Overview
- The extension runs through 2032-33 with a $6.95 million average annual value and begins next season.
- The deal includes $7 million in signing bonuses over the first two years and a seven-team no-trade clause once Doan becomes eligible.
- Doan, 23, has set career highs with 15 goals and 35 points in 49 games and leads the NHL with 35 takeaways.
- Buffalo acquired Doan and defenseman Michael Kesselring from Utah for J.J. Peterka, and Doan has three more points than Peterka in the same number of games this season.
- The commitment comes as the Sabres have gone 16-3-1 since Dec. 9 in a bid to end a 14-season playoff drought.