Utah acquired forward J.J. Peterka from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Michael Kesselring and forward Josh Doan. Peterka, who would’ve been a restricted free agent, agreed to a five-year, $38.5 million contract extension ($7.7 million average annual value) with the Mammoth as part of the trade.

After all the rumors and speculation about what the Buffalo Sabres and high-scoring forward JJ Peterka were going to do with each other, things came to a head late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning.

The Buffalo Sabres traded forward J.J. Peterka to the Utah Mammoth, the teams announced. The Mammoth and Sabres announced the swap Wednesday night. The Mammoth sent winger Josh Doan and defenseman Michael Kesselring to the Sabres in the deal.