Heres an idea

Created by: BruinsFan35

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 8, 2023

Published: Feb. 8, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

Description

Meier will be too expensive for most playoff teams to bring in, but what about Buffalo? I don’t think that they’ll make the playoffs, even with Meier, but they’re clearly heading in the right direction. Using the Horvat trade as a reference, plus adding a bit of value to Meier being an RFA, I came up with a somewhat realistic move that could satisfy both teams. Let me know what y’all think.

Obviously I’m not a Sabres fan, so if I’m way off on this team’s assets and whether or not they’d explore this, than I apologize. I let Jost and Bjork walk without qualifying them, they just don’t add anything to the team and there’s better players available for depth both already in the roster and in free agency. Don’t read too far into the free agents that I added to the team. Any defensively responsible or physical forwards will do. Also added a capable third goalie because I don’t trust Comrie to be a viable backup

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marjala, Viljami		3	$850,000
Johnson, Ryan		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	1	$900,000
Clague, Kale	1	$900,000
Murray, Brett	1	$900,000
Pekar, Matej	1	$900,000
Rousek, Lukas	1	$900,000
Weissbach, Linus	1	$900,000
Davies, Jeremy	1	$900,000
Cecconi, Joseph	1	$900,000
Meier, Timo	8	$9,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nosek, Tomas	1	$1,500,000
Simmonds, Wayne	1	$850,000
Kinkaid, Keith	1	$850,000

Trades

BUF

Meier, Timo [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

SJ gets a young roster player, 2 talented forward prospects, a top-12 protected first and a second

SJS

Kulich, Jiri
Mittelstadt, Casey
Rosén, Isak
2023 2nd round pick (PHI)
2024 1st round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

BUF gets a legit top winger to pair with Thompson. Expensive but well worth it. Meier’s age also fits with the existing core.

Buyouts

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	$83,500,000	$69,896,070	$0	$4,145,000	$13,603,930

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C UFA - 7	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Savoie, Matthew $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) C RFA - 3	Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Nosek, Tomas $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7		Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 1
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Johnson, Ryan $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1
	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Asplund, Rasmus $900,000$900,000 LW, C RFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Kinkaid, Keith $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:34 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 27,878

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Remove kulich and sure. 9.75 is too high

Also, look at what Tage's wingers are doing. Meier wouldn't play with him

Also Jost has been fantastic

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Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:36 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,272

Likes: 6,247

Too much. Take Rosen or kulich out. Also, if we are gonna trade a boatload of stuff and then sign a guy to an 80 million dollar contract, he can drive a different line. Thompson has Skinner and tuch playing at point per game pace, let cozens benefit from a winger that can drive play.

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Feb. 8, 2023 at 5:19 p.m.

KingMurray

Joined: Apr. 2022

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Likes: 273

Put me in the "take Kulich out" camp.

Also I propose a Cozens/Meier/Quinn line.

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Feb. 8, 2023 at 5:21 p.m.

homiedaclown

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 7,136

Likes: 3,156

^what they said

Take out Kulich or Rosen from the trade
Sign Meier for a bit less & put him on Line2 with Cozens
And probably some different depth UFAs

Nice job overall though
I see what you were going for, & nothing was too egregious

And also….
we WILL see u guys in the playoffs, so get ready

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Feb. 9, 2023 at 1:07 a.m.

Burnzie8_88_4Cup

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 1,730

Likes: 522

No to Kulich, he may take Olaf spot in a few years, if Olaf gets too expensive.

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