K-Dev does every team Volume 4 Buffalo

Created by: KDev

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 23, 2023

Published: Jun. 23, 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

I think this is the year Buffalo meets the playoffs. I see 2 large holes on this team. 1 is goaltending. They need to move on from comrie and UPL and find a reliable guy to split the net with Levi. The 2nd hole is #1 or #2 RHD. They have the talent, the depth and all the young guys in the world to find what they are looking for and I think they are a very good bet to make the playoffs.

Strengths: Cap space, goal scoring, LD, high end prospects
Weaknesses: RD, goaltending

Buffalo is ther imho. Not only are they there, but they still have some much room for extensions and additions. I could see them going after a Jarry or better option in net if they wanted to or spend big on a Tarasenko if they think they need another vet in the top 6. This has got to be an extremely exciting time to be a Sabres fan. Again I think they are really a true top 4RD away from being a very serious threat and if I were management I’d do what I could to land Pesce and extend him. Aside from that I mainly just went for defensive depth guys for the bottom 6 and gave them a slight overpayment for the 1 year deal. Fast and Eller should both help immensely on the defensive side so the top 6 can focus on tuning and gunning. Cant wait to see how good this team looks with Rosen, Kulich and Oustlund added to the mix

Sabres fans let me know what you guys think and any feedback you all have

My very very bold prediction: 1st in the Atlantic

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Varlamov, Semyon	2	$2,000,000
Eller, Lars	1	$2,250,000
Fast, Jesper	2	$2,500,000
Heinen, Danton	1	$850,000

Trades

BUF

Pesce, Brett

Additional Details:

Why Carolina does this:

If they can’t resign Pesce they will be forced to move him. Carolina has always had a great D core but they need goals. Olofsson comes in with a 28 goal campaign last year and is pure scorer in that. They also get a young roster player in Krebs who has slowly been getting used to the speed of the NHL and can prove to be a nice elc piece for the Canes as they continue their Stanley cup push. Additionally they get a young goalie UPL that they can use as a starter or in a tandem with Kotchetkov as well as decent 2nd round pick

CAR

Additional Details:

Why Buffalo does this:

Buffalo is riddled with young talent and they can afford to overpay on a player that will drastically improve them. I genuinely don’t think there is anything in this package they will outright miss. They have even more young guys in the wings ready to push for the nhl anyway and spots will eventually have to open. This trade gives them a true stud defensive defenseman they can pair with Dahlin or Power and he just makes their dcore into a strength.

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	$71,001,904	$0	$4,157,500	$12,498,096

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	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
		Fast, Jesper $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW UFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($500,000$500K) RW UFA - 1
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 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
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Pesce, Brett $4,025,000$4,025,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Varlamov, Semyon $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 4
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1
Heinen, Danton $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 23, 2023 at 11:21 a.m.

ecupirate07

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 9,274

Likes: 2,966

Krebs is great (not sure why you move him)
UPL is whatever.
Olofsson at full cap hit kills the value of the deal (olof at 50% still brings it down)
2nd round pick is cool

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Jun. 23, 2023 at 11:24 a.m.

csteiner1230

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 25

Likes: 5

The trade is probably fair as long as it comes along with an extension in place, might be a slight overpay with the 2nd thrown in. I'd rather give up Rosen or Ostlund rather than Krebs. I also don't think the Sabres sign that many UFA forwards as they already have a bunch of forwards under contract, with Jost likely being qualified as an RFA and prospects like Savoie and Kulich possibly making the jump to the NHL.

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Jun. 23, 2023 at 11:25 a.m.

Czu8iks

Joined: Apr. 2022

Posts: 2,064

Likes: 1,382

The issue with Pesce is the extension. Canes would trade him, if he wants too much. But it would be also too much for Sabres going forward.

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Jun. 23, 2023 at 11:26 a.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,272

Likes: 6,247

Pretty reasonable, I think you probably have to swap the second round pick with a top 10 protected in 24, just to bump the value up a bit. I would wanna swap Krebs with mittelstadt, but I would be fine with either to get pesce. Basically, Samuelsson pairs with dahlin and power would pair with pesce. That gives the young first overall picks a legitimate defensive partner to open up their games.

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Jun. 23, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.

vikhodush

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 6,694

Likes: 3,362

Think the deal is fairly reasonable. Most canes fans aren’t too high on Olof (especially at full cap) or UPL but Krebs is a nice piece.

I don’t think they’d roll UPL Koochie tandem next year so I’d revise trade to Krebs and 23 first and take out the other two pieces. Probably too much for BUF with the first so maybe swap Krebs with a prospect instead.

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