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Created by: Wqrrior

Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2024

Published: Mar. 14, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka		1	$3,450,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Robinson, Eric	2	$1,250,000
Forbort, Derek	2	$1,800,000
DeSimone, Nick	2	$800,000
Lankinen, Kevin	1	$1,500,000
Duhaime, Brandon	3	$1,900,000
O'Brien, Liam	2	$875,000
Boyd, Travis	1	$850,000

Trades

BUF

Laine, Patrik

CBJ

Greenway, Jordan
Krebs, Peyton [RFA Rights]
2024 2nd round pick (BUF)
2025 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

2024 3rd round pick (EDM)
2025 2nd round pick (EDM)

ARI

Jokiharju, Henri [RFA Rights]

BUF

Faksa, Radek
2025 5th round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

cap space. expensive contract but fills a key need of the sabres

DAL

2025 7th round pick (WSH)

Additional Details:

Girgensens UFA rights

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$86,774,403	$0	$1,500,000	$925,597

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C M-NTC UFA - 6	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	Kulich, Jiri $918,333$918,333 C, LW RFA - 2	Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 LW, RW RFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW UFA	Faksa, Radek $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Duhaime, Brandon $1,900,000$1,900,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Byram, Bowen $3,850,000$3,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Dahlin, Rasmus $11,000,000$11,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $3,450,000$3,450,000 G RFA
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 6	Power, Owen $8,350,000$8,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 7	Lankinen, Kevin $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA
Forbort, Derek $1,800,000$1,800,000 LD UFA	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Boyd, Travis $850,000$850,000 C, RW UFA
O'Brien, Liam $875,000$875,000 LW, RW UFA
DeSimone, Nick $800,000$800,000 RD UFA

Top Comments

Mar. 14 at 8:45 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 5,614

Likes: 3,744

The CBj trade is HORRENDOUS for BUF
Hard pass

Mar. 14 at 10:29 p.m.

Burnzie8_88_4Cup

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 1,728

Likes: 522

I'm thinking long term, Joki may be the better P for Power? Maybe Samuelsson would be better in a shutdown 3rd P w/ Clifton, and keep Bryson as the 7th?

Mar. 14 at 11:28 p.m.

CaseyFlyman

Joined: Sep. 2018

Posts: 2,047

Likes: 1,712

CBJ accept, Buffalo does not. If Columbus traded Laine, it would be selling low, which doesn't make sense for a team that needs a winger of his caliber and has the cap space to just keep him.

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Mar. 15 at 1:05 a.m.

Wqrrior

Joined: Feb. 2019

Posts: 10,322

Likes: 3,987

Quoting: CaseyFlyman

CBJ accept, Buffalo does not. If Columbus traded Laine, it would be selling low, which doesn't make sense for a team that needs a winger of his caliber and has the cap space to just keep him.

dam i thought this was selling low...

Mar. 15 at 9:43 a.m.

CaseyFlyman

Joined: Sep. 2018

Posts: 2,047

Likes: 1,712

Quoting: Wqrrior

dam i thought this was selling low...

It's not selling high, but if we're just looking to move him, that's about as good an offer as I would expect. Two picks in the 40-50 range, a young depth forward with a little upside, and an underrated 3rd-line guy who's probably a good fit. Honestly it clears the top-6 forward logjam a little and gets some good depth.

But again, I don't think we're trading him. We very patently need a Laine (PP% is below 15%), not more depth options.

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