Sabres Fix

Created by: edwardtedbrady

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Published: Aug. 26, 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

This is a next year fix to the Buffalo Sabres. All contract projections via 2020 Evolving Hockey contract projections. Only UFAs for D. A couple RFA's from last year but looks like a new team. Plus more players fall off the cap next year which allows team to sign Joki & Dahlin & then reevaluate roster.

Danault is statistically a below average C. Better offensively then defensively. Montreal has two future young centers. With the trade they get a young potential top 6 forward & a young bottom 6 forward which they need. This fills their need for a 3rd line center & top 6 forward. Win-win.

Gaudreau is a dump by Calgary. They are acquiring a young top 4 D man in Montour & another young top 6 d man in Pilut. They could use an elite blue line. On top receive 8th 2nd round which will still have potential to hit key players & next years sabres first (which we have seen the sabres have not trended well to making the playoffs). Its a good trade & allow Calgary to gain more support offensively & defensively with an affordable, youthful, blue line.

Last trade is questionable but might be worth it for Pens. If they are running for the cup again they would probably love another offensive defensemen to round out their scoring. Risto offers that & they trade their backup in Jarry & keep Murray since he already has won them a cup. Stick with what you know.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$1,173,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$821,100
Montour, Brandon	3	$4,802,000
Kahun, Dominik	2	$2,912,000
Olofsson, Victor	4	$4,977,000
Reinhart, Sam	8	$8,744,000
Ullmark, Linus	1	$1,500,000
Jarry, Tristan	2	$3,000,000
Thompson, Tage	1	$800,900
Lazar, Curtis	1	$813,200

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Merrill, Jon		1	$1,802,000
Folin, Christian		1	$840,800

Trades

CGY

Montour, Brandon
Pilut, Lawrence
2020 2nd round pick (BUF)
2021 1st round pick (BUF)

BUF

Jarry, Tristan [RFA Rights]

PIT

Ristolainen, Rasmus

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Carter Hutton: $1,675,000 ($2,750,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$79,935,733	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	$1,564,267

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $6,750,000$6,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Olofsson, Victor $4,977,000$4,977,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Reinhart, Sam $8,744,000$8,744,000 RW UFA - 1
Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Kahun, Dominik $2,912,000$2,912,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
	Lazar, Curtis $813,200$813,200 RW, C UFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $800,900$800,900 C UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 2	Jarry, Tristan $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 3
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Borgen, William $864,166$864,166 RD UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1
Merrill, Jon $1,802,000$1,802,000 LD UFA - 1	Folin, Christian $840,800$840,800 RD UFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Gaudreau, J.		Eichel, J.		Olofsson, V.
	Dahlin, R.		Reinhart, S.

Power Play 2
Johansson, M.		Danault, P.		Kahun, D.
	Skinner, J.		Miller, C.

Penalty Kill 1
		Okposo, K.
	Merrill, J.	Jokiharju, H.

Penalty Kill 2
	Johansson, M.	Kahun, D.
	McCabe, J.	Borgen, W.

Top Comments

Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:31 a.m.

NeedTheCleanser

Joined: Mar. 2017

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Likes: 462

Statistically below average?!!!! Danault has some of the best xG numbers in the league!!!!

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Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:31 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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Joined: Jul. 2017

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Danault is statistically a below average C. Better offensively then defensively. Montreal has two future young centers. With the trade they get a young potential top 6 forward & a young bottom 6 forward which they need. This fills their need for a 3rd line center & top 6 forward. Win-win.

Literally the only line of this that's true is that MTL has teo young centers, then goes on to say we desperately need young centers...in the end this doesn't get you Danault

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Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:33 a.m.

puckhead6130

Joined: Apr. 2019

Posts: 528

Likes: 101

No sure Montreal would want 2 more centers to add to the mix.

Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:48 a.m.

jcambers

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 689

Likes: 118

I don't know who Lawerence Pilut, but as a Flames fan - I'd have a tough time saying 'no' to that trade.

It's a no brainer if you keep the 1st and change Lawerence to Cozens.

Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:52 a.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 25,289

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Edited Aug. 26, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Quoting: jcambers

I don't know who Lawerence Pilut, but as a Flames fan - I'd have a tough time saying 'no' to that trade.

It's a no brainer if you keep the 1st and change Lawerence to Cozens.

Why would Buffalo ever entertain trading Cozens, Pilut is the promising Dman that walked out on Botterill because he refused to give him a chance in the NHL even though Pilut was killing it in the A

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