Getting the Band back together that never was together

Created by: WCSF

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 5, 2020

Published: Sep. 5, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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 not a "let's go back and not trade for Kane and O'Reilly" exercise. More so it is looking at the Sabres needs and acknowledging that many of the players/picks given up in the Kane/O'Reilly deals might be available to reacquire and would actually fill important needs on the Sabres.

Miller and Kahun needed to be dealt for picks in order to get the Sabres down to under 79 million due to cap overage and salary owed to Cody Hodgson.

The question is, assume for a moment that Ullmark and Hutton give the Sabres at least average goaltending: Can this team make the playoffs?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johansson, Jonas	1	$800,000
Kahun, Dominik	2	$2,400,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	1	$975,000
Montour, Brandon	1	$4,000,000
Reinhart, Sam	6	$6,750,000
Thompson, Tage	1	$975,000
Zadorov, Nikita	4	$4,500,000
Roslovic, Jack	3	$2,750,000
Olofsson, Victor	3	$3,750,000
Lazar, Curtis	1	$750,000
Ullmark, Linus	2	$2,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Girgensons, Zemgus	3	$2,500,000
Larsson, Johan	4	$2,750,000
Nelson, Casey	1	$800,000

Trades

BUF

Armia, Joel

MTL

2020 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Compher, J.T.
Zadorov, Nikita [RFA Rights]

COL

Johnson, Ryan [Reserve List]
Thompson, Tage
2021 1st round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

The 1st in 2021 is top 10 protected.

BUF

2020 3rd round pick (EDM)
2021 5th round pick (CGY)

CGY

Miller, Colin

Additional Details:

Miller to any team for this approx value.

BUF

Roslovic, Jack [RFA Rights]

WPG

Montour, Brandon

BUF

2020 3rd round pick (CGY)
2021 7th round pick (MTL)

CHI

Kahun, Dominik

Additional Details:

Kahun to any team for this approx return.

Buyouts

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

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
22	$81,500,000	$79,787,500	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	$1,712,500

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Olofsson, Victor $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $6,750,000$6,750,000 RW UFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Compher, J.T. $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Roslovic, Jack $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C UFA - 3	Larsson, Johan $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
	Lazar, Curtis $750,000$750,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Zadorov, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 2	Hutton, Carter $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Nelson, Casey $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
	Borgen, William $864,166$864,166 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Johansson, M.		Cozens, D.		Okposo, K.
	Armia, J.		Dahlin, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Girgensons, Z.	Larsson, J.
	Ristolainen, R.	Zadorov, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Compher, J.	Roslovic, J.
	Jokiharju, H.	McCabe, J.

Top Comments

Sep. 5, 2020 at 5:11 p.m.

Richard88

John 3 16

Joined: Apr. 2020

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What happens if the 2021 Buffalo 1st ends up in the top 10? Does it get deferred to being an unprotected 2022 BUF 1st?

Either way I think that's a trade Colorado accepts. Zadorov is definitely available and we need to make some changes on our 3rd line this offseason so Compher is available in the right deal as well I would think.

Sep. 5, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

HOCKEYBOY448

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Are you sure you wanna trade Ryan Johnson already?

Sep. 5, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

WCSF

Joined: Dec. 2018

Posts: 68

Likes: 21

Thanks for the responses.

RE: the protected pick: Yes. If the pick ends up top 10 2021 the Sabres have option of letting Colorado have the pick or deferring it to unprotected 2022.

RE: Johnson, I don't want to give him up. But with Dahlin likely to be signed long-term, Zadorov signing an extension and with Samuelsson and Bryson coming up, the team should be good on the left side for the next several years. In short: you gotta give to get.

Sep. 5, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

chloewoj

burn the pegulas

Joined: Mar. 2020

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kahun is a valuable asset to this team no reason to get rid of him

Sep. 5, 2020 at 5:39 p.m.

WCSF

Joined: Dec. 2018

Posts: 68

Likes: 21

Quoting: chloewoj

kahun is a valuable asset to this team no reason to get rid of him

Agreed...and I'm not eager to get rid of him. In the scenario I outline, someone needs to go in order for it to fit under the cap.

Also, looking ahead to 2021-22, the above scenario gives the Sabres about 12.5 million to get Dahlin and Jokiharju signed and replace Johansson, Armia, McCabe and Hutton. Lots of youngsters who might be ready for a promotion (Mitts, Ruotsolainen, Asplund, Pekar, Murray, 8OA, Samuelsson, Bryson, Johansson (goalie), Luukkonen), but at least one other vet would likely need to go before 2021-22 to make the cap work.

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Getting the Band back together that never was together

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