For Next Year

Created by: Lenny54

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 9, 2022

Published: Feb. 9, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

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

Description

More has to take place as the Sabres still need to reach the cap floor. They can go after a higher priced goalie. They have plenty of room to take on a bad contract or be the middle man in a 3 they trade to hold salary.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Power, Owen		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fiala, Kevin	4	$6,000,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	3	$850,000
Bryson, Jacob	3	$1,000,000
MacInnis, Ryan	2	$750,000
Biro, Brandon	2	$1,000,000
Murray, Brett	2	$1,000,000
Kolesar, Keegan	2	$1,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Gudbranson, Erik		2	$2,500,000
Francouz, Pavel		2	$2,500,000

Trades

BUF

Grans, Helge

Additional Details:

LA is heavy on RHD prospects and need a LHD...Grans is their 2nd rated RHD prospect behind Clarke and #5 o/a in their system

LAK

Johnson, Ryan [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Sabres have LHD prospects and need RHD...Johnson is their 2nd rated LHD prospect behind Power and #7 o/a in the system but the Sabres have a few more forwards and a goalie before Johnson so it looks like an equal swap

BUF

Fiala, Kevin [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Off season trade...Fiala has arbitration rights and with Minn's next years cap situation it's a good time to trade him. Maybe a different prospect than Artu but I patterned this trade off the Colorado trade for Burakovsky

MIN

Ruotsalainen, Arttu [RFA Rights]
2022 3rd round pick (BUF)
2023 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Kolesar, Keegan [RFA Rights]
2023 3rd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

On the surface this trade may not look good but Buffalo adds some grit to the 4th line and they get their 3rd back from the Eichel trade. Olofsson reunites with Eichel

VGK

Olofsson, Victor [RFA Rights]

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
24	$81,500,000	$58,340,833	$0	$2,277,500	$23,159,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Fiala, Kevin $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 7	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 5	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3
Kolesar, Keegan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 3	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $850,000$850,000 G RFA - 2
Power, Owen $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Grans, Helge $847,500$847,500 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 3	Francouz, Pavel $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Gudbranson, Erik $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 4
Bryson, Jacob $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1