Exploring A Skinner Buyout

Created by: Chapee44

Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 18, 2024

Published: Apr. 18, 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

I don't like 99% of what PHam has to say but when he discussed the Skinner Buyout idea this morning it piqued my interest.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Biro, Brandon	2	$800,000
Bryson, Jacob	1	$1,850,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	4	$3,500,000
Drury, Jack	2	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
DeMelo, Dylan		4	$5,000,000
Girgensons, Zemgus		1	$1,000,000

Trades

BUF

Konecny, Travis

Additional Details:

7M x 5 year extension

PHI

Krebs, Peyton [RFA Rights]
Rosén, Isak
2024 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Buchnevich, Pavel

STL

Samuelsson, Mattias
2025 1st round pick (BUF)

BUF

Drury, Jack [RFA Rights]

CAR

Jokiharju, Henri [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0
Jeff Skinner: $1,444,445

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	$81,133,134	$0	$2,500,000	$6,366,866

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 LW, RW RFA - 1	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
Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Konecny, Travis $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 2	Kulich, Jiri $918,333$918,333 C, LW RFA - 2	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA	Drury, Jack $1,500,000$1,500,000 C RFA	Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Biro, Brandon $800,000$800,000 LW UFA		Rousek, Lukas $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Power, Owen $8,350,000$8,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 7	Dahlin, Rasmus $11,000,000$11,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $3,500,000$3,500,000 G RFA
Byram, Bowen $3,850,000$3,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	DeMelo, Dylan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($1,000,000$1M) G RFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 2
Johnson, Ryan $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 18 at 10:18 a.m.

SharkTank

Tank it baby

Joined: Jul. 2020

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Aren't the Pegula's too cheap for a buyout?

Apr. 18 at 10:20 a.m.

xercuses

Xercuses

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 13,506

Likes: 3,616

gonna have to do a little better for buch

Apr. 18 at 10:25 a.m.

Chapee44

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 2,462

Likes: 1,023

Quoting: SharkTank

Aren't the Pegula's too cheap for a buyout?

I mean we just saw what they did with Diggs. Granato got fired before his extension even started. Based on Kevyn Adams press conference I think everything is on the table.

Apr. 18 at 10:26 a.m.

SharkTank

Tank it baby

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 6,242

Likes: 4,273

Quoting: Chapee44

I mean we just saw what they did with Diggs. Granato got fired before his extension even started. Based on Kevyn Adams press conference I think everything is on the table.

Yeah but the guys who are running the Bills know what they're doing.

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Apr. 18 at 10:27 a.m.

JIG19146

Joined: Apr. 2024

Posts: 18

Likes: 4

Flyers say no without Kulich or Ostlund as part of the package.

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