I hate it here

Created by: Sabresfuturecupwinners

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 30, 2022

Published: Jul. 5, 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

I’m growing less optimistic Adam’s actually cares about winning this year. Signing Anderson again and being out on the top UFA goalie because he’s worried about a college goalie who won’t be ready for the NHL for another three years is simply insane to me... Klinberg is signed to help get to the floor. Young kids will learn nothing, we’ll get a few moral victories and finish 20th-27th rinse and repeat.

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
Olofsson, Victor	4	$4,500,000
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	1	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Tokarski, Dustin	1	$750,000
Hinostroza, Vinnie	1	$1,250,000
Jones, Martin	1	$1,000,000
Klingberg, John	2	$6,500,000

Trades

BUF

2024 7th round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

Sabres trade Arttu instead of playing him over worse players because he would bolt for Europe otherwise. No leverage, minimal return.

ARI

Ruotsalainen, Arttu

Buyouts

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

Buried

Anders Bjork: $475,000 ($1,600,000)

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
22	$82,500,000	$58,204,167	$0	$3,537,500	$24,295,833

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
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	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	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	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
	Klingberg, John $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD UFA - 1
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Anderson, Craig $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G UFA - 1
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Bryson, Jacob $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Jones, Martin $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1		Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Murray, Brett $800,000$800,000 LW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 5, 2022 at 12:54 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 28,053

Likes: 14,666

Lighten up francis

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Jul. 5, 2022 at 12:59 p.m.

Sabresfuturecupwinners

Amateur GM

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 880

Likes: 112

Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Lighten up francis

You’re right, I should accept my team continuing to be a pathetic franchise built on “what could be’s”.....

Fox_Czar_Cup liked this.

Jul. 5, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.

GMBL

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 8,929

Likes: 3,460

Seems his focus is on developing the D-core and hoping the UPL. As long as the Sabres have Dahlin, the future looks bright, he's proving that he can drive offense in the NHL as well. If Power lives up to the hype, then even brighter. It will be a rough road, but letting the forwards just play, might yield to 1st year VGK-esque results.

Adams is bringing back Anderson back as a plug, if it leads to them tanking, he won't mind drafting high next year, even if he doesn't land one of the top 3 since it's set out to be a deep draft.

Quoting: Sabresfuturecupwinners

You’re right, I should accept my team continuing to be a pathetic franchise built on “what could be’s”.....

At least they will know which forward prospects to move on from when they are looking to compete in a year or two.

Jul. 5, 2022 at 1:02 p.m.

Green4D4

... We're a "Team"..

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 2,450

Likes: 1,157

You guys got some solid pieces coming up. Trading Eichel was step one in the full rebuild. That happened last year... a little more patience but I think Buffalo will turn the corner eventually.

You're getting a few solid pieces in the draft this year at 9 (Lekkerimäki) and 16 (Chelsey) then a legit shot at Bedard in 2023.

Jul. 5, 2022 at 1:03 p.m.

Fox_Czar_Cup

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 8,086

Likes: 1,479

BUF is in dire need of locker room character. Reaves and Goodrow flipped this sinking ship 180°. Last year's total embarrassment felt like it would linger forever, now it's a faint memory.

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