Surprise trade

Created by: Sabresfuturecupwinners

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 20, 2022

Published: Jun. 21, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Biro, Brandon	1	$950,000
Bryson, Jacob	2	$1,000,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	2	$800,000
Murray, Brett	2	$800,000
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	1	$950,000
Olofsson, Victor	4	$4,500,000
Bear, Ethan	2	$2,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Campbell, Jack	3	$5,000,000
Subban, P.K.	2	$5,000,000
Nichushkin, Valeri	5	$6,000,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	3	$3,000,000

Trades

BUF

Couture, Logan

Additional Details:

Couture is a local guy who I could see needing a fresh start elsewhere. Sharks need cap space and a big shake up. Sabres take on full salary.

SJS

Johnson, Ryan [Reserve List]
Mittelstadt, Casey
Olofsson, Victor
Portillo, Erik [Reserve List]
2022 1st round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

Too much? Too little?

BUF

Bear, Ethan [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Canes get some vet grit

CAR

Girgensons, Zemgus
2022 6th round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Sabres get some needed help on right side

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	$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	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Nichushkin, Valeri $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 8	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Mikheyev, Ilya $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1	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	Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Subban, P.K. $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA	Campbell, Jack $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 5
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $800,000$800,000 G RFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Bear, Ethan $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $950,000$950,000 C, LW RFA
Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD RFA - 2

Top Comments

Jun. 21, 2022 at 12:25 a.m.

palhal

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A 33 year old with declining stats with five years left on his contract........Stay away. Shirley you can spend 8m better and keep those young assets.

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Jun. 21, 2022 at 12:26 a.m.

glarson17

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As San Jose I would take that in a heartbeat.

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Jun. 21, 2022 at 12:27 a.m.

glarson17

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: palhal

A 33 year old with declining stats with five years left on his contract........Stay away. Shirley you can spend 8m better and keep those young assets.

He hasn’t been declining. He was hurt last season and this he was with practically 4th liners half the year and still produced.

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Jun. 21, 2022 at 12:31 a.m.

Warrzone