Erik Johnson signed a one-year, $3.25 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
The 35-year-old defenseman had eight assists in 63 regular-season games for the Colorado Avalanche last season and one goal in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Selected by the St. Louis Blues with the No. 1 pick in the 2006 NHL Draft, Johnson has 337 points (88 goals, 249 assists) in 920 regular-season games for the Blues and Avalanche, and 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in 55 playoff games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022.
Johnson is one of four active NHL defensemen to be chosen with the No. 1 pick of a draft; two of the others are the Sabres’ Rasmus Dahlin (2018) and Owen Power (2020). The fourth is Aaron Ekblad of the Florida Panthers (2014).
The Sabres on Saturday also signed defenseman Connor Clifton to a three-year, $9.99 million contract ($3.33 million average annual value) and forward Tyson Jost to a one-year, $2 million contract.
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