{"id":86873,"date":"2020-09-24T22:14:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=86873"},"modified":"2020-09-24T22:14:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:14:15","slug":"buffalo-sabres-re-sign-forward-curtis-lazar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/09\/24\/buffalo-sabres-re-sign-forward-curtis-lazar\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Sabres Re-Sign Forward Curtis Lazar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sabres\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> have re-signed forward<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lazarcu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curtis Lazar<\/a><\/strong> to a contract extension. The details are a two-year contract worth $1.6 million, or $800,000 annually.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The smile\u2019s stickin\u2019 around! \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n<p>We have signed Curtis Lazar to a two-year contract with an AAV of $800,000.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g3Aq8mRpcO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/g3Aq8mRpcO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uaSdMrHOZG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uaSdMrHOZG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/1309232525550776322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Buffalo Sabres Re-Sign Curtis Lazar<\/h2>\n<p>Lazar has spent six years in the NHL, playing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> for multiple years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a>, and now is staying in Buffalo. Over the last few years, Lazar has split time between the NHL and the AHL. In 18 games with the Rochester Americans this past season, he put up six goals and dished out eight assists for 14 points. With the Sabres, his numbers were relatively similar. Through 38 games, he had five goals and five assists for an even 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>In his six-year NHL career, Lazar played 284 games, scored 20 times, had 41 assists, and accumulated some 61 points. He also has a plus\/minus of -20 in that same time frame. He was nominated by the Sabres for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking to the Future<\/h3>\n<p>While Lazar may not be the most flashy player, or play top line minutes, he is still a crucial part of the team. As a more defensively minded third-line center, Lazar&#8217;s impact extends beyond the scoresheet. While only playing an average of just under 12 minutes per game last season, head coach <strong>Ralph Krueger<\/strong> trusted him during important scenarios. He usually took late-game defensive zone draws, and usually succeeded in winning them.<\/p>\n<p>His faceoff percentage was over 50 percent, second on his team (minimum 20 games played). He was critical to their penalty kill and was fourth in all forwards for blocked shots with 24. He also was third among forwards in hits with 70. A physical and reliable centreman, Lazar will help the rebuilding Sabres move past this stage and into a playoff position. While the Sabres desperately need another star to support<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/strong>, keeping their depth pieces will be crucial to long-term success, and having Curtis Lazar re-signed is the first step.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1T0AuLijT-B4mxTe2h-tZQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1199517562\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1T0AuLijT-B4mxTe2h-tZQ',sig:'LY57WePbrYr5lw-rddYq1c5OEtin1_CkaQnZ7MdfuEo=',w:'594px',h:'416px',items:'1199517562',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed forward Curtis Lazar to a contract extension. The details are a two-year contract worth $1.6 million, or $800,000 annually. The smile\u2019s stickin\u2019 around! \ud83d\ude01 We have signed Curtis Lazar to a two-year contract with an AAV of $800,000. Details: https:\/\/t.co\/g3Aq8mRpcO pic.twitter.com\/uaSdMrHOZG &mdash; Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) September 24, 2020 Buffalo Sabres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3605,"featured_media":86885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4547,34,4548],"tags":[182,1165],"class_list":["post-86873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sabres","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-curtis-lazar"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}