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If I were GM

Created by: Leafs_and_Sens_Fan
Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: Jun. 28, 2021
Published: Jun. 30, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
8$7,500,000
8$3,000,000
2$2,500,000
2$6,000,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$2,000,000
2$2,500,000
1$4,000,000
1$2,000,000
CREATEDYEARSCAP HIT
Power, Owen
3$925,000
Trades
1.
BUF
  1. Brisson, Brendan [Reserve List]
  2. Glass, Cody
  3. Krebs, Peyton
  4. Smith, Reilly
  5. 2022 1st round pick (VGK)
  6. 2022 2nd round pick (VGK)
  7. 2023 1st round pick (VGK)
  8. 2023 2nd round pick (VGK)
Additional Details:
2024 1st round pick (VGK)
2024 2nd round pick (VGK)
VGK
  1. Eichel, Jack ($5,000,000 retained)
  2. Ristolainen, Rasmus ($2,700,000 retained)
2.
BUF
  1. Labanc, Kevin
  2. Meier, Timo
  3. 2022 2nd round pick (SJS)
  4. 2023 2nd round pick (SJS)
SJS
  1. Olofsson, Victor
  2. Reinhart, Sam
Buyouts
Retained Salary Transactions
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2021
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2022
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2023
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
21$81,500,000$74,701,416$113,916$2,112,500$6,798,584
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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Skinner, Jeff
$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 6
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Mittelstadt, Casey
$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW, C
RFA - 3
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Smith, Reilly
$5,000,000$5,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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Meier, Timo
$3,000,000$3,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
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Cozens, Dylan
$894,167$894,167 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
C, LW
UFA - 2
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Labanc, Kevin
$4,725,000$4,725,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
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Krebs, Peyton
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$412,500$412K)
C, LW
RFA - 3
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Glass, Cody
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
C, RW
RFA - 1
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Thompson, Tage
$1,400,000$1,400,000
C
UFA - 2
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Bjork, Anders
$1,600,000$1,600,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
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Girgensons, Zemgus
$2,200,000$2,200,000
LW, C
UFA - 2
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Okposo, Kyle
$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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Eakin, Cody
$2,250,000$2,250,000
C
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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Dahlin, Rasmus
$7,500,000$7,500,000
LD/RD
UFA - 3
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Miller, Colin
$3,875,000$3,875,000
RD
UFA - 1
Rittich, David
$2,500,000$2,500,000
G
UFA - 1
Murray, Ryan
$4,000,000$4,000,000
LD
UFA - 1
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Jokiharju, Henri
$3,000,000$3,000,000
RD
RFA - 3
Brossoit, Laurent
$2,000,000$2,000,000
G
UFA - 2
Power, Owen
$925,000$925,000
Pateryn, Greg
$2,000,000$2,000,000
RD
UFA - 1

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Jun. 30, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.
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Stripes77
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You do not retain in an Eichel deal no matter how many late firsts they give you. He is under contract for another 5 years
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 3:56 p.m.
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Quoting: Stripes77
You do not retain in an Eichel deal no matter how many late firsts they give you. He is under contract for another 5 years


I don't care about the next 5 years. They aren't winning a cup in that time frame with Skinner's contract anyways. May as well absolute maximize the return on Eichel.

The team will be stacked with talent in 6 years though
Jun. 30, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.
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You would be fired.
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.
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sharks would gladly accept. Absolute lopsided in their favor
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 3:58 p.m.
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Sure fire yes from SJ.
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 3:59 p.m.
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Quoting: winemixer91
sharks would gladly accept. Absolute lopsided in their favor


Quoting: Klara
Sure fire yes from SJ.


Would you give up another 2nd rounder in 2023?
Jun. 30, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.
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Quoting: Leafs_and_Sens_Fan
I don't care about the next 5 years. They aren't winning a cup in that time frame with Skinner's contract anyways. May as well absolute maximize the return on Eichel.

The team will be stacked with talent in 6 years though


Define stacked? Vegas would be stacked and every 1st and 2nd round pick would be upper 20's mid 50's for the second rounders. There is absolutely nothing of substance coming back to Buffalo except Krebs. Reilly is a 30 year middle winger and Cody Glass hasn't lived up to his draft status. This is an easy no
Jun. 30, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.
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We would once again be the laughingstock of the league. That return is sufficient for Eichel or the 50% retention for multiple years, not both. Only way I'd ever dream of retaining that much on him is if McDavid or Mackinnon are coming the other way which would never happen
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:05 p.m.
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I don't care about the next 5 years. They aren't winning a cup in that time frame with Skinner's contract anyways. May as well absolute maximize the return on Eichel.

The team will be stacked with talent in 6 years though


errrr kind of shows why you would never be a GM
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.
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Quoting: OrganizedConfusion55
errrr kind of shows why you would never be a GM


When was the last time Buffalo made the playoffs? They have been mismanaged horribly and need to rebuild properly. Trading Eichel for less and not retaining on him won't get Buffalo to the playoffs.

Just wait until you see what Buffalo actually gets for Eichel and you'll be wishing they'd have done deal similar to this one.
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Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:10 p.m.
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Quoting: Leafs_and_Sens_Fan
When was the last time Buffalo made the playoffs? They have been mismanaged horribly and need to rebuild properly. Trading Eichel for less and not retaining on him won't get Buffalo to the playoffs.

Just wait until you see what Buffalo actually gets for Eichel and you'll be wishing they'd have done deal similar to this one.
You lose all credibity when you say, " i dont care about the next five years"

Dumb trade, and adams would be ripped apart for doing that.

When is the last time toronto has won a playoff series, they should probably rebuild, and retain half of matthews and marner
Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.
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Was like whoa….then saw the retention. I’d do it
Jun. 30, 2021 at 10:34 p.m.
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Quoting: OrganizedConfusion55
You lose all credibity when you say, " i dont care about the next five years"

Dumb trade, and adams would be ripped apart for doing that.

When is the last time toronto has won a playoff series, they should probably rebuild, and retain half of matthews and marner


You said it right there... Toronto is making the playoffs... they retained on Kessel (their best player at the time) to kick off their rebuild.

Buffalo isn't making the playoffs for another 6 years with that Skinner contract. Why not maximize the return on Eichel?

Either maximize the return or don't trade him at all if you think you have a chance of making the playoffs during the course of his contract... the pieces you get back aren't gonna do more for you in the next 5 years than Eichel.

Either that or you have a delusionally high trade value of Eichel.
 
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