One year deals

Created by: gretzkyghosts

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 14, 2020

Published: Oct. 15, 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

When Kessel was traded to Pittsburgh, I expected him to play with Crosby.
Instead, not having to face top defenders, he drove his own line with Haglin and Bonino.
Olofsson needs Eichel to score. While he has a great release he needs someone to get the puck to him
Skinner did very well with a younger Staal, but IMO Jeff is waiting to release the magic again.
Hall can drive his own line and wants the puck, IMO separate him from Jack who also does his best with the puck as well.
This would give the Sabres 3 great lines to compete with the best of the teams:
Olofsson - Eichel - Reinhart (Sam seems to do OK as the third wheel on a date).
Skinner - Staal - Cozens (IMO Dylan will be better than Sam, all the data seems to corroborate this as well).
Hall - Mittelstadt - Okposo (Mittelstadt with two third line wingers put up third line pts, give him 2 top line wingers and let's see what happens).
Girgensons Eakin Thompson (I moved Okposo off of this line as it goes against my grain to have a fourth line with a $10,450,000 cap hit).
Most teams would not have the depth to stop three scoring lines.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mittelstadt, Casey	1	$900,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$900,000
Olofsson, Victor	1	$3,500,000
Reinhart, Sam	1	$5,200,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ullmark, Linus		1	$2,600,000

Trades

BUF

Ryan, Derek

CGY

2023 7th round pick (BUF)

Buyouts

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$77,212,500	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	$4,287,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Olofsson, Victor $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $5,200,000$5,200,000 RW UFA - 1
Hall, Taylor $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW NMC UFA - 1	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Ryan, Derek $3,125,000$3,125,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 3
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 3		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 2	Lazar, Curtis $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 2
	Mittelstadt, Casey $900,000$900,000 LW, C RFA - 1

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	Ullmark, Linus $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 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
Montour, Brandon $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1
	Borgen, William $864,166$864,166 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Oct. 15, 2020 at 10:09 a.m.

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

Posts: 4,928

Likes: 2,670

How many goals did Olofsson score on Eichel's wing in ES? 5-6? This is very few.

Olofsson doesn't need Eichel, at least one could try to play him in RW, as he played in Sweden and was successful. Hall will definitely be in the top 6 with Eichel or Staal, Mittelstadt is rumored to be unable to get fit again and it is not clear what he has been doing all these months, not sure if he will even be on the team.

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Oct. 15, 2020 at 10:16 a.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 25,225

Likes: 9,027

"Olofsson needs Eichel to score." thats definitely not true "While he has a great release he needs someone to get the puck to him" their are now plenty of Sabres capable of getting him the puck. Hall isnt Kessel, putting him on the 3rd line is a recipe for disaster. Mittelstadt needs to start in the A. Also that 3rd line is a liability in the dzone.

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Oct. 15, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 27,778

Likes: 14,517

Quoting: SalamiCheese

What are you talking about? He scored very few goals at even strength with eichel because he scored all his goals on the power play with eichel.

he only had 9 even strength goals.

Eichel assisted on 15 of Olofssons 20 goals.

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Oct. 15, 2020 at 10:54 a.m.

gretzkyghosts

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 5,352

Likes: 4,799

Quoting: SalamiCheese

Thanks for your input.
I hope this answers your question.
Of the nine goals Olofsson scored at even strength Jack assisted on seven of them.

PP Victor Olofsson (1) Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin
PP Victor Olofsson (2) Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin
PP Victor Olofsson (3) Rasmus Dahlin, Sam Reinhart
PP Victor Olofsson (4) Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin
PP Victor Olofsson (5) Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Eichel
PP Victor Olofsson (6) Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner
Victor Olofsson (7) Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson (8) Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel
Victor Olofsson (9) Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson (10) Jack Eichel, Marco Scandella
Victor Olofsson (11) Brandon Montour, Jack Eichel
PP Victor Olofsson (12) Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel
Victor Olofsson (13) Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart
PP Victor Olofsson (14) Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Eichel
PP Victor Olofsson (15) Rasmus Dahlin, Marcus Johansson
EN Victor Olofsson (16) Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel
PP Victor Olofsson (17) Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin
Victor Olofsson (18) Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin
PP Victor Olofsson (19) Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Eichel
Victor Olofsson (20) Marcus Johansson, Rasmus Dahlin

20 goals 15 assists from Eichel.
@Shibbal18

Hall can run his own line, we know this from the past performance.
Cozens will be better than Sam, I moved him to the second line to balance the scoring.
Mittelstadt IS NOT A BUST given better linemates, he will exceed his freshman performance by a long shot.
I like these lines for the stated reasons, balance, Hall and Eichel need the puck to be at their best, DO NOT PUT THEM ON THE SAME LINE
This give Buffalo three lines that can score.
Finally, I like Right and Left handed shots playing of their correct side.

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Oct. 15, 2020 at 10:58 a.m.

Shootica

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 504

Likes: 191

Olofsson is going to perform best on Jack's wing. Eichel is an elite playmaker, Olofsson is a sniper. That's just a good fit.

I don't think we can really say how effective he'd be without Jack, but it certainly would be less.

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