Sabres 2021 Risto trade

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Created by: CuyahogaKid

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 20, 2020

Published: Apr. 21, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kahun, Dominik	3	$2,850,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$1,200,000
Montour, Brandon	2	$4,800,000
Olofsson, Victor	4	$4,800,000
Johansson, Jonas	2	$850,000
Reinhart, Sam	7	$6,250,000
Strome, Dylan	4	$4,750,000
Thompson, Tage	2	$1,050,000
Pilut, Lawrence	1	$1,100,000
Ullmark, Linus	2	$2,500,000
Lazar, Curtis	2	$900,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Simmonds, Wayne		2	$1,800,000
Dell, Aaron		2	$2,750,000

Trades

BUF

Bjugstad, Nick
2020 5th round pick (PIT)
2021 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Bjugstad can fill a need at center and on right wing for the Sabres in the middle six

PIT

Ristolainen, Rasmus ($2,700,000 retained)
2020 7th round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

Pittsburgh will be pressed for a right handed defenseman in 2021 and they could be up against the cap in 2021 if the cap remains flat. If there is a compliance buyout, they could get relief by buying out Jack Johnson.

Ristolainen at half the salary

BUF

Smith, Zack
Strome, Dylan [RFA Rights]
2020 2nd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Chicago could find themselves in a cap crunch next summer, unless a compliance buyout comes in and if so, then Brent Seabrook would be the obvious candidate.

However, aside from Kirby Dach being on the roster, that would be the only other interest for moving Strome. Signing him long term, and fitting him into the long term picture may be difficult.

Throwing in Zach Smith into the deal will save Chicago additional space and could help Buffalo's penalty kill.

Chicago gets enormus cap relief

CHI

Mittelstadt, Casey
2021 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Mittelstadt could use a change of scenery and Chicago could be a good place for him to regain his footing as he would likely not need to be rushed to the NHL.

BUF

COMPLIANCE BUYOUT

Not traded to THIS TEAM...... Buyout

CHI

Okposo, Kyle

BUF

Foligno, Marcus ($500,000 retained)

MIN

2020 2nd round pick (BUF)

Buyouts

Retained Salary Transactions

Rasmus Ristolainen: $2,700,000 (50%)

Buried

Tage Thompson: $0 ($1,050,000)

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$81,500,000	$81,607,917	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	-$107,917

Roster

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	Foligno, Marcus $2,375,000$2,375,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Olofsson, Victor $4,800,000$4,800,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Strome, Dylan $4,750,000$4,750,000 C UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW UFA - 1
Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Bjugstad, Nick $2,050,000$2,050,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kahun, Dominik $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Smith, Zack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $1,800,000$1,800,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Lazar, Curtis $900,000$900,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
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
Montour, Brandon $4,800,000$4,800,000 RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Borgen, William $864,166$864,166 RD UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 1
Pilut, Lawrence $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD UFA	Fitzgerald, Casey $858,750$858,750 RD UFA - 1	Dell, Aaron $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Olofsson, V.		Reinhart, S.		Simmonds, W.
	Eichel, J.		Dahlin, R.

Power Play 2
Skinner, J.		Bjugstad, N.		Johansson, M.
	Miller, C.		Montour, B.

Penalty Kill 1
	Smith, Z.
	Montour, B.	Jokiharju, H.

Penalty Kill 2
	Asplund, R.
	McCabe, J.

Apr. 21, 2020 at 12:35 a.m.

Dan10900

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 7,261

Likes: 2,706

PIT doesn't need RD, they have Letang and Marino, just need a button pairing guy, it's not worth paying a first for that, even with retention

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Apr. 21, 2020 at 12:37 a.m.

mhockey91

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 15,921

Likes: 6,980

Quoting: AFOX10900

PIT doesn't need RD, they have Letang and Marino, just need a button pairing guy, it's not worth paying a first for that, even with retention

Exactly. Sign TVR

Apr. 21, 2020 at 12:59 a.m.

aedoran

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 21,638

Likes: 11,995

When do the Risto for AA trades start up?

Apr. 21, 2020 at 1:16 a.m.

Skyraider112

Sabres are elite

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 7,989

Likes: 3,304

That's a bad return for Risto. A injury plagued player well past his prime and a 25-31 1st round pick. If we trade him, it would be to fill a hole in the top 6

Apr. 21, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

deleted_apri2732

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 135

Likes: 32

Chicago declines. Take out the 2nd...maybe. If Smith will waive. Buffalo should say no to the Minnesota deal. Pitt deal is interesting but I'd rather send him elsewhere for less than retain that much for that long.

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