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Its a Cates for Jokiharju swap

Created by: JLance
Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2024
Published: Mar. 14, 2024
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Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
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Trades
BUF
  1. Cates, Noah
PHI
  1. Jokiharju, Henri [RFA Rights]
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2024
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
13$87,500,000$67,881,070$0$1,500,000$19,618,930
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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Skinner, Jeff
$9,000,000$9,000,000
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Tuch, Alex
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Greenway, Jordan
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Cozens, Dylan
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Rousek, Lukas
$775,000$775,000
RW
RFA - 1
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Waivers ExemptBenson, Zach
$950,000$950,000 (Performance Bonus$650,000$650K)
LW
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Cates, Noah
$2,625,000$2,625,000
C, LW
RFA - 1
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Peterka, John-Jason
$855,833$855,833
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Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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Dahlin, Rasmus
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Clifton, Connor
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Byram, Bowen
$3,850,000$3,850,000
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RFA - 1
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Power, Owen
$8,350,000$8,350,000
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UFA - 7
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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Samuelsson, Mattias
$4,285,714$4,285,714
LD
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Quinn, Jack
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
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Mar. 14 at 8:37 a.m.
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JLance
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Edited Mar. 14 at 8:59 a.m.
Surplus for need on both sides.

Cates doesn't put up much offense and Jokiharju can be used on any pair (best as 3-5). Sabres need a defensively sound bottom 6 C, Flyers need a younger defenseman for their on the fly retool.

Thompson
Cozens
Krebs/Cates
Cates/Krebs

York-Sanheim
Seeler-Ristolainen
Drysdale-Jokiharju
Zamula-Attard
Mar. 14 at 9:06 a.m.
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littlejerryseinfeld
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Quoting: JLance
Surplus for need on both sides.

Cates doesn't put up much offense and Jokiharju can be used on any pair (best as 3-5). Sabres need a defensively sound bottom 6 C, Flyers need a younger defenseman for their on the fly retool.

Thompson
Cozens
Krebs/Cates
Cates/Krebs

York-Sanheim
Seeler-Ristolainen
Drysdale-Jokiharju
Zamula-Attard


Unless philly moves ristolainen
Mar. 14 at 9:08 a.m.
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Roperttos
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Quoting: JLance
Surplus for need on both sides.

Cates doesn't put up much offense and Jokiharju can be used on any pair (best as 3-5). Sabres need a defensively sound bottom 6 C, Flyers need a younger defenseman for their on the fly retool.

Thompson
Cozens
Krebs/Cates
Cates/Krebs

York-Sanheim
Seeler-Ristolainen
Drysdale-Jokiharju
Zamula-Attard


Cates is a nice bottom six defensive forward which playoffs teams want to have. Long-term Jokiharju won't be more than 3rd pair guy for them.

Long-term RD depth for them is
Sanheim
Drysdale
Bonk
Jokiharju
Ristolainen

It's simply not a good move long-term for them.
Mar. 14 at 9:23 a.m.
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Do the Sabres really have a need for more forwards? They have a thousand forward prospects incoming...

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Mar. 14 at 9:25 a.m.
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JLance
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Quoting: Roperttos
Cates is a nice bottom six defensive forward which playoffs teams want to have. Long-term Jokiharju won't be more than 3rd pair guy for them.

Long-term RD depth for them is
Sanheim
Drysdale
Bonk
Jokiharju
Ristolainen

It's simply not a good move long-term for them.


Like Jerry said above, if they move on Risto, it makes a lot of sense.. to me at least. He's been effective all over the defense for Buffalo this past season. Played with Dahlin, Power, Johnson, Clifton...

The reason I believe the Sabres move on here is because they have their 4 long term, top 4 defensemen, they have Clifton and Ryan Johnson. Paying upwards of 4 million for what shoehorns him into the bottom pair when everyone is healthy doesn't make sense.

Understood on Cates. I personally wouldn't have a problem adding small to that offer. Still seems reasonable though, even with the Bonk trajectory.
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