Making room for everyone

Created by: Stadel

Team: 2025-26 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 11, 2024

Published: Feb. 11, 2024

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

Of all the things I am not worried about, Terry Pegula making room for 1st rounders on entry level contracts is the thing I am least worried about.

I promise you he will find a way to do it. I promise you.

Bought out skinner but more likely scenario is the sabres retain half and pay someone a prospect or two to take the deal after the cap jumps twice. They'll offset that retention by spending 4 mil less during those two years.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mittelstadt, Casey	1	$7,000,000
Quinn, Jack	1	$3,000,000
Peterka, John-Jason	6	$6,000,000
Levi, Devon	1	$2,000,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	1	$3,000,000
Johnson, Ryan	1	$3,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Rooney, Kevin	1	$800,000
Poturalski, Andrew	1	$800,000
Sabourin, Scott	1	$800,000
MacEachern, Mackenzie	1	$800,000
Brown, Joshua	1	$1,500,000
Sanford, Zachary	1	$1,200,000

Trades

BUF

2026 1st round pick (ANA)
2026 2nd round pick (ANA)

ANA

Tuch, Alex

Additional Details:

Deadline deal to a contender

BUF

2026 1st round pick (ARI)
2026 2nd round pick (ARI)

ARI

Mittelstadt, Casey

Additional Details:

Traded to contending team at deadline (2 year deal at arbitration in summer of 2024 will pay him 7 mil)

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0
Jeff Skinner: $4,000,000

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$92,000,000	$73,578,570	$0	$2,707,500	$18,421,430

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 1	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Peterka, John-Jason $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW RFA
Kulich, Jiri $918,333$918,333 C, LW RFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Savoie, Matthew $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) C RFA - 1
Quinn, Jack $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW RFA	Östlund, Noah $918,333$918,333 ($475,000$475K) C RFA - 1	Rosén, Isak $894,167$894,167 ($525,000$525K) RW RFA - 1
MacEachern, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA	Rooney, Kevin $800,000$800,000 C UFA	Sabourin, Scott $800,000$800,000 RW UFA
Sanford, Zachary $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, RW UFA	Poturalski, Andrew $800,000$800,000 C UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 5	Dahlin, Rasmus $11,000,000$11,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 7	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $3,000,000$3,000,000 G RFA
Johnson, Ryan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD RFA	Power, Owen $8,350,000$8,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 6	Levi, Devon $2,000,000$2,000,000 G RFA
Novikov, Nikita $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 1
	Brown, Joshua $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA

Top Comments

Feb. 11 at 9:15 p.m.

Prime_Jimbo

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Joined: Jan. 2022

Posts: 6,182

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This team is much worse off and won't reep rewards from those trades until Savoie is considered a Tage is a grampa.

Both AZ and Anaheim might be good then so those picks would be late too.

Feb. 11 at 9:15 p.m.

wojme

Joined: Jun. 2017

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This is awful

Feb. 11 at 9:16 p.m.

Stadel

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 3,352

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Quoting: Prime_Jimbo

This team is much worse and won't reep rewards from those trades until Savoie is considered a Tage is a grampa

The goal isn't to win, brother. It's to spend as little as possible while getting enough ticket revenue from price increases to qualify for a massive chunk of revenue sharing money (probably from your team lol) .

Feb. 11 at 9:16 p.m.

Stadel

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 3,352

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Quoting: wojme

This is awful

As opposed to the other 13 years? Buckle up my dude.

Feb. 11 at 9:25 p.m.

Prime_Jimbo

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Joined: Jan. 2022

Posts: 6,182

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Quoting: Stadel

Lol

I guess I just see a different opportunity for Buffalo. I think Mittelstadt will sign for no more than $6M with term.

And I think Skinner can be moved with retention vs a buyout that would linger.

I'd dangle Ostlund and Rosen as part of a larger return.

Don't get me wrong, locking up Mitts, and other young guys, puts them in a tough spot if those deals don't pan out. But I'd go that route.

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