BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres have avoided a salary arbitration hearing with Conor Timmins by signing the newly acquired defenseman to a two-year, $4.4 million contract on Sunday.
Timmins, 26, was a restricted free agent and was acquired along with defenseman Isaac Belliveau in a trade that sent Connor Clifton to the Pittsburgh Penguins on June 28. For the Sabres, Timmins represents his fifth team in six NHL seasons since being selected in the second round of the 2017 draft and entering the league with Colorado in the 2019-20 season.
Last season, Timmins achieved a personal best with three goals and 15 points in 68 games, split between Pittsburgh and Toronto. In total, he has six goals and 46 points in 159 games.
With Timmins’s signature, goaltender Devon Levi is the only restricted free agent without a contract for the Sabres.
