Kyle Okposo succeeds Jack Eichel as Buffalo Sabres team captain
The Sabres did not have a captain last season. Okposo and Zemgus Girgensons served as the club’s only full-time alternate captains after Jack Eichel was stripped of the captaincy and subsequently traded to the Vegas Golden Knights. Eichel previously wore the “C” for Buffalo from 2018 to 2021.
Okposo originally signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Sabres as an unrestricted free agent way back in 2016. He surpassed 40 points in both of his first two seasons in Buffalo but didn’t do so again until this past year.Girgensons and Rasmus Dahlin will serve as alternate captains under Dahlin this season. Okposo is set to become an unrestricted free agent next summer, but it’s hard to imagine the St. Paul, MN product testing the open market.
In 909 career NHL games with the New York Islanders and Sabres over parts of 15 regular seasons, Okposo has scored 219 goals and 564 points. He’s added seven goals and 15 points in 24 career playoff contests .
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