Overpaying for Ehlers

Created by: sabertooth12

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 1, 2020

Published: Jul. 1, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

2 huge overpays this offseason and this is a playoff team

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kahun, Dominik	1	$3,000,000
Montour, Brandon	1	$3,500,000
Olofsson, Victor	5	$4,750,000
Reinhart, Sam	5	$7,000,000
Thompson, Tage	1	$900,000
Ullmark, Linus	2	$2,500,000
Lazar, Curtis	1	$700,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Larsson, Johan		3	$3,000,000
Smith, Mike		2	$2,000,000

Trades

BUF

Ehlers, Nikolaj

WPG

Mittelstadt, Casey [RFA Rights]
Ristolainen, Rasmus
2020 1st round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Does a 2021 first get this done instead of 8?

BUF

Bean, Jake

CAR

Johnson, Ryan [Reserve List]
Thompson, Tage
2021 2nd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Might be another overpay, but we need a cheap NHL ready LD

BUF

Stastny, Paul

VGK

2020 2nd round pick (BUF)

Buyouts

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$82,823,334	$1,487,500	$4,837,500	-$1,323,334

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Stastny, Paul $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Ehlers, Nikolaj $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Kahun, Dominik $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Larsson, Johan $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 2
Bean, Jake $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Montour, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 1
		Smith, Mike $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1