Opening Night Roster

Created by: ashleyschaeffer

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 13, 2022

Published: Jul. 13, 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

Pilut and Fitzgerald are the 7/8, Hinostroza can play up and down the lineup as the 13th forward, Bjork won't play much if Quinn and Peterka make the team. There is forward depth in Rochester but not D depth yet. I think Quinn and Peterka do stick and we have a team where all 4 lines and all 3 D pairs can play regularly. You can shield the younger players with the top line and the 4th line playing against the other team's top lines and if Dahlin and Samuelsson continue on their trajectory, they will become a legit 1st pair. Samuelsson and Lyubushkin will be the 1 PK pair, Dahlin and Power will QB the PP units, and Bryson and Jokiharju are a solid 3rd pair. Health in net and PK improvement can get this team in the mix in April.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Pilut, Lawrence		2	$1,000,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	2	$1,000,000
Murray, Brett	2	$1,000,000
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	2	$1,000,000

Buyouts

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$56,172,500	$0	$3,620,000	$26,327,500

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
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1
Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1
	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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 2	Anderson, Craig $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,700,000$1,700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Pilut, Lawrence $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 13, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.

Riley816

Joined: May 2018

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If Bjork is on the roster and Ruotsalainen isn't...

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Jul. 13, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.

Archarte

Lowly Sabres Fan

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 336

Likes: 53

I don't think Kevin Adams is done yet. I think we have a slight chance of seeing James van Riemsdyk being traded over from Philly with a 1st round pick in 2023. Johnny G is still in the works for the Flyers and they will need to move that cap space. Buffalo is one of three potential trade partners to get that done.

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Jul. 13, 2022 at 3:08 p.m.

BuFfaLOFaN

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 9,507

Likes: 6,514

Wait, did you just put the correct top pair together? Craaaazy stuff in AGM.

Jul. 13, 2022 at 3:15 p.m.

homiedaclown

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 7,136

Likes: 3,156

Quoting: Riley816

If Bjork is on the roster and Ruotsalainen isn't...

Then it would be a SMART move

Makes no sense at all to have Routsalainen sitting in the Press box in Buffalo when he could be PLAYING in Rochester

Jul. 13, 2022 at 3:19 p.m.

homiedaclown

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 7,136

Likes: 3,156

Quoting: Archarte

It’s possible
Philly has come out & said they don’t wanna trade the 1st
So maybe meet them halfway, so to speak
Demand the 1st from them, but send them back their 2nd that we currently have

Sabres get:
JVR, Philly ‘23 1st

Philly gets:
Philly ‘23 2nd (back), Cap space

Deal should work for both sides
Especially since we can hold half of JVRs salary & get a pick for him at the deadline

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