This afternoon, the Buffalo Sabres announced that they had reached a two-year agreement with AHL journeyman netminder, Dustin Tokarski. The deal carries an average annual value of $725,000.
As a two-time Calder Cup winner (with the Norfolk Admirals in 2012, and the Charlotte Checkers in 2019), the 31-year-old should compete with Jonas Johansson for rotational time behind Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in Rochester. In his 11-year career, he’s dressed in 361 regular season contests at the AHL level, posting a save-percentage of .912 in that span. He’s also played for a whopping eight different organizations.
While many Sabres fans expected the team to address the goaltender position, another platoon body for the Amerks isn’t exactly what they had in mind.