Opening Night

Created by: deviner92

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 11, 2023

Published: Aug. 11, 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

Trades

BUF

2024 5th round pick (WPG)

WPG

Bryson, Jacob
Comrie, Eric
2025 7th round pick (NSH)

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$72,686,070	$0	$4,570,000	$10,813,930

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	Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2
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	Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 3	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	Johnson, Erik $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 1	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 1
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)
Rousek, Lukas $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 2	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1
Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 3
Östlund, Noah $918,333$918,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($475,000$475K) C RFA - 3
Savoie, Matthew $918,333$918,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($1,000,000$1M) C RFA - 3
Wahlberg, Anton $896,667$896,667 ($0$0$0$0) ($80,000$80K) C RFA - 3

Top Comments

Aug. 11, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 5,614

Likes: 3,745

Ahhh, something realistic!
Thank you

It’s been getting nutty up in here

Aug. 11, 2023 at 1:09 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 23,673

Likes: 12,377

The Jets aren't paying for those guys and unlikely any other teams are either, they're headed for the waiver wire if they don't make the Sabres opening night lineup.

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Aug. 11, 2023 at 1:47 p.m.

Jonesy204

Pitter Patter

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 182

Likes: 70

Quoting: AntiAnalytics

Ahhh, something realistic!
Thank you

It’s been getting nutty up in here

I hope that was sarcasm.

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Aug. 11, 2023 at 1:51 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 5,614

Likes: 3,745

Quoting: Jonesy204

I hope that was sarcasm.

Not at all
This is extremely close to what the Sabres opening night lineup will look like

If your panties are in a bunch about the Jets trade,
take a deep breath & step off the ledge
We could send those guys anywhere, & for anything
Does not have to be to you guys specifically

Aug. 11, 2023 at 3:19 p.m.

rktkt66

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 940

Likes: 601

Quoting: AntiAnalytics

Ahhh, something realistic!
Thank you

Agreed - other than the defense pairing combinations that could go any number of ways, the roster looks very much like what fans can expect.

Quoting: MisstheWhalers

they're headed for the waiver wire if they don't make the Sabres opening night lineup.

Probably - though I still hope Botterill will persuade Francis to either trade a late pick for Bryson or claim him off waivers. I suspect Comrie will end up unclaimed and head to Rochester.

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