{"id":759390,"date":"2026-06-25T03:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/759390\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:34:09","slug":"buffalo-sabres-lock-up-rfa-zach-benson-with-seven-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/759390\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Sabres lock up RFA Zach Benson with seven-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/zach-benson\/8484145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/zach-benson\/8484145\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Benson<\/a> is staying in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Benson and the Sabres have agreed to a seven-year contract worth $52.5 million, the team announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Benson, 21, was a restricted free agent this off-season after playing this past season in the final year of a three-year, $2.85 million deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The native of Chilliwack, BC continued the steady improvement that pushed Buffalo to make this commitment &#8211; in 65 games this past year, Benson scored a career-high 13 goals and finished with a career-best 43 points to help the Sabres snap their 14-season playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Benson continued his production into the postseason, where he tallied five goals and nine points over 13 games, as the Sabres were eliminated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Benson was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and made his debut with the team that season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This news comes on the heels of Buffalo agreeing to deal forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/alex-tuch\/8477949\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/alex-tuch\/8477949\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Tuch<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/washington-capitals\/15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/washington-capitals\/15\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/kekalainen-says-tuch-wont-return-to-sabres-team-open-to-sign-and-trade-trade\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/kekalainen-says-tuch-wont-return-to-sabres-team-open-to-sign-and-trade-trade\/\">earlier in the day on Wednesday<\/a>. They acquired forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/david-kampf\/8480144\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/david-kampf\/8480144\" target=\"_blank\">David Kampf<\/a> and a third-round draft pick in the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In 211 career NHL games, Benson has 34 goals and 101 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Benson is staying in Buffalo. Benson and the Sabres have agreed to a seven-year contract worth $52.5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,96397,49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-759390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-buffalo-sabres-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-7","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}