Ramblings plus future lines

Created by: nhldeadline2

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 17, 2021

Published: Nov. 17, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

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Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Ok... so I think the Cozens line with the 2 hungry guys we picked up in Hino and Drake has been really solid. However, when Tuch comes back in January, I feel like Coz and Tuch is an absolutely electric combo for a 2nd/3rd line who can shut down and score.

Also... Tage has has great with Mitts's former linemates in Asplund and Olofsson (and Skinner in his absence).

I forget who else Mitts has lined up with, but he's looked extremely promising under Granato. I think he can play with any of these guys.

Tage/Asplund
Cozens/Tuch
Mitts/Olof

Seems like 3 pretty good combos to work around. (In any order)
Next year - add in Peterka/Krebs/Quinn (who look like they have some great chemistry early on in Rochester) and it looks like we have a very good puzzle to solve.

Edit: side note - Hino/Hagg/Miller should fetch a solid+ return at the deadline - if we fall off - but I'd be happy to bring any/all of them back pending any other moves

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
29	$81,500,000	$69,080,847	$113,916	$1,262,500	$12,419,153

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2	Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 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	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Peterka, John-Jason $886,667$886,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 3	Quinn, Jack $894,167$894,167 RW, LW RFA - 4
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 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	Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1	Anderson, Craig $750,000$750,000 G 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)
Butcher, Will $2,822,764$2,822,764 LD UFA - 1	Boychuk, Johnny $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Hayden, John $750,000$750,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Murray, Brett $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1
Wolanin, Christian $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1
Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1

Top Comments

Nov. 17, 2021 at 8:31 a.m.

gretzkyghosts

Joined: Apr. 2018

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Great post and comments.
I am equally optimistic.
I definitely am enthusiastic about Thompson and anticipate the team will respond well when Mittelstadt, Olofsson, Anderson and Jokiharju return (that is a lot of talent).
Next year could be the Sabres resurgence similar to the Leaf's 2015-'17 season.
Looking at how well Peterka, Quinn, Samuelsson, Krebs and Laaksonen are playing in Rochester it may be difficult to keep them out of the line up.
While Thompson has played well at center, that may have been a desperate move, I think he will perform well at RW.
Bjork, Okposo and Caggiula are very good PK forwards so fitting everyone into the line up may be difficult.
I also agree we may all be surprised with the return the Sabres receive at the TDL for all of their UFA's.
Four years ago, I may have blamed the wrong players for the locker room problems and teams poor performance.
I know it is early and Buffalo could have easily lost to Edmonton and Pittsburgh stretching the losing streak to 8 games (on the other hand they could won the games against the Devils, Ducks and Wings), but how can a team lose Jack, Sam, Linus and Rasmus and be doing significantly better.