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Buffalo Sabres: Who will be the team’s alternate captains in 2022-23?

By Sion Fawkes

BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 29: Jeff Skinner #53 of the Buffalo Sabres during the game against the Seattle Kraken at KeyBank Center on November 29, 2021 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 29: Jeff Skinner #53 of the Buffalo Sabres during the game against the Seattle Kraken at KeyBank Center on November 29, 2021 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – APRIL 12: Jeff Skinner #53 of the Buffalo Sabres skates with the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on April 12, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Sabres defeated the Maple Leafs 5-2. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /

Jeff Skinner

If there is another player on the Buffalo Sabres like Okposo, it’s Skinner. At least from a statistical standpoint. He turned 30 this season, making him the second-oldest Sabre under contract at the time of this writing, so not only is Skinner’s redemption season one reason to give him an A, but so is his overall experience.

He scored 33 goals last season, his highest output since 2018-19. Skinner also tied a career-high of 63 points, and his performance, especially a four-goal outing in a win over Montreal, turned heads in NHL spheres.

If Skinner were playing for a team that had recently tore everything to the bare bones, he would be a shoo-in for a C. But on an up-and-coming team playing in the Queen City, he may be the odd man out to a player who epitomizes what it means to be a Buffalo Sabre, a hometown hero, and the franchise’s fastest-rising chess piece.

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