Taking the next step

Created by: rktkt66

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 18, 2023

Published: May 7, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Free Agency:
1. Sabres return Okposo and Girgensons for depth and experience
2. Jost is re-signed for bottom 6.
3. Sabres sign Sundqvist for his size and physicality; versatility to play all 3 forward positions; specialty-teams; and Cup winning experience from 2 teams (2017 Penguins & 2019 Blues).
4. Johnson doesn't sign, earning Sabres 2024 2nd round pick.
5. Dahlin is extended for $9.75M x 7 years
6. Power is extended for $7.5M x 7 years

Training camp:
1. Savoie earns full-time roster spot
2. UPL beats out Comrie, who's waived to Rochester.
3. Jokiharju is bumped to 3rd pairing.
4. 4th line rotates in combinations of Jost, Sundqvist, Okposo and Girgensons as needed.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marjala, Viljami		3	$925,000
Novikov, Nikita		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Clague, Kale	1	$775,000
Rousek, Lukas	2	$850,000
Jost, Tyson	2	$2,250,000
Weissbach, Linus	2	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Cecconi, Joseph	1	$775,000
Malone, Sean	1	$775,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$775,000
Strand, Austin	1	$775,000
Subban, Malcolm	1	$850,000
Davies, Jeremy	1	$775,000
Girgensons, Zemgus	2	$2,000,000
Okposo, Kyle	1	$2,000,000
Sundqvist, Oskar	2	$2,400,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
2024-2031, Dahlin Extension	7	$9,750,000
2024-2031, Power Extension	7	$7,500,000
Neuchev, Viktor	3	$870,000

Trades

BUF

Murphy, Connor
2023 1st round pick (TBL)
2023 2nd round pick (CHI)

Additional Details:

Sabres add veteran defensive-minded, physical RHD with great mobility and size to bolster PK and mentor younger defense corps ; Murphy waives NTC to reunite with Granato.
Sabres move up from 45th OA to 35th OA in 2nd round.

CHI

Bryson, Jacob
Huglen, Aaron [Reserve List]
Rosén, Isak
2023 1st round pick (BUF)
2023 2nd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Hawks add former 1st round goal-scoring prospect, prospect center and younger depth defenseman
Hawks move up from 20th OA to 13th OA in 1st round.

BUF

2023 2nd round pick (CBJ)
2024 3rd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Sabres acquire 34th OA pick in 2023 draft along with 3rd rounder in 2024 in exchange for 50% cap hit retention

CBJ

Olofsson, Victor

Additional Details:

Blue Jackets add veteran 20+ goal scorer for top 6 and help on their PP at 50% cap hit

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Eric Comrie: $650,000 ($1,800,000)

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
23	$83,500,000	$68,196,070	$0	$5,070,000	$15,303,930

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	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
Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	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
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Savoie, Matthew $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) C RFA - 3
Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Jost, Tyson $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,400,000$2,400,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7	Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) G RFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 1
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)
Okposo, Kyle $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW UFA - 1		2024-2031, Dahlin Extension $9,750,000$9,750,000
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1		2024-2031, Power Extension $7,500,000$7,500,000
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Skinner, J.		Thompson, T.		Tuch, A.
	Dahlin, R.		Cozens, D.

Power Play 2
Mittelstadt, C.		Krebs, P.		Savoie, M.
	Power, O.		Quinn, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Quinn, J.	Cozens, D.
	Samuelsson, M.	Murphy, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Krebs, P.	Tuch, A.
	Power, O.	Lyubushkin, I.

Top Comments

May 7, 2023 at 1:03 p.m.

squashmaple

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Joined: Apr. 2022

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Top-6 wings and the PP are not Columbus’s problem. VO doesn’t displace any of Laine, Gaudreau, Johnson, or Marchenko. That second could go toward a trade for an actual area of need, such as a center or a left handed defenseman.

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May 7, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.

wojme

Joined: Jun. 2017

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You're delirious if you think the sabres make that deal

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May 7, 2023 at 1:15 p.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

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The Murphy trade is certainly an interesting proposal. But, it seems a bit rich. Bryson and Huglen are likely of little to no interest to CHI. So, attempting to assign any sort of significant positive value to them is futile. Murphy alone should be worth Rosen and the jump from 20th to 13th, IMHO. Although, there might be room for CHI to send a 3rd back or another player/prospect in that value range.

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May 7, 2023 at 1:19 p.m.

BUFF36

Joined: Apr. 2020

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Take Rosen out and add Neuchev,Kisakov,Poltapov seems a little closer.

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May 7, 2023 at 2:06 p.m.

JK74

Joined: Oct. 2022

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Quoting: BUFF36

Take Rosen out and add Neuchev,Kisakov,Poltapov seems a little closer.

Take Rosen out and the deal is dead.

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