Tough cap space with comments

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Created by: gerowrj16

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: May 1, 2020

Published: May 1, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

1. I believe the right decision would be to keep Montour this upcoming year. If there is big gap on what each side wants in contract, have arbitration decide what he is given on the one year contract and then let him go to Seattle. Having Seattle take him will keep them from taking others that are eligible to be taken.

2. Reinhart agrees to take less money and get bonus's by this performance instead to help the team cap wise (hopefully)

3. Tampa has limited cap space and has only $15 mil. So offer sheet Tampa to put them in a tough cap situation for them to either accept or it will put them more in a tight. Offer Cirelli 4.227 mil and will cut their space to 10.7 mil with to sign 4 RFA and 8 spots total when singing other players or bring up prospects. Either way if it doesn't work out, helps Buffalo.

4. Putting Eichel and Cozens both on the left side on the power play will allow a double threat on the left no matter of who is covered on the left side leaving Olofsson open or vice versa on the other side. Anyways power play could be a big threat.

5. Hutton if a iffy next year due to the FA goaltenders on the market next year.

6. Try to keep Mittelstadt and Thompson for ONE more year and see how they develop in Rochester when Johansson's contract is up to see who can fill the spot or if they can trade them for a top RW forward.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Murray, Brett		3	$700,000
Nyberg, Philip		3	$700,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Cirelli, Anthony	5	$4,227,436
Hickey, Brandon	3	$950,000
Johansson, Jonas	2	$800,000
Kahun, Dominik	4	$3,000,000
Lazar, Curtis	2	$925,000
Leier, Taylor	2	$750,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$975,000
Montour, Brandon	1	$4,000,000
Oglevie, Andrew	1	$950,000
Olofsson, Victor	6	$5,000,000
Pilut, Lawrence	3	$975,000
Reinhart, Sam	8	$7,750,000
Spencer, Matthew	3	$800,000
Thompson, Tage	3	$975,000
Ullmark, Linus	3	$2,850,000
Roslovic, Jack	3	$2,750,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Larsson, Johan		1	$1,850,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Cirelli, Anthony	$4,227,436	2021 2nd round pick

Trades

BUF

Roslovic, Jack [RFA Rights]
2021 2nd round pick (WPG)

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
21	$81,500,000	$78,170,770	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	$3,329,230

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	Reinhart, Sam $7,750,000$7,750,000 RW UFA - 1
Olofsson, Victor $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Cirelli, Anthony $4,227,436$4,227,436 C, LW UFA - 3	Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kahun, Dominik $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Roslovic, Jack $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Larsson, Johan $1,850,000$1,850,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3

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	Ullmark, Linus $2,850,000$2,850,000 G UFA - 1
Pilut, Lawrence $975,000$975,000 LD UFA	Montour, Brandon $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Hutton, Carter $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lazar, Curtis $925,000$925,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Cozens, D.		Reinhart, S.		Olofsson, V.
	Eichel, J.		Dahlin, R.

Power Play 2
Cirelli, A.		Skinner, J.		Johansson, M.
	Jokiharju, H.		Miller, C.

May 1, 2020 at 11:02 p.m.

BuFfaLOFaN

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I wish...but there is no way that they wouldn't match

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May 1, 2020 at 11:03 p.m.

gerowrj16

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Quoting: BuFfaLOFaN

I wish...but there is no way that they wouldn't match

It most likely won't like I said, but puts Tampa in a tighter spot cap wise.

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May 1, 2020 at 11:09 p.m.

Torontoleafs15

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Quoting: gerowrj16

It most likely won't like I said, but puts Tampa in a tighter spot cap wise.

You know tampa was planning on signing cirelli to this contract right? And this is actually cheaper for tampa because of the taxes

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May 1, 2020 at 11:14 p.m.

LafreniereIsGOATed

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Quoting: Torontoleafs15

You know tampa was planning on signing cirelli to this contract right? And this is actually cheaper for tampa because of the taxes

Exactly.

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May 1, 2020 at 11:28 p.m.

Dan10900

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To successfully OS a player, you have to first offer them a contract they would accept

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May 1, 2020 at 11:35 p.m.

Skyraider112

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Good work, your thoughtful description was a good read. My only qualms are on the contracts. If the intention is to play Mitts and TT in Rochester (which I hope will happen) they would only be 1 year deals and would just be qualifying offers of $874,125. Pilut would not sign that contract, maybe 1-2 years at 1-1.5 mil. Cirelli may sign an offer sheet but it would be one with high AAV and just enough term to carry him to free agency. Something like 5 years 6-7 mil. Anything less dollarwise is easily matched by Tampa. Also I'd like to see if we can't trade Hutton for just about anything and then overpay a FA like Khudobin for 1 year.

May 2, 2020 at 12:38 a.m.

Shibbal18

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Pretty sure Reinhart takes them to the cleaners, he has no interest in this franchise. Also youre going to have to massively over pay Cirelli and hope he is worth the contract. Like 6.5 or 7 mill, to even make TB wince

May 2, 2020 at 9:13 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Why would Anthony Cirelli even consider signing that offer sheet? Cirelli will want closer to either $6.5 or $7.0m to sign an offer sheet with any club. He can accept that offer from Tampa and take home more then he would there in Buffalo. No way Cirelli signs that offer sheet it's just not enugh.

May 2, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Cirelli wouldn't sign that offersheet. you are limiting his earning power for too long.

Botterill screwed up any chance of offer sheets by trading away our 2021 3rd for Jimmy Vesey.

Try 2 x 4.27 but i doubt he does it and tampa rejoices to lock him in under 5 million

May 2, 2020 at 9:59 a.m.

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littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: Shibbal18

reinhart wont take less, but your "he has no interest in this franchise" is complete nonsense

May 2, 2020 at 10:49 a.m.

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palhal

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Don't know why you sign it's a discount for Reinhart. That contract makes him the 10th highest paid RWer. While I don't think Cirelli would sign that contract, I don't understand all the love that makes his a 7m player either.

May 2, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

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stammerman

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Tampa matches that contract for Cirelli and says thank you for doing the work.

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