My Sabres TDL

Created by: Skyraider112

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 13, 2023

Published: Feb. 13, 2023

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

What is the goal of the Sabres' TDL? In my opinion it is to continue to let the players we have in the system develop and grow together. They are still in the race for the wild card as is. Adding a veteran defenseman who brings a physical game and some playoff experience (2 Cup rings) is a very smart move. Latest ideas for what Vancouver is asking is a 3rd and a prospect. Buffalo can easily trade that without harming the future in any way. Additionally, adding another forward to the mix provides further depth in the case of injury. I'd love to snag a player with good faceoff numbers.

I am strongly against trading our top prospects or 1sts for the idea of a playoff push. Playoffs will come. We are a building team, our future is extremely bright. Save any desired big moves for the offseason.

Trades

BUF

Schenn, Luke

VAN

Murray, Brett
2024 3rd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Murray strongly deserves an extended NHL stint, I think he'd get games in Buffalo. If not Murray swap him for any of our AHL guys who deserve an NHL shot (Biro, Weissbach)

BUF

Sturm, Nico

SJS

Asplund, Rasmus
Portillo, Erik [Reserve List]
2023 4th round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Asplund needs playing time and I think could fit well in San Jose. Portillo adds a quality goalie prospect to the pipeline. I'd favour the odds of him signing in San Jose over going to free agency

Buyouts

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

Buried

Jacob Bryson: $725,000 ($1,850,000)
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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$62,326,667	$0	$3,620,000	$20,173,333

Roster

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	Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 3	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
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

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	Schenn, Luke $850,000$850,000 RD UFA - 1	Anderson, Craig $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G UFA - 1
Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Clague, Kale $750,000$750,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Cozens, D.		Tuch, A.		Krebs, P.
	Thompson, T.		Dahlin, R.

Power Play 2
Okposo, K.		Skinner, J.		Olofsson, V.
	Quinn, J.		Power, O.

Penalty Kill 1
	Sturm, N.	Girgensons, Z.
	Samuelsson, M.	Schenn, L.

Penalty Kill 2
	Cozens, D.	Jost, T.
	Lyubushkin, I.	Jokiharju, H.

Top Comments

Feb. 13, 2023 at 3:33 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 27,809

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I am coming around to the idea that any big move will be this offseason. Not sure i see the point in Sturm tho.

Also. We all know mittelstadt will not be benched

Feb. 13, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.

homiedaclown

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 7,136

Likes: 3,156

Hope we aim a bit higher than this

Feb. 14, 2023 at 9:08 p.m.

Skyraider112

Sabres are elite

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 7,993

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

I am coming around to the idea that any big move will be this offseason. Not sure i see the point in Sturm tho.

Also. We all know mittelstadt will not be benched

Sturm is a solid faceoff guy, has term on his contract, can kill penalties, and won the Cup with Colorado which is always an asset. Provides us forward depth.

Quoting: Buffalove

Hope we aim a bit higher than this

Maybe, but I'm not wanting anything crazy. These moves add depth and useful players for a low cost.

Feb. 14, 2023 at 10:33 p.m.

homiedaclown

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 7,136

Likes: 3,156

Quoting: Skyraider112

Sturm is a solid faceoff guy, has term on his contract, can kill penalties, and won the Cup with Colorado which is always an asset. Provides us forward depth.

Maybe, but I'm not wanting anything crazy. These moves add depth and useful players for a low cost.

I hear ya, BUT….
-is Sturm noticeably better than Jost ?
-is Schenn an improvement on the RD we already have ?

These guys are fine
But idk that they move the needle enough for us, compared to what we have now

Feb. 18, 2023 at 1:19 a.m.

Skyraider112

Sabres are elite

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 7,993

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Quoting: Buffalove

Sturm is 100% an upgrade over having Jost at center. Jost is a better winger. Schenn is far better than Joki right now

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