Adams brings his horse shoe to the draft again how does Kulich fall to 28th OA

Created by: GMTD

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 13, 2023

Published: Apr. 13, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Orlov is signed as a mentor for all of the young defensemen
and as a filler until one of the three defensemen drafted this year are ready for the NHL

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Clague, Kale	1	$775,000
Murray, Brett	1	$775,000
Rousek, Lukas	3	$950,000
Weissbach, Linus	3	$950,000
Jost, Tyson	3	$1,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Orlov, Dmitry	3	$6,000,000
Girgensons, Zemgus	3	$2,000,000
Okposo, Kyle	3	$2,000,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$775,000
Subban, Malcolm	3	$1,250,000
Malone, Sean	1	$775,000
Cecconi, Joseph	1	$775,000
Davies, Jeremy	1	$775,000
Houser, Michael	1	$775,000
Strand, Austin	1	$775,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Danielson, Nate	3	$950,000
Strbak, Maxim	3	$950,000
Gulyayev, Mikhail	3	$950,000

Trades

BUF

2023 1st round pick (LAK)
2023 2nd round pick (CBJ)

Additional Details:

Nate Danielson is still available at 13th OA, Jarmo Kekalainen contacts KA to make a deal.
Adams is willing to gamble that RHD David Reinbacher will still be on the board at the 23rd OA and a deal is struck.

CBJ

2023 1st round pick (BUF)
2023 4th round pick (BUF)

BUF

2023 1st round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

Adams sees that LHD Mikhail Gulyayev is still available at 28th OA and contacts Kelly McCrimmon of the Knights to trade PHI 39th and BUF 45th OA for VGK pick and

VGK

2023 2nd round pick (BUF)
2023 2nd round pick (PHI)

BUF

2023 1st round pick (CAR)

Additional Details:

Adams' luck continues and RHD Maxim Strbak is available at 31th OA, he contacts Carolina's GM Don Waddell and offers CBJ 33rd OA and LAK 87th OA for Carolina's 31st OA.

Adams adds three first round defensemen to his crop of prospects. A very good day at the draft and he is voted GM of the year.

CAR

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

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Eric Comrie: $650,000 ($1,800,000)
Malcolm Subban: $100,000 ($1,250,000)
Jacob Bryson: $700,000 ($1,850,000)

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	$72,302,737	$0	$4,070,000	$11,197,263

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C UFA - 7	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7	Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Jost, Tyson $1,750,000$1,750,000 C UFA - 1	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW 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	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 1
Orlov, Dmitry $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Clague, Kale $775,000$775,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 13, 2023 at 12:54 p.m.

SK101

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I think the jackets will use one or both of those picks to upgrade at center/LD so I’m not sure that it would be likely. Don’t think it’s worth trading two premium picks when there are like 35 prospects worth going in the top 20 in most other drafts

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 1:43 p.m.

CaseyFlyman

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I love this concept, such an interesting idea. We'll see how the draft shakes out, Jarmo doesn't have much history of trading up for a player (Gabriel Carlsson was the last significant time he did, which wasn't great), so it's probably unlikely (he trades back for additional picks more frequently).

No matter what Buffalo is looking like a force for next season.

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 3:28 p.m.

AndrewPawlack

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i do not want nate danielson that high nor would i imagine the front office does either

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

gretzkyghosts

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This would be wild indeed.
Sort of a dream draft that is unlikely to occur.

Quoting: SK101

I think the jackets will use one or both of those picks to upgrade at center/LD so I’m not sure that it would be likely...

If they could pick up a prospect who they think is a sure thing v two possible prospects, they may do it.

Quoting: CaseyFlyman

I love this concept, such an interesting idea...

Not likely of course but it is all a fantasy to get three first round defensemen prospects.

Quoting: AndrewPawlack

i do not want nate danielson that high nor would i imagine the front office does either

Let's presume it would be a prospect that the Jackets wanted fell into their laps, not necessarily danielson.

Apr. 13, 2023 at 5:47 p.m.

GMTD

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Thanks for the feedback.
Sort of suspected there would be more negative comments.
Buffalo may need to add a 4th or 5th to second and third trade but all three are reasonable close to equal.
It sure would be remarkable to have back to back drafts with three first round picks.

Quoting: SK101

Quoting: CaseyFlyman

Quoting: AndrewPawlack

i do not want nate danielson that high nor would i imagine the front office does either

Quoting: gretzkyghosts

This would be wild indeed.
Sort of a dream draft that is unlikely to occur. If they could pick up a prospect who they think is a sure thing v two possible prospects, they may do it. Not likely of course but it is all a fantasy to get three first round defensemen prospects. Let's presume it would be a prospect that the Jackets wanted fell into their laps, not necessarily danielson.

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