Buffalo needs toughness

Created by: Tjm220

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 3, 2023

Published: Dec. 4, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

Exploring the cost of a couple players I think Buffalo should be looking at in a trade with another team that might be looking to shake things up. I realize Buffalo would have to move a few pieces around when players come back from injury, unless some roster talent were involved in the deal.

Trades

BUF

Additional Details:

These are two players I like a lot that I think Buffalo should be looking into to add much needed toughness to their lineup. I also think these two could be part of this team for the foreseeable future.

MIN

I see Minnesota as a team, with an abundance of physicality and toughness among their forwards, but lacking in offensive skill after Kaprizov, Rossi, and Boldy. Buffalo has the opposite problem and several prospects they simply don’t have room for that Minnesota could be interested in. Realistically what would it take to make this trade?

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Riley Stillman: $200,000 ($1,350,000)

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	$76,573,570	$0	$4,295,000	$6,926,430

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	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
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 3	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Dewar, Connor $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Duhaime, Brandon $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
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	Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C 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	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $837,500$837,500 G RFA - 1
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	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1
Johnson, Ryan $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C UFA - 7
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
	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2

Top Comments

Dec. 4, 2023 at 12:29 a.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

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And that would take away the chances of either of the bottom 2 lines providing much offense

Seems like a terrible idea to me

Dec. 4, 2023 at 12:30 a.m.

mokumboi

Joined: Apr. 2019

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The Blues will trade you Tucker and a 3rd for Johnson.

Dec. 4, 2023 at 12:42 a.m.

Tjm220

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Quoting: mokumboi

The Blues will trade you Tucker and a 3rd for Johnson.

Do you really see anything realistic about that offer? Specifically, Buffalo needs more physical forwards.

Dec. 4, 2023 at 12:42 a.m.

Tjm220

Sabres fan

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 4,923

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Quoting: AntiAnalytics

And that would take away the chances of either of the bottom 2 lines providing much offense

Seems like a terrible idea to me

What exactly are the bottom two lines providing right now?

Dec. 4, 2023 at 12:46 a.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 5,686

Likes: 3,756

Quoting: Tjm220

What exactly are the bottom two lines providing right now?

With all the injuries???
Lololol

And we have A TON of offensive talent STILL TO COME
You eliminate any chance of HALF our forward lines being offensively productive

If all u care about is “right now” then i think u should re-evaluate

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