Jeff Skinner signs one-year, $3M deal with Sharks

Jeff Skinner is heading south.

The veteran forward has signed a one-year, $3-million deal with the San Jose Sharks, the team announced Friday.

Skinner spent this past season with the Edmonton Oilers and recorded 29 points (16 goals and 13 assists) in 72 games during the regular season.

He also appeared in the playoffs for the first time in his 15-year NHL career, but he was limited to five games with one goal and one assist as the Oilers reached the Stanley Cup Final.

The 33-year-old from Toronto was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2010. He captured the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year after recording 63 points (31 goals, 32 assists) during the 2010-11 season.

Skinner was traded to the Buffalo Sabres ahead of the 2018-19 campaign and scored a career-high 40 goals during that season. After hitting 63 points on three separate occasions, Skinner bested his single-season tally with 82 points (35 goals, 47 assists) in 2022-23.

The Sabres bought Skinner out of the rest of his contract in the summer of 2024.

He has 699 points (373 goals, 326 assists) in 1,078 career games with the Hurricanes, Sabres and Oilers.