The Buffalo Sabres have signed forward Riley Sheahan to a one-year, two-way contract, the club announced Wednesday.
Sheahan, 30, scored four goals and 17 points in 69 games with the Seattle Kraken during the 2021-22 season. His new deal carries a $950,000 NHL cap hit.
The 6-foot-2, 216-pound center previously spent the 2020-21 season with the Sabres, registering four goals and 13 points in 53 games with the team.
The Detroit Red Wings originally selected Sheahan in the first round (No. 21 overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft.
The St. Catharine’s, Ontario, product spent parts of seven seasons with the Red Wings, scoring the team’s last goal at Joe Louis Arena in 2017.
Sheahan subsequently spent time with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers before joining the Sabres for the first time in 2020.
In 635 career NHL regular-season games with Detroit, Pittsburgh, Florida, Edmonton, Buffalo and Seattle, Sheahan has scored 74 goals and 194 points. He’s added three goals and seven points in 33 career playoff contests.
The Sabres finished fifth in the Atlantic Division last season with a 32-39-11 record. Sheahan will likely fight with the likes of Anders Bjork, Vinnie Hinostroza, Rasmus Asplund, Casey Mittelstadt and Zemgus Girgensons for playing time in the Sabres’ bottom six.
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