Samson Finally Is Shown The Love

Created by: wagsnags

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 17, 2021

Published: Jul. 17, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Position

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Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Well I put this one together as I wanted to see how things shake out after the trades today before the roster freeze.

1. Samson is made the Captain and signed Long Term 8/8 million per
2. Sabres retain on Eichel and Risto to maximize their respective trade value
3. Tampa Bay is desperate to shed salary so Adam says send me Johnson but I will need Sergachev as well but I will add a 2nd Round pick (Tampa needs draft capital) and a prospect
4. Ullmark is convinced to come back to Buffalo on a 2 year deal at $5,000,000 per
5. Cody Ceci rounds out the Defense core
6. Casey deserves a bump in salary but not what he thinks
7. Dahlin given some love but is told that once this bridge deal is complete he will be given the long term deal (his game took a step back during Krueger)
8. GM Adams goes Berniers or Eklund at the #1 pick as Sergachev takes Power out of consideration.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reinhart, Sam	8	$8,000,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$2,000,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	3	$3,500,000
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$2,750,000
Asplund, Rasmus	3	$1,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ullmark, Linus		2	$5,000,000
Ceci, Cody		2	$1,500,000

Trades

BUF

SEA

Eakin, Cody
2021 3rd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

GM Adams sends a 3rd Round Pick to Seattle so they select Eakin

BUF

Glass, Cody
Tolvanen, Eeli [RFA Rights]
Tomasino, Philip
2021 1st round pick (NSH)

NSH

Eichel, Jack ($2,500,000 retained)

BUF

TBL

Pekar, Matej
Ristolainen, Rasmus ($2,700,000 retained)
2021 2nd round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

I am thinking that if the Sabres were to retain 50% on Risto and send a mid level prospect plus a pick it may be enough for Tampa Bay to pry Sergachev

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Jack Eichel: $2,500,000 (25%)
Rasmus Ristolainen: $2,700,000 (50%)

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
20	$81,500,000	$71,265,582	$113,916	$1,700,000	$10,234,418

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $8,000,000$8,000,000 RW UFA - 3	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Tomasino, Philip $863,333$863,333 LW, RW RFA - 3
Asplund, Rasmus $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C RFA - 2		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
	Glass, Cody $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C, RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 4
Sergachev, Mikhail $4,800,000$4,800,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD RFA - 3	Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1	Ceci, Cody $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 4

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

Top Comments

Jul. 17, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.

Juiceman

Ex Nucks fan

Joined: Jun. 2021

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I don’t think he wants to stay for 8 more years….

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Jul. 17, 2021 at 7:07 p.m.

GenXHockey

Formerly Jamiepo

Joined: Jul. 2018

Posts: 21,157

Likes: 10,700

Ooof… Eichel is worth way more than that without retention.

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Jul. 17, 2021 at 7:07 p.m.

Tjm220

Sabres fan

Joined: Jul. 2020

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Likes: 3,119

There is nothing anyone would ever offer to convince Buffalo to retain anything on a five-year contract. And if you’re going to pass on Owen Power you trade down and make sure you still get your guy.

Jul. 17, 2021 at 7:09 p.m.

wagsnags

Joined: May 2017

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Quoting: Juiceman

I don’t think he wants to stay for 8 more years….

Samson would not want to stay 8 more years unless the organization elevates him to the Captain of the ship...... I think if they make a concerted effort to demonstrate how important he is and yes I think he is more important to the organization than Eichel he would stay. He is a gamer and loves the game of hockey. He would love the opportunity for him to be the top dog on a team.

Jul. 17, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

Juiceman

Ex Nucks fan

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Quoting: wagsnags

I’m pretty sure having a C on his jersey isn’t gonna wanna make him suffer through a rebuild that will see it over by the time he is past his prime…

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