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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Buffalo Sabres have signed right winger Brian Gionta&amp;nbsp;to a three-year contract, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $12.75 million at an average of $4.25 million per year&amp;nbsp;according to&amp;nbsp;Kevin Oklobzija of the &lt;em&gt;Democrat and Chronicle&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gionta, a former captain of the Montreal Canadiens, became a free agent after finishing out a five-year, $25 million deal with the Canadiens. It'll be a return home to Western New York for Gionta, who was born and raised in&amp;nbsp;Rochester, NY.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 35-year-old veteran scored 18 goals and totaled 40 points for Montreal last season, and has amassed 249 goals and 485 points in his NHL career.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MORE FREE AGENCY&lt;/strong&gt;: Vanek goes home to Wild | Iginla signs with Avalanche&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal comes with a no-movement clause through the first two years and a limited no-trade clause in the third, according to &lt;em&gt;The Buffalo News&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2014&lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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