Jason Zucker signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the Sabres.
The 32-year-old forward had 32 points (14 goals, 18 assists) in 69 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators and Arizona Coyotes, including seven points (five goals, two assists) in 18 games after he was acquired by the Predators in a trade with the Coyotes on March 8.
He had three points (one goal, two assists) in six playoff games.
Selected by the Minnesota Wild in the second round (No. 59) of the 2010 NHL Draft, Zucker has 370 points (196 goals, 174 assists) in 697 regular-season games for the Predators, Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins and Wild and 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) in 52 playoff games.
The Sabres also signed Sam Lafferty to a two-year, $4 million contract ($2 million AAV).
The 29-year-old forward had 24 points (13 goals, 11 assists) in 79 regular-season games for the Vancouver Canucks last season and no points in 11 Stanley Cup Playoff games. He was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks with forward Ilya Mikheyev by the Canucks on June 26 for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract as a free agent and Jacob Bryson a one-year, $900,000 contract to stay with the Sabres.
Aube-Kubel, a 27-year-old forward, had 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in 60 regular-season games for the Washington Capitals last season and no points in three playoff games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022.
Bryson, a 26-year-old defenseman, had eight points (one goal, seven assists) in 36 games last season.
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