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Created by: littlejerryseinfeld

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 29, 2021

Published: Apr. 29, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Buffalo gutted their hockey department this offseason and there is a sense of urgency to win, so #2 overall and both 2nds are moved for immediate help.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	2	$800,000
Borgen, William	2	$800,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	3	$5,500,000
Jokiharju, Henri	2	$2,000,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$1,875,000
Reinhart, Sam	6	$7,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Caggiula, Drake	1	$750,000
Ullmark, Linus	3	$4,250,000
Reilly, Mike	2	$3,000,000
Hakanpää, Jani	2	$2,250,000

Trades

BUF

Tkachuk, Matthew

Additional Details:

Calgary decides to rebuild and is wary of giving Tkachuk his next contract.

I am aware that the top of the draft is unsettled. But I would like to ask when was the last time a top 2 pick was traded AFTER the team knew it was going to be such a high pick?

CGY

Thompson, Tage
2021 1st round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Buffalo trades the #2 Overall Pick and gives Tkachuk a 5 year 8.5 million extension

BUF

Allen, Jake

MTL

2021 2nd round pick (BOS)

BUF

Rakell, Rickard

ANA

Ristolainen, Rasmus ($2,000,000 retained)
2021 2nd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

34th overall pick and Ristolainen retained

BUF

SEA

Miller, Colin

Additional Details:

Buffalo protects: Eichel, Reinhart, Olofsson, Rakell, Mittelstadt, Asplund, Bjork (skinner waives), Dahlin, Jokiharju, Borgen, Allen. (tkachuk trade after expansion) Miller selected over thompson, girgensons, tokarski

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0
Cody Eakin: $583,334

Retained Salary Transactions

Rasmus Ristolainen: $2,000,000 (37.04%)

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	$74,035,389	$113,916	$850,000	$7,464,611

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tkachuk, Matthew $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 1	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5	Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $7,500,000$7,500,000 RW UFA - 3	Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,875,000$1,875,000 LW, C RFA - 3
	Asplund, Rasmus $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $5,500,000$5,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Hakanpää, Jani $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 3
Reilly, Mike $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA - 3
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2	Borgen, William $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2	Ullmark, Linus $4,250,000$4,250,000 G UFA - 4
		Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Skinner, J.		Cozens, D.		Tkachuk, M.
	Reilly, M.		Mittelstadt, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Asplund, R.	Girgensons, Z.
	Samuelsson, M.	Hakanpää, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Eichel, J.	Mittelstadt, C.
	Reilly, M.	Borgen, W.

Apr. 29, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

#26

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

I totally understand what you mean avout Eichel and thats why I aboid making Eichel threads myself. However I do think there is some difference in situations here, Calgary is not in a position where they can scorch earth due to some long term deals on prime aged players. Whereas Buffalo is mostly a young core and may be able to get away with it. I dont think they should trade Eichel but they definitely need to change something.

changing the coaching seemed to work, despite the lack of talent due to trades/injuries.

Just astounding to look at the record/stats of ullmark vs other goalies. reminds me of 08-09 when ryan miller had a great year and lalime went 5-13-3 (miller went 34-18-6) and they missed the playoffs barely

Apr. 29, 2021 at 4:18 p.m.

#27

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: habsfan00

id take my chances tbh. if he does go MTL should sign Bernier and give Primeau AHL time to devlop

which is my whole point. you either lose allen and sign bernier, or you lose allen, sign bernier and get a 2nd round pick

Apr. 29, 2021 at 4:22 p.m.

#28

habsfan00

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 3,404

Likes: 632

Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

which is my whole point. you either lose allen and sign bernier, or you lose allen, sign bernier and get a 2nd round pick

but theres no garrentie that hes gone

Apr. 29, 2021 at 4:33 p.m.

#29

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

As a bolts fan I completely understand that difference in goalies thing. With McElhinney they probably have better odds of winning playing 6 on 5, where on the other hand Vasey is a God

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