cutting the cap what if Savoie and Kulich are ready next season

Created by: gretzkyghosts

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: May 7, 2023

Published: May 7, 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	2	$1,750,000
Clague, Kale	2	$775,000
Murray, Brett	2	$775,000
Weissbach, Linus	2	$900,000
Rousek, Lukas	2	$900,000

Trades

BUF

2024 2nd round pick (BOS)

ANA

Ryan Johnson
It is inevitable that the Sabres will not be signing him.
This is the compensatory pick

BUF

Most likely it will not be the Jets.
They are a place holder.
Some combination of picks, prospects, or Buffalo will add to abtain a second pairing stay at home RHD.

WPG

Olofsson, Victor ($2,375,000 retained)

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Victor Olofsson: $2,375,000 (50%)

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	$83,500,000	$64,026,903	$0	$5,070,000	$19,473,097

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
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
Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Kulich, Jiri $918,333$918,333 C, LW RFA - 3	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	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Rousek, Lukas $900,000$900,000 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	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	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Murray, Brett $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1
Jost, Tyson $1,750,000$1,750,000 C UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 7, 2023 at 11:34 a.m.

BUFF36

Joined: Apr. 2020

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Nice ideas Ghost!! See you have been watching Kulich

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May 7, 2023 at 11:36 a.m.

rktkt66

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 940

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Kind of hard to comment on the proposed roster when you didn't suggest any specifics for a return on Olofsson......

It's easy though to comment that ignoring either Girgensons or Okposo coming back when everything those two said, along with Adams and Granato, point to it being a virtual given. Likewise, deleting UPL from the mix when Adams and Granato said he'll be part of the equation (even if only through start of next season after Levi cements his starting spot) .

I think Sabres' fans can count on the same 6 defensemen not being run back again.......so time to suggest someone in that Winnipeg proposal!

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May 7, 2023 at 12:34 p.m.

Tjm220

Sabres fan

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 5,014

Likes: 3,094

I think most people have accepted the idea that Bryson isn’t going to play over Stillman. Ideally, he is one of the candidates that is leaving via trade. I don’t know if both Savoie and Kulich will make the team full time. It’s a pretty safe bet that one of Girgensons and Okposo will be back.

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May 7, 2023 at 1:20 p.m.

Fjordy