Mattias Samuelsson

The Buffalo Sabres are having a busy morning. After announcing an extension for head coach Don Granto, the team has also released details of a seven-year ...

Unless Samuelsson falls off a cliff – which certainly doesn’t appear likely after another outstanding training camp – this is more about rewarding a player they believe in than squeezing out every ounce of surplus value. The team currently projects to have more than $32MM in space for next season even after factoring in extensions for Samuelsson and With just 12 points in 54 games (zero goals), it isn’t like Samuelsson was setting himself up for a big arbitration case, and he’s still several years away from unrestricted free agency. - 2026-27: $4,285,716 salary - 2024-25: $4,285,716 salary [Mattias Samuelsson](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/samuema02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) has signed a $30MM extension that will kick in for the 2023-24 season, avoiding restricted free agency and giving him a $4.29MM cap hit.

The Buffalo Sabres signed defenceman Mattias Samuelsson to a seven-year contract extension worth $30 million on Wednesday. The deal will carry an average ...

Buffalo went 9-16-3 in their final 28 games of the 2020-21 season after Granato took over behind the bench on an interim basis. The Buffalo Sabres signed defenceman Mattias Samuelsson to a seven-year contract extension worth $30 million on Wednesday. The deal will carry an average annual value of $4.285 million.

Les Sabres de Buffalo ont offert une prolongation de contrat de sept ans d'une valeur de 30 millions $ au défenseur Mattias Samuelsson, mercredi.

2022.

The Buffalo Sabres continued their contract moves Wednesday morning by signing defenseman Mattias Samuelsson to a seven-year extension worth $30 million.

The same could be said for other young players on the roster like [Dylan Cozens](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/dylan-cozens-aWsZi1b07igH4M8e/), [Jack Quinn](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/jack-quinn-QAYpnhYD022kzO6h/) and J.J. [Rasmus Dahlin](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/rasmus-dahlin-yawMfK8Rk9z4b9XP/) and [Owen Power](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/owen-power-DdfY29OWzoYKzUhZ/) are going to command big-money extensions before long. General manager Kevyn Adams knows that won’t be the case too often going forward, and signaled as much with a seven-year, $30 million extension for defenseman [Mattias Samuelsson](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/mattias-samuelsson-grd7HaJrvl8Ycju2/).

The Buffalo Sabres remained busy on Wednesday, signing defenseman Mattias Samuelsson to a seven-year contract with an AAV of $4.25 million for the start of ...

Samuelsson joins Tage Thompson as the only players signed past 2028, with Samuelsson being the only defender signed for 2024-25. Samuelsson is underrated for his defensive abilities, and that style goes in hand with the most offensive play of Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power. Samuelsson was in the last year of his three-year entry contract worth $925,000.

This is definitely a leap of faith for Buffalo, as Samuelsson only has 54 games of NHL experience under his belt. The 22-year-old American was, however, a solid ...

Samuelsson's offensive upside will likely remain limited, but he should rack up plenty of hits and blocks as a mainstay in Buffalo's top four for years to come. The 22-year-old American was, however, a solid top-four option for the Sabres as a rookie in 2021-22, picking up 10 helpers, 100 hits and 60 blocks while averaging 20:00 of ice time through 42 appearances. This is definitely a leap of faith for Buffalo, as Samuelsson has only 54 games of

Les Sabres de Buffalo ont accordé une prolongation de contrat de deux saisons à l'entraîneur-chef Don Granato mercredi, une forme de récompense pour ...

En plus de Thompson, le défenseur Rasmus Dahlin a lui aussi réalisé des sommets personnels en carrière avec 13 buts et 53 points. L’été suivant, Granato a été nommé sur une base permanente et il a guidé les Sabres vers un dossier de 32-39-11 l’an dernier. Il touchera un salaire annuel tout juste inférieur à 2 millions lors de chacune de ces deux saisons additionnelles, excluant les bonis, selon ce qu’a confié à l’Associated Press une personne au fait de la situation.

The extension came approximately six weeks after the Sabres signed center Tage Thompson to a seven-year, $50 million contract extension and on the same day ...

With the cap rising next season, Samuelsson's contract has the potential to be a much-needed value for Buffalo, which will likely extend Rasmus Dahlin before the summer of 2024. The contract, which carries a $4.285 million annual cap hit beginning next season, is a rarity for a player with zero career goals through 54 games in the NHL. Samuelsson, 22, was due to become a restricted free agent in the summer of 2023.

The Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Mattias Samuelsson to a seven-year contract extension worth $30 million, the team announced Wednesday.

The Sabres drafted Samuelsson during the second round (32nd overall) in 2018. (That skill prompted Dahlin to refer to Samuelsson's stick as a "cobra." "He's hilarious and never shuts up," Dahlin said. He has established himself as a quick learner since turning pro ahead of the 2020-21 season, which he split between Rochester and Buffalo. He showed a propensity for using his 6-foot-4 reach to strip the puck from opposing forwards when defending the rush. Samuelsson, 22, tallied 10 assists in 42 games with the Sabres last season.

Samuelsson, 22, signed a seven-year, $30 million contract extension Wednesday with only 54 NHL games on his résumé.

He has the potential to become a fixture on the top pair and the defensive stalwart the franchise has been missing across the 11-year playoff drought. When the Sabres targeted Samuelsson as a player they want to be a long-term lineup fixture, Adams approached his agents, including Pat Brisson, to explore an extension. But the only way you can do that is be really sharp and diligent the way you put these deals together and make sure you’re not just thinking about this one deal, you’re thinking about the next two, four, five deals that come down the road, and that’s what we talk about every day." Dylan Cozens and Rasmus Asplund are prominent restricted free agents in the summer of 2023. “We wanted to be really disciplined and smart with how we put our roster together and the reason for that is we can do things like this and make sure that we identify the people that we’re gonna move forward with long-term and we know there’s more coming,” said Adams. “When you really feel that you have someone that you kind of project down the road as part of something special, then let’s work toward getting that long-term deal done,” said Adams. In September 2015, the Edmonton Oilers gave then-23-year-old defenseman Oscar Klefbom a seven-year contract with a $4.167 million cap hit when he had 23 points through 77 NHL games. He wasn’t due to become a restricted free agent until the summer of 2023. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the ceiling for 2025-26 is projected to be approximately $92 million, an increase of nearly $10 million from this season. He’s an athletic 231-pound menace who can play on the left or right side and sparks the Sabres’ fast-paced offensive attack with his ability to cleanly break the puck out of the offensive zone. Though Samuelsson has yet to score an NHL goal, he proved in the final weeks of last season that he can excel while skating next to Rasmus Dahlin on the club’s top defense pair. First, Samuelsson credited the coaching staff in Rochester, which prepared him for the 20 minutes per game he played with the Sabres from January through April last season.