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Sabres sign d-man Benoit -- one year, $800,000

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SAN JOSE, CA - APRIL 11: Andre Benoit #61 of the Colorado Avalanche skates with the puck against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on April 11, 2014 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Rocky Widner/Getty Images)

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The Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Andre Benoit to a one-year, $800,000 contract, according to TSN’s Aaron Ward.

Benoit played 79 games for Colorado last season, scoring seven goals with 21 assists while logging 20:13 of ice time per contest. The undrafted 30-year-old has skated in 120 NHL games with the Avalanche and Senators, plus a whole bunch more in the AHL and in Europe.

In Buffalo, Benoit will join newcomers Josh Gorges and Andrej Meszaros on a Sabres blue line that struggled both defensively and offensively last season, and also one that no longer has Christian Ehrhoff.

Expect Benoit to get time on the power play. In Colorado, he averaged 2:26 per game with the man advantage, scoring once with seven assists.