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Sabres Daily: Okposo Re-Signed To One-Year Deal

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12 months ago

May 25, 2023

The Buffalo Sabres and team captain Kyle Okposo were on the same page at the end of last season, wanting to continue a relationship that started when the going back winger left the New York Islanders to sign a seven-year, $42 million free-agent deal in 2016.

THE CAPTAIN IS BACK‼️

We have re-signed Kyle Okposo to a one-year contract worth $2.5 million.

Details: https://t.co/I5tLdoR6yU pic.twitter.com/EVRdOplPQu

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) May 24, 2023

The 35-year-old winger has had his ups and downs throughout his tenure with the Sabres, but found a new role as a veteran leader for a young and promising group over the last few years. On Wednesday, Okposo agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal to stay with Buffalo.

“I’m extremely proud to be a part of this group and to see how far we’ve come,” Okposo said in a press release. “We’ve become a team. It started off the ice first and then slowly progressed on the ice. It’s the first time in a long time that I think we can say that.”

The Sabres team captain had 28 points (11 goals,17 assists) in 75 games last season.

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The cinderella Florida Panthers finished off the Carolina Hurricanes in a four-game sweep, as Matthew Tkachuk scored his third game-winner of the series with 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation in a 4-3 win in Sunrise, FL on Wednesday.

Former Sabre Sam Reinhart assisted on Tkachuk’s late power play marker and along with Brandon Montour will play in their first Stanley Cup Final.

MATTHEW TKACHUK, ARE YOU KIDDING?! 😱😱😱

HE SCORES WITH 4 SECONDS LEFT IN REGULATION AND SENDS FLORIDA TO THE #STANLEYCUP FINAL! pic.twitter.com/Om5qu9d1T7

— NHL (@NHL) May 25, 2023