina Hurricanes in 2018 with one year left on his contract and he scored 40 goals, earning him a massive contract. Since then, though, Skinner has scored just 21 goals and 37 points over 112 games. That’s not ideal given his $9,000,000 cap hit.
Though the Kraken surely won’t take this contract from Buffalo, this ensures they’ll be able to protect an extra young forward, such as @Tage Thompson or @Rasmus Asplund.
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