SalarySwishSalarySwish

Buffalo Needs a goalie

Created by: JohnJohnson
Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: Jan. 22, 2023
Published: Jan. 22, 2023
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Legend
Left Handed
Original Team
Waivers Exempt
Right Handed
Position
Trade Clause
Max Perf. Bonus
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
Buffalo Sabers look extremely promising and I believe this roster could be on the brink of contention. They have 1 glaring hole, a legit goalie. Comrie and Anderson are stop gaps, and UPL dosent look like he can really be that #1. Devon Levi is going to be a stud but is a few years a way.
I think Vancouver - Buffalo could be ideal trade partners here. Vancouver has the star goalie and Buffalo has an abundance of young players and prospects. Demko has 3 years left on a steal of a contract and a legit top 10 arguably top 5 goalie when healthy so acquisition price is high.
Canucks gain young assets to help kickstart a rebuild
Demko comes back for Buffalos playoff push and comes off the books right when Levi should be ready to start.
WIN-WIN
Trades
BUF
  1. Demko, Thatcher
  2. 2023 4th round pick (VAN)
VAN
  1. Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka
  2. Savoie, Matthew
  3. 2024 2nd round pick (BUF)
Buyouts
Buried
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2023
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the PHI
Logo of the VGK
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the VAN
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
2024
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
2025
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
Logo of the BUF
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$82,500,000$65,589,167$0$3,620,000$16,910,833
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$2,000,000$2,000,000
C
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$4,750,000$4,750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$1,400,000$1,400,000
C
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$4,750,000$4,750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 4
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW, C
RFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$894,167$894,167 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
C, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RW, LW
RFA - 3
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$2,200,000$2,200,000
LW, C
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$412,500$412K)
C, LW
RFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$855,833$855,833 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
LW, RW
RFA - 3
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$825,000$825,000
LW, C
RFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$6,000,000$6,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$687,500$687,500
RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$1,800,000$1,800,000
G
UFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$1,850,000$1,850,000
LD/RD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$2,500,000$2,500,000
RD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$1,500,000$1,500,000 (Performance Bonus$500,000$500K)
G
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$925,000$925,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
UFA - 4
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$916,667$916,667 (Performance Bonus$925,000$925K)
LD/RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$750,000$750,000
LD/RD
RFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$4,916,667$4,916,667
G
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 1

Embed Code

  • To display this team on another website or blog, add this iFrame to the appropriate page
  • Customize the height attribute in the iFrame code below to fit your website appropriately. Minimum recommended: 400px.

Text-Embed

Click to Highlight

Top Comments

Jan. 22, 2023 at 10:11 p.m.
#1
Avatar of the user
Joined: Nov. 2017
Posts: 27,935
Likes: 14,599
Buffalo obviously doesn't do that
worldwidesensei liked this.
Jan. 22, 2023 at 10:12 p.m.
#2
GoNucks
Avatar of the user
Joined: Dec. 2022
Posts: 248
Likes: 109
Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld
Buffalo obviously doesn't do that


Why not?
Jan. 22, 2023 at 10:13 p.m.
#3
Avatar of the user
Joined: Nov. 2017
Posts: 27,935
Likes: 14,599
Quoting: JohnJohnson
Why not?


Because it's far too much.
worldwidesensei liked this.
Jan. 22, 2023 at 10:38 p.m.
#4
Sabres are elite
Avatar of the user
Joined: Jun. 2017
Posts: 7,995
Likes: 3,305
Demko has a career .909 save percentage. Obviously this year he has struggled (the whole team has). His career high is a .915 over 64 games last season. Just so you know, a 0.915 is far from elite statistics for a goalie. That's just slightly above league average. I'm not saying Demko isn't a solid goalie, clearly he is. He's putting up slightly above average metrics on a team that doesn't play good defense in front of him. That said, it's not justifiable to ask for a goalie who is getting better for us game after game and still has much more ceiling to reach. He's also only 23. On top of that you want our top prospect in Savoie and a 2nd. If Demko was a 0.920 goalie consistently, then yes I'd offer that. He isn't, so I wouldn't. We can sign a UFA goalie if need be in the offseason. We've waited 11+ years for a playoff bound team, a couple more months to be patient and prudent isn't hard
Jan. 22, 2023 at 11:01 p.m.
#5
Avatar of the user
Joined: Jul. 2020
Posts: 10,221
Likes: 9,440
Quoting: Skyraider112
Demko has a career .909 save percentage. Obviously this year he has struggled (the whole team has). His career high is a .915 over 64 games last season. Just so you know, a 0.915 is far from elite statistics for a goalie. That's just slightly above league average. I'm not saying Demko isn't a solid goalie, clearly he is. He's putting up slightly above average metrics on a team that doesn't play good defense in front of him. That said, it's not justifiable to ask for a goalie who is getting better for us game after game and still has much more ceiling to reach. He's also only 23. On top of that you want our top prospect in Savoie and a 2nd. If Demko was a 0.920 goalie consistently, then yes I'd offer that. He isn't, so I wouldn't. We can sign a UFA goalie if need be in the offseason. We've waited 11+ years for a playoff bound team, a couple more months to be patient and prudent isn't hard


If Demko was on a team that was actually competent (not even good but average) on the PK and just at playing defense, he’d be looked at much better than he is. Everyone is down on him because of 15 bad games this season, but last year he was top 3 in the league in 5v5 save % and 5v5 GSAx, and the previous two seasons combined he was second in 5v5 GSAx. The Canucks defense, and specifically the PK, has been completely incompetent which hurts his numbers, but his advanced stats show he is an elite goalie
JohnJohnson and majormoose007 liked this.
See All