Is Erik Karlsson A Good Idea For the Sabres

Created by: OldNYIfan

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 15, 2023

Published: Jul. 22, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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I'm not sure how good an on-ice fit Erik Karlsson is for the Sabres, but they certainly have the cap space (both now and in the future) and the assets needed to acquire him. (There are a variety of high-quality forward prospects that can be substituted for Isak Rosen if desired.)

I assume that one of Bryson or Stillman gets traded somewhere, and two forwards are added to the roster to fill it out.

I apologize for not being sufficiently familiar with the team to know the appropriate line combinations, but I assume that the defense pairings would be as shown.

Aside from Peterka and Quinn, excellent prospects in the pipeline include Kisakov, Kulich, Nadeau, Ostlund and Savoie up front and Ryan Johnson at LhD, so this team has a bright future even if they have to lose a few to add Karlsson.

I'll be interested to see how Buffalo fans answer this question.

Trades

BUF

Karlsson, Erik ($2,300,000 retained)

Additional Details:

San Jose retains 10% and Anaheim retains 10%

SJS

Jokiharju, Henri
Olofsson, Victor
Rosén, Isak
2024 1st round pick (BUF)
2025 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

2024 5th round pick (ANA)
2026 7th round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

Anaheim retains 10% on Karlsson ($1.15 million for 4 seasons)

ANA

Lyubushkin, Ilya

Additional Details:

Anaheim also receives San Jose's 2025 second-round draft pick

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$74,486,070	$0	$4,570,000	$9,013,930

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
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	Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($500,000$500K) RW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Karlsson, Erik $7,700,000$7,700,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
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
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 3
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1	Johnson, Erik $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 1

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Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:42 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

Joined: Jul. 2021

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Clearly they can afford it cap-wise, which can't be said for a lot of potential suitors. In terms of line balance, I'd have Karlsson away from Power since both are very offense-first guys.

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Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:43 p.m.

PHEN

Joined: Jun. 2022

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We don’t need Karlsson. Not at the $ he gets and price to give up. Sabres would be happy to trade for a Pesce or sign Dumba as a ufa

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Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:49 p.m.

BUF10

Joined: Sep. 2022

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Sabres score a lot and can’t defend. Karlsson is like the Exact opposite on what they need.

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Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:52 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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He is not a good idea for buffalo

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Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:56 p.m.

Birtle34

Bandwagon fairweathe

Joined: Jun. 2018

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Kind of a luxury that would be wild to experience, but term and caphit is asking for trouble going forward, kind of like adding Campbell too the hawks before there run, but may run them into a needed sale also. Banner would be worth it, but also a lot of tough decisions going forward.

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