Bye Eichel Quick Rebuild

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Created by: SadSabres90

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 16, 2021

Published: Apr. 17, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

2021 1st Rd Picks:
1st Rd, Pick 2: Matthew Beniers, C/LW
1st Rd, Pick 13 (former Kings): Corson Ceulemans, D

2021 2nd Rd Picks:
2nd Rd, Pick 34: Sebastian Cossa, G
2nd Rd, Pick 50 (former Boston): Evan Nause, D
2nd Rd, Pick 54 (former Winnipeg): Matthew Coronato, LW

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kukkonen, Miska	2	$825,000
Worge Kreü, William	2	$775,000
Rousek, Lukas	2	$875,000
Peterka, John-Jason	3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	1	$1,250,000
Borgen, William	2	$1,150,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	2	$3,250,000
Fitzgerald, Casey	1	$950,000
Jokiharju, Henri	2	$1,500,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$1,750,000
Reinhart, Sam	5	$6,750,000
Athanasiou, Andreas	2	$1,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dea, Jean-Sébastien	1	$800,000
Fogarty, Steven	1	$800,000
McCabe, Jake	3	$3,500,000
Smith, C.J.	1	$800,000
Ullmark, Linus	4	$4,750,000
Raanta, Antti	2	$3,750,000
Sautner, Ashton	2	$850,000
Ceci, Cody	2	$2,500,000
Gustafsson, Erik	1	$1,750,000
Quenneville, John	1	$775,000

Trades

BUF

Niku, Sami
2021 2nd round pick (WPG)
2023 5th round pick (WPG)

WPG

Ristolainen, Rasmus
2021 6th round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

2021 NHL Draft

BUF

Kassian, Zack

EDM

Bryson, Jacob
2021 7th round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

2021 NHL Off Season, Before Draft

BUF

2021 4th round pick (PIT)

ARI

Miller, Colin

Additional Details:

2021 NHL Draft

BUF

ANA

Eakin, Cody
2022 3rd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Seattle Expansion Draft, 2022 3rd sent to pick Eakin

BUF

Athanasiou, Andreas [RFA Rights]
Kaliyev, Arthur
Turcotte, Alex
2021 1st round pick (LAK)
2022 1st round pick (LAK)

LAK

Eichel, Jack
2023 3rd round pick (BUF)

BUF

2022 3rd round pick (VGK)

CHI

Girgensons, Zemgus

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0
Kyle Okposo: $5,000,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$62,338,084	$113,916	$2,462,500	$19,161,916

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $6,750,000$6,750,000 RW UFA - 3
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Turcotte, Alex $894,167$894,167 ($1,550,000$2M) C RFA - 3	Kaliyev, Arthur $894,167$894,167 ($62,500$62K) RW, LW RFA - 3
	Athanasiou, Andreas $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
Asplund, Rasmus $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Borgen, William $1,150,000$1,150,000 RD UFA - 2
McCabe, Jake $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Jokiharju, Henri $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD RFA - 3
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2	Ceci, Cody $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Ullmark, Linus $4,750,000$4,750,000 G UFA - 4
		Raanta, Antti $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Gustafsson, Erik $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD UFA - 1

Apr. 17, 2021 at 12:49 a.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

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Drop one of the 1st round picks and that's a reasonable Eichel return.

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Apr. 17, 2021 at 1:14 a.m.

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Nah

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Apr. 17, 2021 at 1:42 a.m.

DenisPotvin

Joined: Oct. 2016

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

Drop one of the 1st round picks and that's a reasonable Eichel return.

Exactly.

You have to think that with Eichel on the team, that 2022 first-rounder isn't going to be all that great anyways...

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Apr. 17, 2021 at 2:29 a.m.

Jdfitz77

Joined: Apr. 2017

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

Drop one of the 1st round picks and that's a reasonable Eichel return.

No thanks

Apr. 17, 2021 at 2:38 a.m.

Jdfitz77

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 5,120

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Quick rebuild doesn’t make a lot of sense
If we are trading Eichel, then burn it down
Trade everyone who’s 24 & over
Star over with a new core of Dahlin & Cozens & the other young pieces we have & would acquire from trades

Apr. 17, 2021 at 3:05 a.m.

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Quoting: Jdfitz77

I think it is not necessary, now the team is playing well without Eichel, but this of course does not mean that we should trade Jack, but if such a situation happens, then we can continue to play with this roster, plus what we get for Eichel.

Apr. 17, 2021 at 3:09 a.m.

Jdfitz77

Joined: Apr. 2017

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Quoting: SalamiCheese

Disagree
Just bc we look decent now, doesn’t mean that translates to next year
If everything works out, MAYBE we contend for the playoffs

Keeping Sam & Risto & others like that aren’t getting us to where we wanna be- move anyone over 23 who has value

Apr. 17, 2021 at 3:14 a.m.

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Quoting: Jdfitz77

Why not, kids look good and thrive with Granato. I do not mind trading Risto, but Sam could well have stayed in the team.

Apr. 17, 2021 at 3:25 a.m.

Jdfitz77

Joined: Apr. 2017

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Quoting: SalamiCheese

Why not, kids look good and thrive with Granato. I do not mind trading Risto, but Sam could well have stayed in the team.

Let the “kids” grow with a new “core”
I like Sam, but if we trade Eichel we are AT LEAST 3years away from competing for the Cup- so ship him out for younger pieces that fit the timeline better

Apr. 17, 2021 at 4:24 a.m.

#10

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Quoting: Jdfitz77

I partly agree, but we, too, cannot play only as kids, some experienced players must be in the team.

Apr. 17, 2021 at 6:30 a.m.

#11

Radu47

Vegan Commie Hipster

Joined: Oct. 2020

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Dahlin only getting a few more M than Will flipping Borgen is just ludicrous and yes I'm using that word because I saw him in a movie tonight LUDAAAAAAA

No it was not fast furious etc.

🚘

Apr. 17, 2021 at 6:35 a.m.

#12

Radu47

Vegan Commie Hipster

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I'm not a huge fan of Bryson but like taking on a guy who is getting healthy scratches at 30 on the Oilers bottom 6 and could barely hit 40 pts beside McDavid

Even if a quick rebuild was desired like

Just keep Bryson and sign any decent FA 😐

Apr. 17, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.

#13

Mr_Canoehead

Joined: Oct. 2019

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I doubt you will be able to extract a 2nd round pick from Winnipeg for Ristolainen. He has had a pretty rough three years.

Apr. 17, 2021 at 9:41 a.m.

#14

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

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Coronato is not likely to fall to #54
Will be mid-first rounder. Maybe top-10.

Apr. 17, 2021 at 12:14 p.m.

#15

pandemic_p

Kovid Klaw

Joined: Sep. 2020

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oilers take that and run

Apr. 17, 2021 at 1:34 p.m.

#16

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

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When Kevyn Adams said the equivalent of four first-rounders, even he wasn't considering Turcotte as only one. Substitute Kale Clague for Kaliyev and we have a deal.

Apr. 17, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.

#17

Jdfitz77

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Quoting: SalamiCheese

I partly agree, but we, too, cannot play only as kids, some experienced players must be in the team.

Overpay some UFAs for that Vet leadership needed

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