BUFFALO – The Sabres this afternoon re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Olen Zellweger to a three-year, $9.3 million contract.
The deal has a $3.1 million salary cap hit. The Sabres acquired Zellweger, 22, Friday in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks.
Forward Peyton Krebs is the Sabres’ only remaining restricted free agent.
The speedy Zellweger compiled seven goals, 22 points, 34 penalty minutes and a plus-4 rating with the Ducks last season, his second full NHL campaign.
He had 162 speed bursts between 20 to 22 mph last season, according to NHL Edge, the league’s fifth-highest total among defensemen.
Overall, he has registered 16 goals, 51 points, 58 penalty minutes and a minus-1 rating in 164 career NHL games.
The Ducks drafted him in the second round in 2021, 34th overall.