Predicting the Sabres

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Created by: BradDillon17

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 16, 2020

Published: Sep. 16, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Olofsson, Victor	1	$4,000,000
Reinhart, Sam	6	$6,500,000
Ullmark, Linus	2	$3,000,000
Thompson, Tage	1	$750,000
Oglevie, Andrew	1	$700,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	1	$1,000,000
Lazar, Curtis	3	$750,000
Kahun, Dominik	1	$3,000,000
Dermott, Travis	2	$2,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fitzgerald, Ryan	2	$700,000
Graovac, Tyler	1	$700,000
Irwin, Matt	1	$700,000

Trades

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
23	$81,500,000	$71,743,334	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	$9,756,666

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Olofsson, Victor $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW UFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Kahun, Dominik $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $750,000$750,000 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	Ullmark, Linus $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 2	Hutton, Carter $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Thompson, Tage $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 3
Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 LW, C RFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Sep. 16, 2020 at 7:44 p.m.

Chapee44

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Don't hate the trade but I'd hope for more. Montour isn't as bad as this site believes

Sep. 16, 2020 at 7:50 p.m.

TooMalevolent

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Quoting: Chapee44

Don't hate the trade but I'd hope for more. Montour isn't as bad as this site believes

If you think this, he is not as good as you think he is. No one is trading for him because they think his arbitration will overpay him. Which it will. He is an absolute liability defensively. Rather have Dermott at the salary he will have.

Sep. 16, 2020 at 7:53 p.m.

Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

Am Yisrael Chai

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We're not trading Montour for trash.

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

leafs101

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Quoting: Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

We're not trading Montour for trash.

no problem, I wouldn't give up Dermott for Montour

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

Am Yisrael Chai

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Quoting: leafs101

no problem, I wouldn't give up Dermott for Montour

Good for you

looks like he's totally working

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:02 p.m.

BradDillon17

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BradDillon17

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Quoting: Chapee44

Don't hate the trade but I'd hope for more. Montour isn't as bad as this site believes

Like someone else said it’s a high risk high reward scenario due to salary and Seattle. They’ll lose him unless they can work out a trade now or a trade with Seattle not to take him. I don’t see them moving Ristolainen now especially since they have a temporary fix at 2C and they’re definitely not trading Jokiharju.

Montour is a bit better than Dermott and he has a higher ceiling but it’s not drastic. Plus with Sabres cutting their budget, that’s more coming off books

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

leafs101

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Quoting: Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

Good for you

looks like he's totally working

I'd say the same about Montour.

Dermott looked good when he had to step into top 4, looked promising in qualifiers. Also had slow start as he missed training camp and the first chunk of the season with injury

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:05 p.m.

Ryminister_27

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Quoting: Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

We're not trading Montour for trash.

Lol. You can't trade a player for himself.

Dermott >> Montour and it's not even close.

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:29 p.m.

GenXHockey

Formerly Jamiepo

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Quoting: BradDillon17

Montour has a higher ceiling than Dermott? Montour is what he is. He is 26 now, entering his prime.

Dermott is solid both ways and I would rather keep him. I don’t have as much hate on montour as most here. The trade seems reasonable value wise. I just think the leafs would regret it.

Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

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TooMalevolent

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Quoting: BradDillon17

Even if all this stands to reason, why would the leafs do this trade? Trades and reasoning need to work both ways.

Sep. 16, 2020 at 9:05 p.m.

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BradDillon17

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BradDillon17

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Quoting: Jamiepo

Dmen take awhile to mature and 26 is nothing in this league. Montour was looking like a good top 4 dman all three seasons in Anaheim and had an off year (only his fourth in the NHL). That off year was still better than Dermott. There is no reason to think he can’t return to being a good top 4 option with his skill set.
Dermott is good but I think that ceiling is lower. Good bottom pairing dman, decent top 4.

Right now: Montour > Dermott, ceiling is greater for Montour, but so is the salary implications now and in the future

Quoting: TooMalevolent

Even if all this stands to reason, why would the leafs do this trade? Trades and reasoning need to work both ways.

Because they need right handed dmen? They only have one on the roster? They need someone to play with Muzzin and Reilly. Holl is a bottom pairing dman and should play with Sandin or Lehtonen.

Sep. 16, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.

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GenXHockey

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Quoting: BradDillon17

Dmen take awhile to mature and 26 is nothing in this league. Montour was looking like a good top 4 dman all three seasons in Anaheim and had an off year (only his fourth in the NHL). That off year was still better than Demrott. There is no reason to think he can’t become a solid top 4 option with his skill set.

Dermott is good but I think that ceiling is lower. Good bottom pairing dman, decent top 4. Think your personal feelings are getting in the way of reality, at least with his value right now (it’s obviously difficult to determine what a player will or won’t become)

Because they need right handed dmen? They only have one on the roster? They need someone to play with Muzzin and Reilly. Holl is a bottom pairing dman

I’m certainly higher on Dermott than most but it has nothing to do with him being a leaf. Just a bad time to trade him. He hasn’t been given a chance to show how good he is. When he has been in the top 4 he has not looked out of place. He can also play both sides.

Also maybe look who he was playing with in Anaheim... I mean Fowler and lindholm are no slouches....

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