The Buffalo Sabres avoided arbitration with Bowen Byram by re-signing the restricted free agent defenseman to a two-year contract worth $12.5 million.

Bowen Byram signed a two-year, $12.5 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. It has an average annual value of $6.25 million. The 24-year-old was a restricted free agent and avoided a salary arbitration hearing that had been elected by Buffalo.

The Buffalo Sabres re-signed defenseman Bowen Byram to a two-year extension worth $6.25 million per season. This contract will expire at the end of the 2026-27 season, when he will be a pending 26-year-old UFA.