A Not So Pretty Opening Night Lineup

Created by: Not_Not_Batman

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 27, 2021

Published: Aug. 27, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dahlin, Rasmus	4	$6,500,000
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$3,750,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$2,850,000

Buyouts

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$81,500,000	$57,065,013	$113,916	$932,500	$24,434,987

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, C RFA - 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	Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Hayden, John $750,000$750,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $3,750,000$3,750,000 RD RFA - 3	Anderson, Craig $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Butcher, Will $2,822,764$2,822,764 LD UFA - 1	Pysyk, Mark $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 1	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $778,333$778,333 ($82,500$82K) G RFA - 1
Hägg, Robert $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1		Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5
MacInnis, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1
Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2

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Aug. 27, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

LGuy54

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1C Zemgus Girgensons, Have fun

Aug. 27, 2021 at 12:56 p.m.

mvp13

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Zemgus being above Casey and Cozens, and Skinner being above Olofsson is probably worse than the memeshow that's going on over there lmfao...

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Aug. 27, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

Radu47

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0-10-0 to start the season

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Aug. 27, 2021 at 1:03 p.m.

Not_Not_Batman

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Quoting: LGuy54

1C Zemgus Girgensons, Have fun

Quoting: mvp13

Zemgus being above Casey and Cozens, and Skinner being above Olofsson is probably worse than the memeshow that's going on over there lmfao...

Again, this is OPENING NIGHT lineup. I imagine they are going to protect Mitts and Cozens early on and figure out how they want the lines to flow. I also expect a lot of movement trying to find lines that mesh.

While Skinner isn't playing worth anything near his contract, he still provides more all around upside than Olofsson, who is a 1 trick pony. Cozens has enough skill to set Olofsson up in a good situation to score and they will be doing it against the opponents lesser lines likely.

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Aug. 27, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

Not_Not_Batman

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Quoting: Radu47

0-10-0 to start the season

Like I said, it's not pretty lol

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