2018: The Draft of the Sabres

Created by: BigBeardBurns
Initial Creation Date: Apr 13, 2018
Published: Apr 13, 2018 at 12:44
Team: 2017-18 Buffalo Sabres
Legend
Lefthanded
Original Team
Righthanded
Position
No Move/Trade Clause
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
Edmonton Oilers
McDavid, Connor
$12,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Team Explanation
This Sabres team could probably act older than the Sabres team now does.
Lottery:
1) Buf-Dahlin
2) Ari (now mine)-Svech
3) Van-Zadina
My Top 10 Picks:
5) Boqvist
7) Hughes
8) Wahlstrom
9) Dobson
10) Lundeström
Free Agent Signings
CREATEDYEARSCAP HIT
Dahlin, Rasmus3$925,000
Svechnikov, Andrei3$925,000
Boqvist, Adam3$925,000
Wahlstrom, Oliver3$925,000
Trades
BUF
  1. Domi, Max
  2. 2018 1st round pick (ARI)
Additional Details:
#2 (Svechnikov)
Rights to RFA Domi
ARI
  1. Eichel, Jack
  2. Moulson, Matt ($2,500,000 retained)
BUF
  1. Schlemko, David
  2. Shaw, Andrew
  3. 2018 1st round pick (MTL)
Additional Details:
#5 Overall
Thinking of these 2 as cap dumps.
MTL
  1. O'Reilly, Ryan
BUF
  1. 2018 1st round pick (PIT)
#31
OTT
  1. Scandella, Marco
BUF
  1. 2018 1st round pick (NYR)
  2. 2018 1st round pick (BOS)
  3. 2018 1st round pick (TBL)
#8, 26, and 29
NYR
  1. Ristolainen, Rasmus
  2. Okposo, Kyle ($2,000,000 retained)
Additional Details:
Thinking of Okposo’s skill, not his contract because if he plays well, a 4M contract won’t b bad.
BUF
  1. Greiss, Thomas
  2. 2018 1st round pick (NYI)
Additional Details:
#10
NYI
  1. Reinhart, Sam
  2. Lehner, Robin
BUF
    ANA
    1. Johnson, Chad
    2. Pouliot, Benoit
    3. Gorges, Josh
    Additional Details:
    All UFAs let go in summer.
    BUF
    1. Lucic, Milan
    2. Fayne, Mark
    3. Kassian, Zack
    4. Russell, Kris
    5. Sekera, Andrej
    Additional Details:
    #9
    Taking all bad contracts.
    EDM
    1. 2019 3rd round pick (BUF)
    BUF
    1. 2018 1st round pick (EDM)
    Forgot the big part of that Oilers trade.
    EDM
      BUF
      1. 2018 1st round pick (CHI)
      #7
      CHI
      1. 2019 1st round pick (BUF)
      2. 2018 2nd round pick (BUF)
      Don’t need a 1st next year.
      Buyouts
      • Cody Hodgson: $41,667
      • Christian Ehrhoff: $0
      • Ville Leino: $0
      Retained Salary Transactions
      • Matt Moulson: $2,500,000 (50%)
      • Kyle Okposo: $2,000,000 (33.33%)
      Buried
      • Mark Fayne: $2,600,000 ($3,625,000)
      DRAFT YEARROUND 1ROUND 2ROUND 3ROUND 4ROUND 5ROUND 6ROUND 7
      2018
      BUF
      ARI
      MTL
      PIT
      NYR
      BOS
      TBL
      NYI
      EDM
      CHI
      BUF
      MIN
      BUF
      BUF
      BUF
      2019
      BUF
      SJS
      BUF
      SJS
      BUF
      BUF
      2020
      BUF
      BUF
      BUF
      BUF
      BUF
      BUF
      BUF
      ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES BONUSESCAP SPACE
      23$75,000,000$59,700,356$0$500,000$15,299,644
      Left WingCenterRight Wing
      Nylander, Alexander
      $894,166
      RW, LW
      RFA - 4
      Mittelstadt, Casey
      $925,000
      C
      RFA - 3
      Svechnikov, Andrei
      $925,000
      Domi, Max
      $863,333
      C, LW
      UFA - 1
      Wahlstrom, Oliver
      $925,000
      Pominville, Jason
      $5,600,000
      RW
      NMC NTC
      UFA - 2
      Smith, C.J.
      $925,000
      LW
      UFA - 1
      Girgensons, Zemgus
      $1,600,000
      C, LW
      UFA - 2
      Shaw, Andrew
      $3,900,000
      C, RW
      UFA - 5
      Lucic, Milan
      $5,250,000
      LW
      NMC
      UFA - 6
      Larsson, Johan
      $1,475,000
      C, LW
      UFA - 2
      Rodrigues, Evan
      $650,000
      RW, C
      UFA - 2
      Kassian, Zack
      $1,950,000
      RW
      UFA - 3
      Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
      Dahlin, Rasmus
      $925,000
      Russell, Kris
      $4,000,000
      LD/RD
      NMC
      UFA - 4
      Ullmark, Linus
      $750,000
      G
      UFA - 2
      McCabe, Jake
      $1,600,000
      LD
      UFA - 2
      Boqvist, Adam
      $925,000
      Greiss, Thomas
      $3,333,333
      G
      UFA - 3
      Sekera, Andrej
      $5,500,000
      LD/RD
      NMC
      UFA - 4
      Bogosian, Zach
      $5,142,857
      RD
      UFA - 3
      Schlemko, David
      $2,100,000
      LD
      UFA - 3
      Beaulieu, Nathan
      $2,400,000
      LD/RD
      UFA - 2

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      Top Comments

      Apr 13, 2018 at 1:14
      #1
      wojme
      Joined: Jun 2017
      Posts: 5,518
      Likes: 2,592
      You're underselling and taking losses on every trade. Big no thank you. We are not going into another full rebuild. Just reworking everything.
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      Apr 13, 2018 at 1:59
      #2
      BigBeardBurns
      BigBeardBurns
      Joined: Feb 2018
      Posts: 3,350
      Likes: 535
      Quoting: wojme
      You're underselling and taking losses on every trade. Big no thank you. We are not going into another full rebuild. Just reworking everything.


      Id rather that than b told im overselling, but whatevs. I just wanted as many 2018 1sts as possible. This was just something I’ve done with other teams.
      Apr 13, 2018 at 2:16
      #3
      GMTD
      future lamentation
      Joined: Apr 2017
      Posts: 4,571
      Likes: 2,386
      Quoting: BigBeardBurns
      Id rather that than b told im overselling, but whatevs. I just wanted as many 2018 1sts as possible. This was just something I’ve done with other teams.


      Robert E Lee won nearly every battle with which he was involved, the south lost the war. The North Vietnamese lost every engagement they had with the US troops they won the war. What is more important to win the battle or win the war. So what if you lost every trade, you won the war. This draft is loaded, my son told me he read an article that there may be as many as 5 #1 defense-men in this draft. we then counted how many true #1 D-men there were in the NHL now, we got to about 12 (Hedman, Burns, Karlsson, Carlson, Letang, Subban, Weber, Doughty, Byfuglien, Klingberg and Gostisbehere, and I added Krug). TEN 1st round picks this year means you won the war. I have noticed on other posts you have made you make really good trades.

      Five Stars my friend, you have very insightful comments and I presume you are a Sharks fan.
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      Apr 13, 2018 at 2:18
      #4
      BigBeardBurns
      BigBeardBurns
      Joined: Feb 2018
      Posts: 3,350
      Likes: 535
      Quoting: GMTD
      Robert E Lee won nearly every battle with which he was involved, the south lost the war. The North Vietnamese lost every engagement they had with the US troops they won the war. What is more important to win the battle or win the war. So what if you lost every trade, you won the war. This draft is loaded, my son told me he read an article that there may be as many as 5 #1 defense-men in this draft. we then counted how many true #1 D-men there were in the NHL now, we got to about 12 (Hedman, Burns, Karlsson, Carlson, Letang, Subban, Weber, Doughty, Byfuglien, Klingberg and Gostisbehere, and I added Krug). TEN 1st round picks this year means you won the war. I have noticed on other posts you have made you make really good trades.

      Five Stars my friend, you have very insightful comments and I presume you are a Sharks fan.


      Thank u very much.
      Apr 13, 2018 at 2:42
      #5
      CD282
      Joined: Mar 2017
      Posts: 13,292
      Likes: 3,903
      2018 1st round pick (PIT)
      #31

      I see what you did there! ^^
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