Friedman on the Sabres

Created by: Lenny54

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 17, 2021

Published: Jun. 17, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

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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

Friedman did his weekly spot on the Instigators and he said that he has talked to eastern teams and the belief is that the Sabres want him out west and if an eastern team really wants him it is really going to cost them.

Reinhart is garnering a lot of talk...Columbus really likes him, Anaheim is in on both as most teams that are in on Eichel and if they don't get Eichel then they will go after Reinhart.

He said that there is a team that is looking at both but thinks the Sabre's get more if dealt separately. Also teams are asking about including Ristolainen in a trade with either one

He thinks the Sabres are going to get a high first rounder also bc most GM's aren't valuing this years draft.

He has talked to people that think LA is lying that they are no longer interested in Eichel

He did say that when Anaheim was in on Dubois that Zegras and Drysdale were off the table

Trades

BUF

Comtois, Maxime [RFA Rights]
Perreault, Jacob
2021 1st round pick (ANA)
2021 2nd round pick (ANA)

ANA

Eichel, Jack

BUF

Merzlikins, Elvis
Voronkov, Dmitri [Reserve List]
2021 1st round pick (TOR)
2022 2nd round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Reinhart, Sam [RFA Rights]
Ristolainen, Rasmus
2021 3rd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

I think Columbus is a team that would be interested in Ristolainen should they trade Seth jones

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
13	$81,500,000	$36,261,416	$113,916	$932,500	$45,238,584

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

	Perreault, Jacob $894,167$894,167 RW RFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1		Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $778,333$778,333 ($82,500$82K) G RFA - 1
	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1	Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
		Merzlikins, Elvis $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jun. 17, 2021 at 1:45 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

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Sabres shouldn't be the worried about trading Eichel to an Eastern conference. By the time the Sabres are nearly competitive, Eichel will be in the last year or two of this contract. Just get the best deal you can.

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Jun. 17, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.

Lenny54

Joined: Jul. 2017

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Quoting: palhal

That is true but I think if the Sabres demands are met they get the best deal out west.

Jun. 17, 2021 at 1:51 p.m.

Devil

Speak of the Devil

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 23,938

Likes: 26,436

Thank you for making this

Rangers will likely be out of the Eichel race with the price being raised for Eastern teams

I think the 5 best landing spots for Eichel are: LA, Anaheim, Vegas, Minnesota, Calgary

Lenny54 liked this.

Jun. 17, 2021 at 1:53 p.m.

Friendly_Cannon

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 3,793

Likes: 3,262

I feel that unless we get certainty in contracts from both rienhart and risto, we’d rather not touch our red army prospect collection. As all 3 of them , 4 including Tarasov(goalie) are the pieces the team will be filled out with in the middle 6 roles down the line. All are killing it in the kHl. I think we’d move Bemner or foudy over any of the Russians.

Jun. 17, 2021 at 1:58 p.m.

SadSabres90

Joined: Feb. 2021

Posts: 135

Likes: 19

No way Sabres send Eichel to Ducks without getting Zegras or Dysdale back in the deal. Comtois is a nice piece, a player I'd love on the Sabres, but he is not a center piece for Eichel type player.

In the Reinhart deal, Texier would need to be the piece I am getting, not the Russian.

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