Best possible lineup in my opinion

Created by: Sabres923

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 6, 2021

Published: Sep. 7, 2021

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Keep Asplund with Mittelstad.
make Thompson a checking forward.
Bjork and Cozens played a lot with each other last season. Bjork and Hinostroza were college line mates at Noter Dame.
Skinner plays well with grinder like players, Lazar, Sheehan etc. So I would think Caggiula and Skinner would work. I wouldn’t see why Granato wouldn’t move Ruotsalainen back to center. Especially when he doesn’t play Eakin.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Dahlin, Rasmus		6	$6,500,000

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
22	$81,500,000	$63,965,013	$113,916	$932,500	$17,534,987

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $778,333$778,333 ($82,500$82K) G RFA - 1	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3
Butcher, Will $2,822,764$2,822,764 LD UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 2
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Hägg, Robert $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 1
Anderson, Craig $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2
Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 3
Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2
Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 3
Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1
Pysyk, Mark $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 1
Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Quinn, Jack $894,167$894,167 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW RFA - 4
Weissbach, Linus $842,500$842,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) LW, RW UFA - 2
Biro, Brandon $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($850,000$850K) LW UFA - 1
MacInnis, Ryan $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Peterka, John-Jason $886,667$886,667 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW RFA - 4
Hayden, John $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Murray, Brett $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 1
Pekar, Matej $764,167$764,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($132,500$132K) C, RW UFA - 2
Rousek, Lukas $830,000$830,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 2
Oglevie, Andrew $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 2
Dell, Aaron $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Malone, Sean $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Laaksonen, Oskari $853,333$853,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) RD UFA - 2
Davidson, Brandon $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Prow, Ethan $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1
Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 2
Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Schuldt, Jimmy $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Mittelstadt, C.		Skinner, J.		Olofsson, V.
	Cozens, D.		Dahlin, R.

Power Play 2
Bjork, A.		Thompson, T.		Ruotsalainen, A.
	Miller, C.		Butcher, W.

Top Comments

Sep. 7, 2021 at 2:45 p.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

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id flip Ruotsalainen's line or Mitts line with Cozens, no reason to have Cozens get lit up on the top line in a tank year

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Sep. 7, 2021 at 4:35 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

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I think i would try skinner and olofsson together, the center can be flipped as needed. I would definitely try to give cozens offensive zone starts, but that leaves us with mittelstadt and ruotsalainen getting d zone starts. This is where it would be wonderful to have eakin not be the worst player on the ice, but work with what ya got.

Sep. 7, 2021 at 5:31 p.m.

thewookie1

Joined: Jun. 2016

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I’d just give Dahlin 8x8 or a short bridge. None of this 4 to 6 year stuff where he can leave at 27

Sep. 7, 2021 at 5:37 p.m.

Sabres923

Joined: May 2019

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Quoting: sabres89

I just don’t think Skinner and Olofsson mesh well.

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Sep. 9, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

bhavikp27

Joined: Jun. 2016

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Well, shouldn't the Sabres ice the worst lineup for a better pick in this case?

Bryson over Hagg otherwise. I've seen few Sabres fans doing the opposite and I'm not sure why.

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