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Created by: Chapee44

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: May 20, 2021

Published: May 20, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I think Reinhart will stay if treated properly. Granato spoke so highly of him I think it's a perfect fit to give him the C and have him lead us going forward. I'd give Cozens and McCabe the As here and try and change the culture. The biggest issue with optics around Reinhart is the terrible 5 Buffalo Media members are awful at their jobs and treat him like garbage. (Harrington, Hamilton, Ray, Peters, Rivet)

If not Driedger then maybe Raanta? Idk one of the better FA goalies.
They have cap room for whoever they want/can get.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	1	$900,000
Borgen, William	1	$900,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	8	$7,500,000
Jokiharju, Henri	1	$1,000,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$1,800,000
Reinhart, Sam	4	$7,500,000
Fiala, Kevin	5	$6,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
McCabe, Jake	4	$4,000,000
Driedger, Chris	3	$3,500,000
Caggiula, Drake	1	$750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Eklund, William		3	$925,000
Stankoven, Logan		3	$925,000

Trades

BUF

SEA

Miller, Colin

BUF

Boldy, Matthew
Dumba, Matt
Fiala, Kevin [RFA Rights]
2021 1st round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

Earlier of their two firsts

MIN

Eichel, Jack

BUF

Merzlikins, Elvis

CBJ

Ristolainen, Rasmus
2021 3rd round pick (MTL)

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Cody Eakin: $1,125,000 ($2,250,000)

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$68,569,749	$113,916	$1,450,000	$12,930,251

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
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
Boldy, Matthew $880,833$880,833 ($600,000$600K) RW, LW UFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Fiala, Kevin $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Eklund, William $925,000$925,000		Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Asplund, Rasmus $900,000$900,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD RFA - 3	Merzlikins, Elvis $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Driedger, Chris $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 3
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2	Borgen, William $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 2
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2

May 20, 2021 at 2:17 p.m.

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Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

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Quoting: Chapee44

And I'm saying the media can say what they want. The players and coach said differently. I think the relationship can work. He may still be traded. That's fine. But in my head on this post, he is in the right and if we change our perspective from the garbage that those 5 produce, we get a different image. I hope we can agree that the sooner the 5 of them lose their jobs the better.

You know players and coaches dont have to be honest, and the stripper really doesnt want to come home with you, and their arent really hot singles in your area looking to chat now? Paul Hamilton is by far the most reputable local media person in the area, its not his fault or Ray's or even Harrington. Harrington even (shockingly) brought up a good point, Buffalo's media is nothing close to Vancouver or Toronto, if he cant handle Harrington how is he going to survive those markets

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May 20, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.

#27

CMcAvoy73

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Quoting: Chapee44

You are right it is unfortunately not Vegas lol But being from just the other side of the border it's really not that bad once you get used to it. I will take bundled up cold snowy winters over sweat my tail off can't go outside 4 months a year summers lol

Millionaire NHL players apparently disagree.

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May 20, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

#28

Chapee44

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Joined: Jan. 2019

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Quoting: Shibbal18

You know players and coaches dont have to be honest, and the stripper really doesnt want to come home with you, and their arent really hot singles in your area looking to chat now?

LOL I chuckled at all of those.

You know that the members of the media spin things for whatever narrative they want to push right? Just like they've done with every skill player to wear a Sabres jersey since #11? Hasek wasn't a good teammate, Max didn't talk enough, Roy partied too much, Vanek was lazy, Briere didn't backcheck, Campbell and Connolly took too many risks, etc. But let's all praise Okposo for his leadership abilities lol

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