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Sabres stay busy, ink Meszaros to one-year deal

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - FEBRUARY 08: Andrej Meszaros #41 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates against the Calgary Flames at the Wells Fargo Center on February 8, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)

Drew Hallowell

The Buffalo Sabres continued to add veterans on the opening day of free agency, agreeing to a one-year deal with ex-Bruins rearguard Andrej Meszaros.

Meszaros to Buffalo. 1 yr, just over $4 mil.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 1, 2014

Meszaros, 28, split last year between the Flyers and Bruins, combining for seven goals and 22 points in 52 games. A routine healthy scratch under Craig Berube in Philly, Meszaros was more of a fit in Boston...even though he only played in four of the club’s 12 postseason games.

A good offensive defenseman -- he scored a career-high 39 points in his rookie campaign and finished seventh in Calder voting -- Meszaros struggles on the defensive side of things and hasn’t played more than 62 games in a single season since 2010-11. It’s safe to assume part of his relatively large salary (it’s essentially the same deal Christian Ehrhoff signed in Pittsburgh) was to get Buffalo to the cap floor.

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