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Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 3, 2020
Published: Jul. 3, 2020
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Free Agent Signings
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2$2,000,000
2$800,000
3$2,800,000
2$900,000
2$874,125
4$4,000,000
3$7,750,000
3$2,750,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
3$1,900,000
2$800,000
1$800,000
Trades
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STL
  1. Hutton, Carter ($1,375,000 retained)
  2. 2021 2nd round pick (BUF)
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3.
BUF
  1. Tuulola, Eetu
  2. 2021 1st round pick (CGY)
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2020
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22$81,500,000$76,577,499$1,487,500$3,487,500$4,922,501
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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RW, LW
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$10,000,000$10,000,000
C
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$2,000,000$2,000,000
RW, LW
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$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 7
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$2,250,000$2,250,000
C
UFA - 1
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$7,750,000$7,750,000
RW
UFA - 1
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$2,800,000$2,800,000
LW, RW, C
UFA - 1
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$4,500,000$4,500,000
LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 3
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$845,000$845,000
LW, C
RFA - 1
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$1,900,000$1,900,000
C, LW
UFA - 2
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$2,750,000$2,750,000
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Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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RD
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$2,750,000$2,750,000
G
UFA - 1
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$889,166$889,166
LD/RD
RFA - 2
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$637,500$638K)
RD
RFA - 1
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$4,350,000$4,350,000
G
UFA - 1
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$2,850,000$2,850,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$864,166$864,166
RD
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ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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Jul. 3, 2020 at 12:45 a.m.
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Pretty sure CGY decline
The other 2 teams might accept
Jul. 3, 2020 at 1:58 a.m.
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Not payimg a first for Risto
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:07 a.m.
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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
Not payimg a first for Risto


Someone will
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:13 a.m.
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Someone will


With no cap increase and Barrie/Krug/Vatanen on the market? No way
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:37 a.m.
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Sorry Shibbal you normally do really well, but Blues aren’t giving up Sundqvist. Hutton is garbage it’s not a cost controlled contract Husso is (and is ready) Sundqvist alone commands at least a 3rd round pick. Allen commands a 2nd/3rd. This isn’t a good deal for us.
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:47 a.m.
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Sorry Shibbal you normally do really well, but Blues aren’t giving up Sundqvist. Hutton is garbage it’s not a cost controlled contract Husso is (and is ready) Sundqvist alone commands at least a 3rd round pick. Allen commands a 2nd/3rd. This isn’t a good deal for us.


You're getting 6 mill in cap space thats the draw. I did a blues team already with this. Hutton gets buried. I signed Talbot, but if youre comfortable with Husso thats 2 million more dollars freed up
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:48 a.m.
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You're getting 6 mill in cap space thats the draw. I did a blues team already with this. Hutton gets buried. I signed Talbot, but if youre comfortable with Husso thats 2 million more dollars freed up


Sanford would be let go before Sundqvist there isn’t any doubt we just signed him 4 years highly doubt we did that just to get rid of him. Sanford Bortuzzo Bozak Allen and Steen are the guys that are mainly being let go Bouwmeester and Gunnarsson as well.
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:50 a.m.
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Sanford would be let go before Sundqvist there isn’t any doubt we just signed him 4 years highly doubt we did that just to get rid of him. Sanford Bortuzzo Bozak Allen and Steen are the guys that are mainly being let go Bouwmeester and Gunnarsson as well.


Well if teams wanted them StL wouldnt be pushed against the ceiling. Sabres arent eating 6 mill for Sanford or Bozak
Jul. 3, 2020 at 3:17 a.m.
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Wow, you must have only the finest crack. It's hilarious how you imagine that us giving you two valuable players far better than what you have at their positions qualifies as "eating $6 million".
Jul. 3, 2020 at 3:33 a.m.
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Wow, you must have only the finest crack. It's hilarious how you imagine that us giving you two valuable players far better than what you have at their positions qualifies as "eating $6 million".


You get a 2nd for a backup goalie and a 4th liner. Eating that much cap is equal to a 1st+
Jul. 3, 2020 at 3:37 a.m.
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That’s a no from Columbus. Montour has no value for us. He’d be the 7th d for us.
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Jul. 3, 2020 at 4:18 a.m.
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You get a 2nd for a backup goalie and a 4th liner. Eating that much cap is equal to a 1st+



Allen would not be a back-up for you. And calling Sunny a "4th liner" is straight delusional. And still, you clearly don't know what "eating cap" means?
Jul. 3, 2020 at 5:25 a.m.
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They should be giving us Anderson just to take Wennberg off their hands

And i know he’s more of an assist guy than scorer,
but he averages like 5goals a year
Just can’t have that guy on line2 unless he’s dropping 60assists

If we REALLY want Anderson, and the only way to get him is to take Wennberg too, then I’d consider it
But he’d be 3C and we’d have to find another 2C still

I think depending on him to fix 2C is just asking for more failure
Jul. 3, 2020 at 5:26 a.m.
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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
With no cap increase and Barrie/Krug/Vatanen on the market? No way


Will they all be though?
And are u prepared to bid/overpay for them?
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Jul. 3, 2020 at 7:44 a.m.
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Sanford would be let go before Sundqvist there isn’t any doubt we just signed him 4 years highly doubt we did that just to get rid of him. Sanford Bortuzzo Bozak Allen and Steen are the guys that are mainly being let go Bouwmeester and Gunnarsson as well.


Bouwmeester is UFA so he does not need to be let go. Those others contracts will likely need to have something packaged with them to move. Especially Steen. Allen also will not get a 2nd or 3rd with that cap hit on a flat cap. There are plenty of options as UFA for 2G or 1B goalie
Jul. 3, 2020 at 8:01 a.m.
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They should be giving us Anderson just to take Wennberg off their hands

Will never happen. The alternative is a "we have about $500k on the cap" buyout; we're not bribing anybody.
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Jul. 3, 2020 at 11:05 a.m.
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Bouwmeester is UFA so he does not need to be let go. Those others contracts will likely need to have something packaged with them to move. Especially Steen. Allen also will not get a 2nd or 3rd with that cap hit on a flat cap. There are plenty of options as UFA for 2G or 1B goalie


Wrong, Allen had a .927 sv pct and a 2.1 GAA. Not many backups in the league you can get that match those stats and he would be your new tandem with Ullmark that imo is worth a second round pick. Steen doesn’t take an actual asset draft picks will do.
Jul. 3, 2020 at 11:13 a.m.
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Allen would not be a back-up for you. And calling Sunny a "4th liner" is straight delusional. And still, you clearly don't know what "eating cap" means?


Ullmark has better stats so yes Allen is a backup, Sundqvist had 20 points 2 years in a row, on pace with Okposo and Girgensons, hes a 4th liner. They dont get bonus points because theyre on your favorite team
Jul. 3, 2020 at 11:45 a.m.
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Wrong, Allen had a .927 sv pct and a 2.1 GAA. Not many backups in the league you can get that match those stats and he would be your new tandem with Ullmark that imo is worth a second round pick. Steen doesn’t take an actual asset draft picks will do.


Goalies are incredibly unpredictable year to year as is Allen with a .905 save percentage and 2.89 GAA in 18 -19 which I can get from lots of UFA goalies. Carter Hutton led the league in Save percentage the year he came to Buffalo and st louis didn't even try to resign him. If we take a two or three year average from Allen he does not stand out from several of the UFA goalies and too expect any goalie to have career seasons in back to back years is foolish
Jul. 3, 2020 at 1:05 p.m.
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Ullmark has better stats so yes Allen is a backup,

Sundqvist had 20 points 2 years in a row, on pace with Okposo and Girgensons, hes a 4th liner. They dont get bonus points because theyre on your favorite team


1- Uhh wrong. Not even close, actually.

2- First of all, including playoffs, Sunny has put up 63 points the last two seasons. I'm not sure why you tried to exaggerate so much (FYI, Gergensons has 37 in that time... nice try), but the more important point is that hockey is about a lot more than points. Sundqvist forecheks, defends, hits, kills penalties and, yes, even plays up the line-up when needed.

Neither of these players is an "eating cap" situation. You would get plenty of value out of their additions. Which, I'd imagine, is why you've tried to "trade" for the guys you're now pretending ain't sh**.
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:40 p.m.
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1- Uhh wrong. Not even close, actually.

2- First of all, including playoffs, Sunny has put up 63 points the last two seasons. I'm not sure why you tried to exaggerate so much (FYI, Gergensons has 37 in that time... nice try), but the more important point is that hockey is about a lot more than points. Sundqvist forecheks, defends, hits, kills penalties and, yes, even plays up the line-up when needed.

Neither of these players is an "eating cap" situation. You would get plenty of value out of their additions. Which, I'd imagine, is why you've tried to "trade" for the guys you're now pretending ain't sh**.

Mmk homer. Wow Sundqvost does everything a 4th liner is supposed to do. Almost like hes a 4th liner
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.
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Goalies are incredibly unpredictable year to year as is Allen with a .905 save percentage and 2.89 GAA in 18 -19 which I can get from lots of UFA goalies. Carter Hutton led the league in Save percentage the year he came to Buffalo and st louis didn't even try to resign him. If we take a two or three year average from Allen he does not stand out from several of the UFA goalies and too expect any goalie to have career seasons in back to back years is foolish



You pay for what you have seen not 18-19 but 19-20 you pay for that in 1 season. He’s an upgrade from what you got so being stingy about a 2nd round pick comparing that is what we want compared to your spare parts you want to hand us it’s just not in the best benefits. Go try to find a better goalie that can play backup and starter who had a better performance one who is going to be traded. You can’t which means you pay the value or it’s just not gonna work out. Blues aren’t taking Huttons terrible contract with a second to be the cap then freely give you Sundqvist and Allen that’s dumb.
Jul. 3, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.
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You pay for what you have seen not 18-19 but 19-20 you pay for that in 1 season. He’s an upgrade from what you got so being stingy about a 2nd round pick comparing that is what we want compared to your spare parts you want to hand us it’s just not in the best benefits. Go try to find a better goalie that can play backup and starter who had a better performance one who is going to be traded. You can’t which means you pay the value or it’s just not gonna work out. Blues aren’t taking Huttons terrible contract with a second to be the cap then freely give you Sundqvist and Allen that’s dumb.


I would much rather have Anti Raanta or Anton Khudobin or Cam Talbot. Much better save percentage against quality shots. The blues have been excellent at surpressing high danger chances a reason why there GAA and save % are so high. Those are not great numbers to judge a goalie on anyhow as all shots face are no where near equal. Allen does not rank highly in save % above game which leads one to believe that if he went to team where he went to a team not as defensively sound as St Louis his numbers would regress significantly as did Huttons.
Jul. 3, 2020 at 4:36 p.m.
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Mmk homer. Wow Sundqvost does everything a 4th liner is supposed to do. Almost like hes a 4th liner



Yeah. A championship-caliber 4th liner. Who also spends a considerable amount of time on the 2nd or 3rd lines.But sure, accuse me of being a homer if you like. Or you can realize that the team I'm "homering" is the defending champ that just topped the West despite missing their leading scorer most of the season, and sits right near the top of any league analysts list of favorites for the Cup this year.


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I would much rather have Anti Raanta or Anton Khudobin or Cam Talbot. Much better save percentage against quality shots. The blues have been excellent at surpressing high danger chances a reason why there GAA and save % are so high. Those are not great numbers to judge a goalie on anyhow as all shots face are no where near equal. Allen does not rank highly in save % above game which leads one to believe that if he went to team where he went to a team not as defensively sound as St Louis his numbers would regress significantly as did Huttons.



Uhh, what now?
Jul. 3, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.
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Yeah. A championship-caliber 4th liner. Who also spends a considerable amount of time on the 2nd or 3rd lines.But sure, accuse me of being a homer if you like. Or you can realize that the team I'm "homering" is the defending champ that just topped the West despite missing their leading scorer most of the season, and sits right near the top of any league analysts list of favorites for the Cup this year.





Uhh, what now?


Auto correct save percentage above XGA
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