Sabres Avoid Salary Arbitration with Timmins: New Contract for 4.4 Million

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 defenseman Connor Clifton to the Pittsburgh Penguins on June 28. For the Sabres, this is Timmins’ fifth team in six NHL seasons since the player, selected in the second round of the 2017 draft, debuted in the league with Colorado in the 2019-20 season.Last season, Timmins achieved a personal best of 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, goalie Devon Levi is the Sabres’ only unsigned restricted free agent.