Sabres sign Jack Quinn to a two-year contract extension
The Sabres have signed Jack Quinn to a two-year contract extension. Quinn, a right wing, was set to become a restricted free agent July 1.
The Sabres have signed one key forward to a contract extension.
The Sabres announced Friday afternoon that Jack Quinn has agreed to a two-year extension with an average annual value of $3.375 million a year.
Buffalo Sabres right winger Jack Quinn (22) skates with the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at the KeyBank Center on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
Quinn, 23, scored 15 goals with 24 assists in 74 games in 2024-25, and was set to become a restricted free agent on Tuesday. His contract extension runs through the 2026-27 season. Quinn's previous salary cap hit was $863,000.
The Sabres traded forward JJ Peterka to Utah on Thursday for defenseman Michael Kesselring and forward Josh Doan, which gives Quinn an opportunity to take on more of an offensive role with the Sabres this season, particularly after he scored a career-best 15 goals last season.
Quinn sustained a ruptured Achilles in his left leg during off-ice training, which required surgery in June 2023. Then, he sustained a broken fibula in his left leg in a collision with San Jose's Tomas Hertl in January 2024. The mid-season injury also required surgery, and ultimately limited his 2023-24 season to 27 games.
Still, Quinn scored nine goals with 10 assists, including two game-winning goals, in 27 games that season.
The former first-round draft pick in 2020 enters his fourth full NHL season, and has scored 39 goals with 58 assists in 159 games, and even in an injury-riddled season, became key on the Sabres' penalty kill before he sustained the ankle injury against San Jose. However, Quinn is minus-26 in his three full seasons.
Buffalo’s notable remaining restricted free agents, who have not yet signed, are center Ryan McLeod, defenseman Bowen Byram, defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker, center Tyson Kozak, goalie Devon Levi and defenseman Ryan Johnson.