July 11, 2025 | 3:15pm ET
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SHARKS SIGN SKINNER TO 1-YEAR CONTRACT

Jeff Skinner, forward

The San Jose Sharks have signed unrestricted free agent forward Jeff Skinner to a one-year, $3 million contract.

Skinner, 33, totaled 16 goals and 13 assists for 29 points in 72 games with the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024-25 regular season.

The 15-year NHL veteran has amassed 373 goals and 326 assists for 699 career points over 1,078 games with Carolina (2010-11 through 2017-18), Buffalo (2018-19 through 2023-24) and Edmonton (2024-25).

He appeared in his milestone 1,000th NHL game for the Sabres against the Washington Capitals on Apr. 2, 2024, to become the first player from the 2010 NHL Draft and the 11th-youngest player (31 years, 322 days) in NHL history to reach 1,000 NHL games.

Skinner, a two-time NHL All-Star Game participant in 2011 and 2019, was originally selected seventh-overall by Carolina in the 2010 NHL Draft.