What Buffalo should do at the deadline

Created by: majormoose007

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 4, 2023

Published: Feb. 4, 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

IMO they should use their cap space to 3rd party retain on rentals with big contracts like Kane, Toews, Tarasenko, O'Reilly and Klingberg and add extra draft picks

Free Agent Signings

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Retained Salary, Klingberg	1	$1,750,000
Retained Salary, OReilly	1	$1,750,000
Retained Salary, Kane	1	$2,625,000

Trades

BUF

2024 4th round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

John Klingberg's retained salary $1,750,000

4th is from the team that trades for Klingberg

ANA

BUF

2023 3rd round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

Patrick Kane's retained salary $2,625,000

3rd is from the team that trades for Kane

CHI

BUF

2023 4th round pick (STL)

Additional Details:

Ryan O'Reilly's retained salary $1,750,000

4th is from the team that trades for O'Reilly

STL

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$82,500,000	$66,714,167	$0	$3,620,000	$15,785,833

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
	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
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 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	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 2	Anderson, Craig $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G UFA - 1
Clague, Kale $750,000$750,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Retained Salary, Kane $2,625,000$2,625,000	Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Retained Salary, OReilly $1,750,000$1,750,000
Retained Salary, Klingberg $1,750,000$1,750,000

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Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:02 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 27,921

Likes: 14,595

I think, being 1 point out of a playoff spot, we should try to improve the team

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Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:03 p.m.

Kyle_Davidson

Kyle from Chicago

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 9,871

Likes: 5,858

Honestly what would your players think if they saw your GM actively going out and helping other teams make winning moves when they are just outside of the playoffs after god knows how many years of suffering.

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Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:09 p.m.

bagelbob

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 3,623

Likes: 2,253

not saying the sabres should be going all in trading everything, but they should be adding depth pieces to improve the team and get into the playoffs, kind of like what the rangers did last year. don’t need to make a home run swing, but reward the guys who have fought to bring you to this point with some reinforcements

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Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:20 p.m.

Sjbackseatgm

Joined: Jan. 2023

Posts: 441

Likes: 131

You're welcome to help the Sharks and retain Vlasic's salary as well.

Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:23 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,283

Likes: 6,255

Got a pretty good idea what they won't be doing.

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