Sabres re-sign Eichel's college teammate Rodrigues to 2-year deal
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A face familiar to Jack Eichel will remain in the Buffalo Sabres organization.
The club signed Evan Rodrigues to a two-year contract Thursday, the first year of which is a two-way deal and the second of which will be of the one-way variety.
Rodrigues collected six points in 30 games for the Sabres last season, while notching another 30 points in 48 contests for the AHL's Rochester Americans.
He spent his senior season at Boston University playing with Eichel in the latter's lone NCAA campaign.
Buffalo initially signed the undrafted Rodrigues to a two-year, entry-level deal in the spring of 2015, about two months before selecting Eichel second overall.