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Created by: evelutions2

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 3, 2021

Published: Jul. 3, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I have thought up a way for Buffalo to shop Eichel and get more than the 4 1st equivalents that was their original asking price. However, in this scenario, this is a huge gamble. The target of this would be teams who are cap strapped AND are a cup contender that just needs that extra firepower.

The asking price that I suggest is 2 1st equivalents, 2 2nd equivalents, and a roster player, preferably in the $3-4 million range. Bear with me while I explain my madness. This situation will only work if the target team is cap strapped. To get the 2 remaining 1st equivalents from the original asking price, the Sabres offer retention. 25% gets you 1 extra first equivalent, and 50% retention gets you 2 first equivalents. This is not guaranteed to succeed.

There are 2 possibilities in this gamble.
1. The target team takes the deal at the original offer with no retention and then have to sell off other pieces to make sure they are under cap.
OR
2. The target team takes the retention and forks over a couple extra futures so they can keep their core as intact as possible while getting a elite goal scorer.

For this ACGM I will be using Vegas as an example.

Note: I do not know if the contracts that the players signed in this ACGM are accurate as I am not a Buffalo fan. Any input on the accuracy of the signings would be helpful.
Note: This is not meant to make the Sabres into cup contenders instantly. This is meant to acquire a ton of futures so that the Sabres might be within contention range by possibly 2030, if even that.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$3,500,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$1,750,000
Borgen, William	3	$900,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	3	$5,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ullmark, Linus	3	$4,000,000
McCabe, Jake	3	$2,850,000
Caggiula, Drake	2	$1,000,000
Sheahan, Riley	2	$1,000,000

Trades

BUF

2022 2nd round pick (NJD)

NJD

Ristolainen, Rasmus

BUF

SEA

Asplund, Rasmus [RFA Rights]

BUF

Jones, Seth
Korpisalo, Joonas
2021 1st round pick (TOR)
2022 2nd round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Reinhart, Sam [RFA Rights]

BUF

Elvenes, Lucas
Fleury, Marc-André
Glass, Cody
2021 1st round pick (VGK)
2021 2nd round pick (NJD)
2022 1st round pick (VGK)
2022 2nd round pick (VGK)
2023 1st round pick (VGK)
2023 2nd round pick (VGK)

VGK

Eichel, Jack ($5,000,000 retained)

BUF

2022 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Part of Eichel trade

PIT

Fleury, Marc-André ($3,500,000 retained)

BUF

2022 4th round pick (ANA)

ANA

Miller, Colin

Additional Details:

Send Miller to anywhere for draft capital. Does not have to be ANA.

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Jack Eichel: $5,000,000 (50%)
Marc-André Fleury: $3,500,000 (100%)

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
20	$81,500,000	$66,528,916	$113,916	$1,810,000	$14,971,084

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	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Glass, Cody $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C, RW RFA - 1	Elvenes, Lucas $776,667$776,667 ($110,000$110K) RW UFA - 1
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Caggiula, Drake $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Sheahan, Riley $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jones, Seth $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 4
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD RFA - 3
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Borgen, William $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 2	Korpisalo, Joonas $2,800,000$2,800,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Jul. 3, 2021 at 11:21 a.m.

Islesforthecup

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This is crazy. Plain and simple.

Jul. 3, 2021 at 11:22 a.m.

evelutions2

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Quoting: Islesforthecup

This is crazy. Plain and simple.

I know. It’s a crazy scheme that I thought up. It could work but more than likely this gamble would fail.

Jul. 3, 2021 at 11:28 a.m.

OrganizedConfusion55

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LOL no.

No way the sabres are holding any cap, let alone 5 million. LMAO

Jul. 3, 2021 at 11:58 a.m.

Azura0055

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I applaud the creativity.

Dahlin will likely sign for 5M on a 2/3 year bridge, or 8M on a 6-8yr contract.

Return for Reinhart is light, I would expect 2A assets and a B/B+ asset. A backup (young) goalie doesn’t usually move the needle for a top 6 Center.

Thanks for sharing!

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Jul. 3, 2021 at 12:06 p.m.

Lsendel3

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Honestly you are asking an owner to pay 25M for a player to play for someone else. A player that when healthy can be very effective. It will cost a lot more then that. Imo, if a GM does this, he should be getting a first for every year left on the deal. 5 firsts + the guys you mentioned. Might seem crazy, so is the idea of getting Eichel at 5M for 5 years

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Jul. 3, 2021 at 12:21 p.m.

Radu47

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Quoting: Azura0055

Awesome to see comments like this thx

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Jul. 3, 2021 at 12:23 p.m.

Radu47

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It's just that retained 50% ups his value at least x 1.5

Buffalo have been bad for so so long too I mean

2030☹

Jul. 3, 2021 at 12:25 p.m.

Radu47

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Eichel 50% retained

=

Glass Krebs Dorofeyev Elvenes
All 2021-23 1sts and 2nd round picks
Then whatever needed for equilibrium

Jul. 3, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.

evelutions2

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I thought the return for Reinhart might have been light. Retaining 50% ups Eichels value that much? Man I thought this was well though out but I guess I was just not thinking enough.

Jul. 3, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

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evelutions2

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Was 2030 a bit too optimistic?

Jul. 3, 2021 at 1:01 p.m.

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evelutions2

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Quoting: Radu47

Eichel 50% retained

=

Glass Krebs Dorofeyev Elvenes
All 2021-23 1sts and 2nd round picks
Then whatever needed for equilibrium

So what you are saying that Eichel with 50% retention is worth at least 10 assets?

Jul. 3, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.

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sabres89

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I can see the sabres taking back cap (short term) to help facilitate, but there is no way the sabres retain. I think our owners are really starting to hate paying people to not work for them, plus i dont wanna ruin it in a couple years when its time to pay skinner to not work for them anymore.

Its an exremely bad idea, imagine the optics- you pay eichel 5 million dollars a year to score 100 points on a playoff team while you lose a few lotteries and pick 8th every year (no danger of that this year, seattle probably laps us if we get all futures for eichel and reinhart, which is definitely the best way to go).

Jul. 3, 2021 at 2:01 p.m.

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Lsendel3

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Quoting: evelutions2

So what you are saying that Eichel with 50% retention is worth at least 10 assets?

Kinda. It’s getting Eichel for 5 years at 5M AND convincing Pegula to pay 25M to him not to be a Sabre. Honestly, it’s a pretty significant ask.

Jul. 3, 2021 at 3:56 p.m.

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evelutions2

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Quoting: Lsendel3

Kinda. It’s getting Eichel for 5 years at 5M AND convincing Pegula to pay 25M to him not to be a Sabre. Honestly, it’s a pretty significant ask.

Well the pegulas are stupid so I wouldn’t put it past them. They have more money than sense and should leave the decisions on the franchise to the GM. I highly doubt that the Sabres retain money on Eichel but this is just a crazy situation where Buffalo ends up getting the price that they originally asked for plus extra. It would cost the owners money but this could possibly make the Sabres a better team eventually. Ah who am I kidding, the Sabres will never be good again.

Jul. 3, 2021 at 4:01 p.m.

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Lsendel3

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Quoting: evelutions2

Pegula is cutting back spending. Buf will eventually be good again, when Pegula backs off like he has with the Bills.

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