An optimistic next few months for the Buffalo Sabres

Created by: sensonfire

Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 27, 2024

Published: Mar. 28, 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

1. Florida wins the Stanley Cup, giving Buffalo a 5th round pick instead of a 7th round pick from the trade for Kyle Okposo.

2. Buffalo wins the draft lottery and selects Macklin Celebrini with the #1 overall pick.

3. After more than a decade of missing the playoffs, Terry and Kim Pegula make a pledge to the Sabres front office that they will work towards adopting a "hands-off" approach on how they operate.

4. Sabres GM Kevyn Adams sets off to make the Sabres a bigger, meaner and more physical hockey team that will not be pushed around, starting with a trade at the draft involving a team that needs some cap relief.

5. UPL is signed to a team-friendly bridge deal and is the de facto starting goalie for the Sabres going forward.

6. Sabres manage to get through the offseason and make their team harder to play against without sacrificing any of their 1st round picks or blue-chip prospects.

7. Around the start of training camp, Rasmus Dahlin is named Captain of the Buffalo Sabres.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka		2	$2,600,000
Själin, Calle		1	$775,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$950,000

Trades

BUF

2024 5th round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

Florida wins the Stanley Cup

FLA

2024 7th round pick (FLA)

BUF

VGK

Jokiharju, Henri [RFA Rights]
Krebs, Peyton [RFA Rights]
2024 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Crouse, Lawson

ARI

2025 2nd round pick (BUF)
2026 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

McCarron, Michael

NSH

Claimed off waivers next Fall

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	$87,500,000	$82,500,237	$0	$3,025,000	$4,999,763

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	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
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 LW, RW RFA - 1	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
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 2	Celebrini, Macklin $950,000$950,000	Crouse, Lawson $4,300,000$4,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Roy, Nicolas $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW UFA - 3	McCarron, Michael $900,000$900,000 RW, C UFA - 2

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 $2,600,000$2,600,000 G RFA
Power, Owen $8,350,000$8,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 7	Whitecloud, Zach $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 4	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($1,000,000$1M) G RFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 6	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Johnson, Ryan $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 1
Rosén, Isak $894,167$894,167 ($525,000$525K) RW RFA - 2
Rousek, Lukas $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 28 at 10:02 a.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,272

Likes: 6,247

Yes.

But if all of that is just too much, florida can keep the fifth round pick. And I think I'd rather see tuch named captain, especially with the changes.