Sabres Extend Honey Badger With Multi-Year Deal
This morning, the Buffalo Sabres announced they had extended Nathan Gerbe by signing him to a multi-year deal. Terms are not yet available.
The Buffalo #Sabres have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract with RFA forward Nathan Gerbe.—
Buffalo Sabres (@SabresDotCom) June 29, 2011
UPDATE: WGR is reporting it’s a 3 year deal.
UPDATE 2: And Bob McKenzie reveals the dollar side of things:
Nathan Gerbe's new deal with Buffalo is for three years with an AAV (cap hit) of $1.433M.—
Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 29, 2011
The diminutive Gerbe struggled to translate his high-octane scoring game from the NCAA to the NHL, but once he found his niche, his game had changed all together. Now the Boston College alum plays the game with a decided edge and chirpy element, scoring timely goals instead of a flood of them.
With Gerbe locked up, the Sabres now have Jhonas Enroth, Mike Weber, Marc-Andre Gragnani, and Andrej Sekera to worry about.
Honey badger don’t care. He’s pretty bad ass, look he skates backwards