What If Murray Didn't Accelerate The Rebuild

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Created by: GetTuched

Team: 2016-17 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 8, 2017

Published: Feb. 8, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Samsonov, Ilya		3	$925,000
Harkins, Jansen		3	$800,000

Trades

BUF

COL

O'Reilly, Ryan

BUF

Roy, Jérémy

SJS

BUF

WPG

BUF

Pysyk, Mark

FLA

Kulikov, Dmitry

BUF

LAK

BUF

MTL

Gorges, Josh

BUF

ANA

Moulson, Matt

BUF

BOS

Franson, Cody

BUF

21st pick in 2015 draft. The Sabres pick Ilya Samsonov. It's already been confirmed that Buffalo would've chosen Samsonov if the Lehner trade wasn't made.

OTT

Lehner, Robin

10.

BUF

Matthews, Auston

Additional Details:

The Sabres would've finished in 30th in 2016 because they didn't acquire O'Reilly, Kane, Lehner etc

TOR

11.

BUF

Neuvirth, Michal

PHI

12.

BUF

2015 2nd (Jansen Harkins)

WPG

Stafford, Drew

Buyouts

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2017
2018
2019

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
32	$73,000,000	$53,592,501	$0	$10,210,000	$19,407,499

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Matthews, Auston $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 3	Eichel, Jack $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $894,167$894,167 ($2,650,000$3M) RW UFA - 2
Ennis, Tyler $4,600,000$4,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 3		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Grigorenko, Mikhail $1,300,000$1,300,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Girgensons, Zemgus $1,150,000$1,150,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Foligno, Marcus $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Larsson, Johan $950,000$950,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Gionta, Brian $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Carrier, William $689,167$689,167 ($160,000$160K) LW UFA - 2	Roslovic, Jack $925,000$925,000 C, RW UFA - 4	Bailey, Justin $670,000$670,000 ($232,500$232K) RW UFA - 2
Lemieux, Brendan $839,167$839,167 ($200,000$200K) LW, RW UFA - 3	Compher, J.T. $925,000$925,000 ($50,000$50K) C, RW UFA - 3	Baptiste, Nicholas $718,333$718,333 ($160,000$160K) RW UFA - 2
	Harkins, Jansen $800,000$800,000

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
McNabb, Brayden $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD UFA - 2	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 6	Neuvirth, Michal $1,625,000$1,625,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Myers, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Nilsson, Anders $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Zadorov, Nikita $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) LD/RD UFA - 1	Pysyk, Mark $1,125,000$1,125,000 RD UFA - 1	Samsonov, Ilya $925,000$925,000
Falk, Justin $650,000$650,000 LD UFA - 1	Fedun, Taylor $600,000$600,000 RD UFA - 1
Lintuniemi, Alex $729,167$729,167 ($207,500$208K) RD UFA - 2	Roy, Jérémy $858,333$858,333 RD UFA - 4
	Cernak, Erik $708,333$708,333 RD UFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		McCormick, Cody $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1

Feb. 8, 2017 at 2:35 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

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Wow, barely making the cap floor with 32 players.

Feb. 8, 2017 at 2:36 p.m.

mikeyscav

I like Eich

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Posts: 2,591

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There's been some bumps along the way, but I'd rather be where we are now then this. Can't guarantee Matthews at all as Toronto was bad/ Buffalo luck is the worst. O Reilly is a HUGE part to the team and as much stress Kane puts on this team he's a top scorer when healthy. Oh, and Lehner is on his way to becoming a perennial top-10, maybe even top-5 goalie in this league. I'd take what we have now over a bunch of draft picks we don't know will even pan out

Feb. 8, 2017 at 3:39 p.m.

Capitalfail67

Caps fan idk why

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Edited Feb. 8, 2017 at 3:45 p.m.

and youre saying lehner is going to be better than
1holtby
2price
3 dub
4 jones
5talbot
6murray
7quick
8bob
9 rask
10 rinne
11gibson

.........maybe?

Feb. 8, 2017 at 4:10 p.m.

mikeyscav

I like Eich

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 2,591

Likes: 336

I mean right now he's tied for 4th in save% among goalies who have played 35 games or more at a .923%.... that's pretty darn good numbers for a still relatively young goalie at 25 yrs old

Feb. 8, 2017 at 4:20 p.m.

Kristian

Joined: Jul. 2016

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If your looking at Save% Lehner is 5th amoung starting goalies (+30 GP). He is also 13th in GAA for goalies over 30GP which isn't bad when you consider how many injuries we have had to our starting top 4D this year. Bogo out for 22 games and Kulikov out for 25 games. We also had to call up our JR's guy for a few games because we were so bad off keeping D on the ice. I think Lehner has a chance to be a top 10 or top 5 goalie. Not saying I would rank him that this year but most nights he gives the guys a chance to win games and even steal one here and there.

Feb. 8, 2017 at 4:45 p.m.

mikeyscav

I like Eich

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 2,591

Likes: 336

Right, I think top-5 goalie may be a long shot, but top-10 I think is entirely possible. And a top-10 guy you can rely on is really what you need to win a Cup; a Price isn't necessary... look at Chicago and Crawford

Feb. 8, 2017 at 5:10 p.m.

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 9,293

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Samsonov has the type of elite potential that every team wants, and I doubt Lehner is anything more than a mid-tier starter. And if this happens, then they are able to pull of some trades such as the Bolland/Crouse trade, they could've taken Datsyuk's contract from the Red Wings and gotten another prospect, along with other stuff. Cap space is a luxury, and the Sabres would've been smart enough to take full advantage of it.

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