Optimistic 23-24 season first 9 games

Created by: gretzkyghosts

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 29, 2023

Published: Mar. 29, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jost, Tyson	3	$1,750,000
Clague, Kale	3	$950,000
Murray, Brett	3	$950,000
Rousek, Lukas	3	$950,000
Weissbach, Linus	3	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Girgensons, Zemgus	3	$1,750,000
Okposo, Kyle	3	$1,750,000
Hinostroza, Vinnie	1	$1,700,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$800,000
Subban, Malcolm	1	$900,000
Orlov, Dmitry	4	$5,000,000

Trades

BUF

2023 2nd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

Hard to determine Victors value, he can score but is that enough to return a decent pick.

ANA

Olofsson, Victor

Additional Details:

Of course it will not be the DUCKS, just making a possible trade to make room on the roster for younger players.

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Eric Comrie: $650,000 ($1,800,000)
Jacob Bryson: $700,000 ($1,850,000)
Vinnie Hinostroza: $550,000 ($1,700,000)

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	$67,596,070	$0	$4,070,000	$15,903,930

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
Kulich, Jiri $918,333$918,333 C, LW RFA - 3	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
Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Jost, Tyson $1,750,000$1,750,000 C UFA - 1	Rousek, Lukas $950,000$950,000 RW RFA - 2

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
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) G RFA - 2
	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 1
Orlov, Dmitry $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1
Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Okposo, Kyle $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 29, 2023 at 2:33 p.m.

Stadel

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Bro you wild if you think Levi is the starter next year. Or that luukkonen is anywhere near this team anymore.

Mar. 29, 2023 at 2:51 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

Future Ducks legend

Joined: Jun. 2022

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Its hard to know on Olofsson, he is on the final year of a basically 5 mil AAV deal, exits as a free agent. Scores plenty of goals, puts up good points, but I have heard he is extremely deficient defensively. What team looks at Olofsson and says "he is part of the solution" and has 5 mil in cap space for him? Are his goals impactful, such as game winners or clutch goals when the team needs a response, or are they empty, stat padding goals he racks up on demoralized teams when the game is already out of reach?

I have no idea what kind of goal scorer he is, there's a possibility Carolina wants him as they are in the need of a goal scoring winger, but they typically like guys with term if they are buying.

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Mar. 29, 2023 at 2:54 p.m.

Greysuits

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The only chance of Olofsson getting a second is at next year's dead line for a contending team that needs goals. My guess is that Olofsson is moved in the off season as part of a bigger deal or for a third.

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Mar. 29, 2023 at 2:56 p.m.

Greysuits

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

A defensive team that needs scoring help, like Nashville, could add him, but not for a second.

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Mar. 29, 2023 at 3:54 p.m.

Bickellai_Khabibulin

Bickellai Khabibulin