Yahoo Sports reports: The Buffalo Sabres re-signed checking-line forward Beck Malenstyn to a six-year, $17.5 million contract on Monday, retaining the player two days before he was eligible to hit the free agent market. The average salary of $2.9 million more than doubles the $1.35 million Malenstyn made in each of his first two seasons in Buffalo. Last year, Malenstyn set a Sabres' single-season record with 282 hits and finished second on the team with 75 blocked shots.