Sabres sign Timmins to 2-year contract

The Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Conor Timmins to a two-year contract worth an average annual value of $2.2 million, the team announced Sunday.

Buffalo acquired Timmins, 26, along with fellow defenseman Isaac Belliveau from Pittsburgh on June 28 in exchange for a second-round draft pick and defenseman Connor Clifton. Timmins became a restricted free agent on July 1.

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Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams said the team targeted Timmins as part of its offseason objective to revamp the right side of its defense corps. The 6-foot-3 Timmins was the second addition to that end, following the acquisition of 6-foot-5 defenseman Michael Kesselring from Utah.

Timmins played 68 games last season and averaged a career-high 18:43 in ice time following a March trade from Toronto to Pittsburgh. With Timmins on the ice at 5-on-5, his teams owned positive shares of goals (56.5%), expected goals (52.2%), shot attempts (51.6%), and scoring chances (51.9%).

“He's a solid two-way player that is big, a right shot, and I think it just really solidifies our D corps moving forward,” Adams said.

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With Timmins signed, goaltender Devon Levi is the Sabres’ lone remaining restricted free agent.