The Buffalo Sabres are losing one of their top players, but they’re not walking away empty-handed.
Alex Tuch is heading to the Washington Capitals in a sign-and-trade, signing an eight-year extension worth ten-point-five million annually. In return, Buffalo picks up a third-round pick in this year’s draft and forward David Kampf, who’s a pending unrestricted free agent himself.
The thirty-year-old winger — who grew up in Western New York — tried to work out a deal with his hometown team, but the two sides couldn’t close the gap before free agency. Tuch leaves having put together a strong final season in Buffalo, scoring thirty-three goals and adding thirty-three assists as the Sabres returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2011.
It’s a significant raise for Tuch, more than doubling the four-point-seven-five million cap hit he carried on his previous deal with Vegas.
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