Sabres sign Zemgus Girgensons to 1-year, $2.5M pact

The Buffalo Sabres re-signed forward Zemgus Girgensons to a one-year, $2.5-million contract, the team announced Tuesday.

Girgensons could have tested the market as an unrestricted free agent on July 1. The 29-year-old just played out the last season of a three-year pact with a $2.2-million cap hit.

The Latvian registered 10 goals and eight assists in a career-high 80 games this season while averaging just under 13 minutes of ice time per contest.

Girgensons has put up 81 goals and 174 points in 625 career NHL games, all with Buffalo.

The longest-tenured member of the Sabres, Buffalo selected Girgensons with the 14th overall pick in the 2012 NHL Draft.