The Inevitable Deal

Created by: deviner92

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 20, 2021

Published: Oct. 20, 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

Trades

BUF

VGK

Eichel, Jack

BUF

2022 1st round pick (WPG)
2022 3rd round pick (CBJ)

WPG

Smith, Reilly ($2,500,000 retained)

BUF

2022 3rd round pick (LAK)

NSH

Butcher, Will ($1,400,000 retained)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Reilly Smith: $2,500,000 (50%)
Will Butcher: $1,400,000 (49.6%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$60,102,249	$113,916	$1,262,500	$21,397,751

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2	Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 3		Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2	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
	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 3	Anderson, Craig $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1		Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1
Hägg, Robert $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Pysyk, Mark $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Oct. 20, 2021 at 1:33 p.m.

Mr_Canoehead

Joined: Oct. 2019

Posts: 3,175

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Even with 50% salary retention Smith is too expensive for the Jets.

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Oct. 20, 2021 at 1:33 p.m.

Capitalfail67

Caps fan idk why

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 11,356

Likes: 4,379

Eichel gets you more than this imo. Basically trading Eichel for things you dont need ... Krebs is good but not good enough to get you a top 10 talent.

Oct. 20, 2021 at 1:50 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 60,277

Likes: 23,120

Quoting: Capitalfail67

Eichel gets you more than this imo. Basically trading Eichel for things you dont need ... Krebs is good but not good enough to get you a top 10 talent.

I kinda disagree. This trade weakens Vegas this year, cause Eichel isn't playing
Next season.....what would Vegas want.? Eichel and two 1m players for 12m or Tuch are 4.75m, Krebs at 1m and 6.25m to sign a UFA,

Oct. 20, 2021 at 1:58 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,404

Likes: 6,336

Quoting: Capitalfail67

Eichel gets you more than this imo. Basically trading Eichel for things you dont need ... Krebs is good but not good enough to get you a top 10 talent.

I dont disagree, krebs should of course be available for eichel. He is a very good, not great, forward prospect, possibly the best forward prospect that is available at any given time, and the sabres greatest need is high end forwards.

Oct. 20, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.

Capitalfail67

Caps fan idk why

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 11,356

Likes: 4,379

Quoting: palhal

Vegas desperately needs a legit 1c. Stephenson is their 1c currently. Eichel imo would be a massive upgrade at one of the most important positions. what does 6.25m buy you in FA ? Hyman? Palmieri , Saad, Coleman...? maybe one of those guys + a cheap bottom 6 guy... If Eichel is ready for playoffs this would be the strongest team they had entering the playoffs + Eichel being on LTIR allows them to Tampa the cap and add more talent with his dead cap

Quoting: sabres89

i imagine it would cost Kreb + another good prospct + 1st and 2nd. 2 forwards that are mid age/ old dont help a rebuilding team. Tuch is really good but id rather have the assets.

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