Forward accepts qualifying offer, believed to be gambling on himself for next year.

Forward appears to be betting on himself this season.

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Forward accepts qualifying offer, believed to be gambling on himself for next year.
Keystone Press.

It appears that one forward is looking to gamble on himself this season.

While he remains a bottom six forward, it looks like Buffalo Sabres forward Marcus Foligno was expecting a longer term deal and didn't get one he liked or wasn't offered one at all, and now it appears that he will take a risk with his future.

The Buffalo Sabres have signed Foligno to a one year deal worth $2.25 million, the salary he made last season with the organization, but it sounds like Foligno chose to sign his qualifying offer from the Sabres with the hopes of getting a bigger deal next season.

Foligno proved himself a capable depth forward and finished the season on a struggling team with a positive plus minus differential, and he believes those are qualities that will earn him a long term contract in the future. Only time will tell if he gets that multi-year deal next season.

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