Next Rebuild Steps

Created by: mikeyscav

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 21, 2022

Published: Feb. 22, 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

Letters:
C: Alex Tuch
A: Kyle Okposo/Dylan Cozens
A: Rasmus Dahlin

Major Note: RHD are at a premium in the NHL so I think that makes drafting Nemec an even smarter decision to help out long term. Signing a couple vets like Braun and Pysyk will help hold down the fort until he is ready

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Power, Owen	3	$925,000
Levi, Devon	3	$850,000
Johnson, Ryan	2	$850,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kapanen, Kasperi	2	$3,750,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	1	$900,000
Bryson, Jacob	1	$1,200,000
Murray, Brett	1	$850,000
Biro, Brandon	1	$850,000
MacInnis, Ryan	1	$800,000
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	1	$800,000
Vanecek, Vitek	3	$3,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Braun, Justin	2	$2,500,000
Rask, Victor	1	$2,000,000
DeSmith, Casey	1	$1,500,000
Davidson, Brandon	1	$800,000
Hayden, John	1	$800,000
Malone, Sean	1	$800,000
Oglevie, Andrew	1	$800,000
Pysyk, Mark	2	$1,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nemec, Simon		3	$925,000

Trades

BUF

2022 2nd round pick (PHI)
2022 4th round pick (ARI)
2023 4th round pick (ARI)
2023 5th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Picks from the 22 TDL

BUF

Kapanen, Kasperi [RFA Rights]
2023 6th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Flipping wingers nearing UFA who could use a change of scenery. Prob a lil more value to Kap so the better pick PIT way

PIT

Olofsson, Victor [RFA Rights]
2023 4th round pick (BUF)

BUF

van Riemsdyk, Trevor
Vanecek, Vitek [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Getting a young #1 goalie who has played pretty well and a depth RHD for next year

WSH

2022 1st round pick (VGK)

BUF

Dadonov, Evgeni
2023 4th round pick (VGK)

VGK

Future Considerations

BUF

2023 3rd round pick (CAR)

CAR

Dadonov, Evgeni ($2,500,000 retained)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Evgeni Dadonov: $2,500,000 (100%)

Buried

Anders Bjork: $475,000 ($1,600,000)
Jacob Bryson: $75,000 ($1,200,000)
Casey DeSmith: $375,000 ($1,500,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$60,162,500	$0	$2,112,500	$22,337,500

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 5	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW UFA - 2
Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1		Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1
	Rask, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Braun, Justin $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Vanecek, Vitek $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 3
Power, Owen $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $900,000$900,000 G RFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Pysyk, Mark $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Biro, Brandon $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 2
Murray, Brett $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 1
van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Tuch, A.		Mittelstadt, C.		Krebs, P.
	Quinn, J.		Dahlin, R.

Power Play 2
Kapanen, K.		Cozens, D.		Thompson, T.
	Skinner, J.		Power, O.

Top Comments

Feb. 22, 2022 at 1:13 p.m.

Zavi902

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 278

Likes: 108

the downside To buffalo trying to sign UFA's is there is no appeal to the team so they would have to basically over pay players and all honestly id rather sign a cheaper deal and be on a contending team rather then be on a bottom team making the most ill get in my career

Feb. 22, 2022 at 1:16 p.m.

CuyahogaKid

Go Cavs

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 2,391

Likes: 585

I’d give Tage Thompson some consideration for captain. He’s the model player for never counting someone out and he’s exerted leadership qualities since the season began

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Feb. 22, 2022 at 1:17 p.m.

Chapee44

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 2,457

Likes: 1,023

Rather than giving up a 1st for Vanecek, when we have all the cap space in the world, I would just get Husso for 2-3 years at whatever price it costs (5 or less I'd imagine).

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Feb. 22, 2022 at 1:18 p.m.

CuyahogaKid

Go Cavs

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 2,391

Likes: 585

I would also not trade a first round pick for a goalie, especially considering this team is hell bent on giving UPL every opportunity to be the number one, and Devon Levi is literally a year or two away.

I would dive into free agency, sign Pavel Francouz and then use them as a tandem next year and try to sign Anderson as the number three to mentor UPL

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Feb. 22, 2022 at 1:19 p.m.

kclar

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 497

Likes: 204

Do not trade a 1st for a goalie and a scratch

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