Kakko offersheet Doing Florida a favour

Created by: Czu8iks

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: May 27, 2022

Published: May 27, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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I have been reading some threads about Florida moving Bobrovsky. He could be moved, and I think it's realistic for Florida to take up to 3 mil in retention - still cheaper than buying him out. He would have to agree to waive.
For Sabres it's not that bad, getting bridge 1a goalie, his deal was front loaded, so he will cost less than cap hit, and if cap space would become an issue, he could be bought out from last 2 years of the deal.

On top of that Sabres take Hornquist deal to flip him to Washington, which replace Hagelin with Hornquist for 3rd pick.
Gudas is something Panthers add, since Buffalo is doing them a favour, and could really use his physicality.

Panthers clears 14 mil, they have money for Giroux, they have money for replacing Bobrovsky. They will have money to sign vets wanting to join President trophy winning team.

Rangers cant really afford to match Kakko offersheet, they cannot retaliate in the nearest future, and I would love to stick to them. Getting 2OA, who is still 21 for 2nd round pick - seems like a great deal. 2 year deal gives both sides some time to figure things out with a pressure.

I really don't know how the lines would be setup with a lot of same level winger, who are either rookies or could have breakout year.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kakko, Kaapo	2	$4,200,000
Bryson, Jacob	1	$1,200,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	2	$1,500,000
Olofsson, Victor	4	$4,500,000
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	1	$1,000,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Kakko, Kaapo	$4,200,000	2023 2nd round pick

Trades

BUF

FLA

Pilut, Lawrence [Reserve List]

BUF

Hagelin, Carl
2024 3rd round pick (WSH)

WSH

Hörnqvist, Patric ($2,650,000 retained)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Patric Hörnqvist: $2,650,000 (50%)

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
25	$82,500,000	$70,935,000	$0	$3,120,000	$11,565,000

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	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Olofsson, Victor $4,500,000$4,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1	Kakko, Kaapo $4,200,000$4,200,000 RW RFA - 2
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1	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
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW RFA	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Bobrovsky, Sergei $7,000,000$7,000,000 G NMC UFA - 4
	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $1,500,000$1,500,000 G RFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Gudas, Radko $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 27, 2022 at 6:06 p.m.

OrganizedConfusion55

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All 3 of those players are productive to very productive, it would cost is a significant amount of assets to land those players

May 27, 2022 at 6:06 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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For taking on both Hornqvist and Bob, you only want Gudas? I mean, I would think that just for Bob alone the starting to dump, since Florida has no high picks, would be Lundell.

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May 27, 2022 at 6:10 p.m.

athrin

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complete waste of a 2nd and 4.2M in cap, Kappo is a bust and has little to no value

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May 27, 2022 at 6:22 p.m.

homiedaclown

Joined: Jul. 2021

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Absolutely not
In no way should we consider taking that Bobrovsky contract,
even if we get him at $7mil per

The last thing we should do- is a favor for the team we’re trying to catch

Now if they wanna trade us Knight,
that’s another story

Pass on Kakko as well

May 27, 2022 at 6:27 p.m.

Czu8iks

Joined: Apr. 2022

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Quoting: evelutions2

For taking on both Hornqvist and Bob, you only want Gudas? I mean, I would think that just for Bob alone the starting to dump, since Florida has no high picks, would be Lundell.

Yes, I am looking at it as Gudas for taking Hornquist, and then getting 1A goalie, that Sabres need. But Florida is retaining so that Bobrovsky, who is still proven goalie has cap hit of 7, rather than 10. It's him, or taking shot at Husso/Campbell for probably same cap hit.
I think, the retention is the ground for negotiation. I even took a look at potential buyout in 2 years.

I thought if Florida would want to trade full Bobrovsky deal, they would have to do it with Lundell or 2025 1st, since they have none sooner. But then, I don't think it would be something that Sabres be interested in.

So the deal would look like Bobrovsky + Hornquist + Gudas + Lundell for 5th rounder. Then you don't offer sheet Kakko, Hmm, maybe that is the way.

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