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07-29-2005, 05:55 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-sabres-moves&prov=ap&type=lgns
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Defenseman Dmitri Kalinin re-signed with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, exercising his one-year contract option.
Kalinin, among the Sabres' top two blue-liners, will make $1.33 million next season.
Buffalo's first-round draft pick in the 1998 draft, Kalinin is a five-year veteran who led Sabres defensemen with 10 goals, 24 assists and 34 points -- all career highs -- in 77 games during the 2003-04 season.
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The Sabres also re-signed defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick by exercising their team option to pick up the final year of his contract, worth $532,000.
A nine-year NHL veteran, Fitzpatrick is a journeyman player who has spent the previous three seasons with Buffalo.
He had four goals, seven assists and 11 points in a career-high 60 games with the Sabres in 2003-04.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Defenseman Dmitri Kalinin re-signed with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, exercising his one-year contract option.
Kalinin, among the Sabres' top two blue-liners, will make $1.33 million next season.
Buffalo's first-round draft pick in the 1998 draft, Kalinin is a five-year veteran who led Sabres defensemen with 10 goals, 24 assists and 34 points -- all career highs -- in 77 games during the 2003-04 season.
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The Sabres also re-signed defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick by exercising their team option to pick up the final year of his contract, worth $532,000.
A nine-year NHL veteran, Fitzpatrick is a journeyman player who has spent the previous three seasons with Buffalo.
He had four goals, seven assists and 11 points in a career-high 60 games with the Sabres in 2003-04.