Puck eaters

Created by: nhldeadline2

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 21, 2023

Published: Jan. 21, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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 think our goaltending and PK will look significantly better with a couple guys are more willing to eat some of the pucks coming at them. Our next highest shot blocker is Dahlin with 72 and Sammy is at 54 in 31 games - basically on pace with Dahlin
the next 4 defenseman are in the 40s.

Sabres are sandwiched between Colorado and Carolina in the bottom 3 in blocked shots, which sounds like good company, but those teams have given up 31 and 32 less goals.

I'm not saying blocked shots = wins, but I think it's a good indicator of defensive responsibility which this team is seriously missing outside of Dahlin/Sammy. Murphy opens up Power to keep doing his thing, and McCabe/Joker is a major upgrade to Bryson/Lybushkin....

... but is it worthy of a 1st and a promising prospect (albeit VN is a project)? Is it enough for CHI? think it's close, but let me know what to add.

Trades

BUF

Tuch, Luke [Reserve List]
2023 6th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Prospect swap

MTL

Bryson, Jacob
Portillo, Erik [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

MTL sells, and pick up a body for MTL lineup who won't help them win games but isn't totally embarassing, generally

BUF

McCabe, Jake
Murphy, Connor
2025 3rd round pick (CHI)

Additional Details:

TOI BS HITS +/-
MurphY: 19:29 95 88 -5
McCabe: 19:29 92 91 +4
2nd pair RHD and 3rd pair LHD who both bring styles of play that the Sabres are sorely lacking

CHI

Lyubushkin, Ilya
Neuchev, Viktor [Reserve List]
2023 1st round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Top 8 protected. Need to move out a body out bc of the goalie predicament.

Buyouts

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

Buried

Vinnie Hinostroza: $575,000 ($1,700,000)
Anders Bjork: $475,000 ($1,600,000)

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

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LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$65,289,167	$0	$3,620,000	$17,210,833

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
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3	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	Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 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	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Anderson, Craig $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2
Clague, Kale $750,000$750,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jan. 21, 2023 at 12:22 p.m.

Czu8iks

Joined: Apr. 2022

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I would say Chicago trade would be for whole 3rd pair. And Sabres need to take minutes from Dahlin and Power.

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Jan. 21, 2023 at 12:24 p.m.

Ihopeigetit

get-it

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 1,274

Likes: 243

Quoting: Czu8iks

I would say Chicago trade would be for whole 3rd pair. And Sabres need to take minutes from Dahlin and Power.

Have always loved McCabe. This definitely fills the holes but can maybe be done for less than 8mil AAV combined b/w the 2 and giving up a 1st. Probably cheaper options in UFA next year

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Jan. 21, 2023 at 12:27 p.m.

nhldeadline2

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 336

Likes: 123

Quoting: Czu8iks

I would say Chicago trade would be for whole 3rd pair. And Sabres need to take minutes from Dahlin and Power.

That's fair, and agree on the minutes. I'm just not a fan of Joker with Power though.. I think he's a 2nd pair defenseman, but I don't like the combo. I honestly think McCabe fits the bill best but I didn't want to upset the "can't play lefty on the right side" crew

Jan. 21, 2023 at 12:31 p.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 25,258

Likes: 9,044

Just waive Clague

Jan. 21, 2023 at 12:35 p.m.

nhldeadline2

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 336

Likes: 123

Quoting: Ihopeigetit

Have always loved McCabe. This definitely fills the holes but can maybe be done for less than 8mil AAV combined b/w the 2 and giving up a 1st. Probably cheaper options in UFA next year

Yeah the 8 mill limits what they can add next year, but I'd be OK mortgaging some of the future to support their young core NOW

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