The Carolina Hurricanes have traded defenseman Gavin Bayreuther to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for forward Viktor Neuchev, the team announced on Saturday.
Bayreuther, 31, signed a one-year, two-way deal with Carolina this offseason to return to North America and had played solely in the AHL this season.
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He appeared in 33 games with the Chicago Wolves, registering four goals and 13 points.
With injury issues hitting the Sabres’ blueline, this gives Bayreuther a potential chance to once again play NHL games.
Neuchev, 22, was a third-round pick by the Sabres in the 2022 draft and he has spent the last three seasons in AHL with the Rochester Americans.
The 5-foot-11 winger has 130 games of AHL experience under his belt with 24 goals and 66 points to show for it.
The Russian is in the final year of his ELC.
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