Off-season 1st and 2nd Draft picks

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Created by: carlcataclysm

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 24, 2020

Published: Mar. 1, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The team isn't changed drastically, but I believe this to be in the realm of possibility.

Assuming that Buffalo finishes out of the playoffs and picks around 9-12 in the draft.

1st pick Dawson Mercer -RW- 6'0 179lbs. 40gp 56pts
2nd pick Tyson Foerster -C- 6'1 194lbs 55gp 72pts

Eric Staal Still has game for an old guy and would be a good Stop gap 2C while we allow Mittlestadt and Cozins to develop.

Signing Sekera seems like a strange move but it provides solid veteran depth and leadership, Sekera knows what kind of culture the fans in buffalo expect and can help lead this team, he also knows what its like to win in buffalo and that's important.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Davidsson, Marcus	3	$800,000
Samuelsson, Mattias	3	$900,000
Laaksonen, Oskari	3	$900,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kahun, Dominik	2	$1,000,000
Olofsson, Victor	2	$3,500,000
Lazar, Curtis	1	$1,000,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$975,000
Reinhart, Sam	6	$7,000,000
Ullmark, Linus	1	$2,500,000
Montour, Brandon	2	$4,000,000
Thompson, Tage	2	$975,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$975,000
Johansson, Jonas	2	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Girgensons, Zemgus	1	$1,875,000
Simmonds, Wayne	1	$2,000,000
Sekera, Andrej	1	$2,500,000
Hammond, Andrew	1	$750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mercer, Dawson		3	$875,000
Foerster, Tyson		3	$825,000

Trades

BUF

2021 5th round pick (BUF)

NJD

Hutton, Carter

Additional Details:

assuming Schneider is either bought out or retires

BUF

Staal, Eric

MIN

Thompson, Tage
2021 4th round pick (BUF)
2022 3rd round pick (BUF)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$73,574,167	$1,487,500	$3,487,500	$8,925,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Gusev, Nikita $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Olofsson, Victor $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Kahun, Dominik $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $1,875,000$1,875,000 LW, C UFA - 3	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Simmonds, Wayne $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 LW, C RFA - 1		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Montour, Brandon $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 2	Ullmark, Linus $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 1
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 2	Johansson, Jonas $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 1
Sekera, Andrej $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1
Pilut, Lawrence $975,000$975,000 LD UFA

Mar. 1, 2020 at 12:39 p.m.

Scoob1978

Joined: May 2017

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Hell no on Goose. Hell no. I also don't know why the Devils trade for a goalie considering the UFA market is good at G.

Mar. 1, 2020 at 12:41 p.m.

carlcataclysm

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Carl

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Quoting: Scoob1978

Hell no on Goose. Hell no. I also don't know why the Devils trade for a goalie considering the UFA market is good at G.

fair point

Mar. 1, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

sabres89

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Mercer would be good there. Always a little suspicious with big numbers in the q, but the mocks have him going around there, and it's clearly a position of need.

Mar. 1, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

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Tell me why you like Mercer instead of Jack Quinn. (Not arguing, just asking.)

Mar. 1, 2020 at 5:35 p.m.

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Tell me why you like Mercer instead of Jack Quinn. (Not arguing, just asking.)

I like both

Mar. 2, 2020 at 8:38 p.m.

carlcataclysm

Thread Starter

Carl

Joined: Jan. 2018

Posts: 384

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Tell me why you like Mercer instead of Jack Quinn. (Not arguing, just asking.)

Honestly size, Buffalo has been lacking forwards with any size for years and years we need some guys that are going to play heavy along with skilled and fast

OldNYIfan liked this.

Mar. 2, 2020 at 9:28 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,053

Likes: 24,970

Quoting: carlcataclysm

Honestly size, Buffalo has been lacking forwards with any size for years and years we need some guys that are going to play heavy along with skilled and fast

Thanks for the input!

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