Sabres Complete Teardown

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Created by: dylantynan8

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 24, 2021

Published: Jul. 24, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nadeau, Olivier	3	$800,000
Bloom, Josh	3	$825,000
Johnson, Ryan	3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	2	$1,400,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	3	$5,650,000
DiPietro, Dawson	1	$750,000
Fitzgerald, Casey	1	$750,000
Jokiharju, Henri	2	$1,500,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$2,700,000
Dunn, Vince	6	$4,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ullmark, Linus	2	$4,500,000
Davidson, Brandon	1	$750,000
Oesterle, Jordan	1	$1,850,000

Trades

BUF

2022 3rd round pick (CBJ)
2022 5th round pick (WPG)

WPG

Miller, Colin ($1,937,500 retained)

Additional Details:

Miller without any salary retained nets a 3rd round pick, however sabres retain 50% to add a 5th round pick and provide the jets with more cap flexibility

BUF

Byron, Paul
2022 3rd round pick (MTL)
2022 5th round pick (MTL)

MTL

Weaponizing cap space again, Montreal clears some cap space heading into free agency

BUF

Holtby, Braden
2023 2nd round pick (VAN)

VAN

BUF

Koskinen, Mikko
Neal, James
2022 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Massive cap dump, sabres weaponize their cap space and add another 2022 1st round pick. Edmonton sheds 10.25M in immediate cap space and 5.75M the year after

BUF

2022 4th round pick (CAR)

CAR

Holtby, Braden ($2,150,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Sabres flip Holtby for a mid round pick, while retaining 50%

BUF

2022 5th round pick (LAK)

LAK

Girgensons, Zemgus

BUF

Johnson, Tyler
2022 1st round pick (TBL)

TBL

Sabres prey on Tampa’s cap situation and acquire more draft capital to accelerate the rebuild. Meanwhile Tampa frees up 5M in much needed cap space. While the compensation looks like a lot this is the going rate for cap dump trades. (Examples: Marleau for a 1st with only a year left, Ladd for two 2nd round picks and a potential 3rd round pick, Ladd has two years left at 5.5M, Johnson’s 3yrs at 5M per cap hit is definitely overpriced but he’s a more serviceable player than Ladd or Marleau were

BUF

Zegras, Trevor
2022 1st round pick (ANA)
2023 1st round pick (ANA)

ANA

Eichel, Jack

BUF

Dunn, Vince [RFA Rights]

SEA

Laaksonen, Oskari
2023 2nd round pick (BUF)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Colin Miller: $1,937,500 (50%)
Braden Holtby: $2,150,000 (107.5%)

Buried

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$69,076,416	$113,916	$1,700,000	$12,423,584

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	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,700,000$2,700,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Asplund, Rasmus $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Neal, James $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $5,650,000$5,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Dunn, Vince $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Ullmark, Linus $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 4
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD RFA - 3	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
	Oesterle, Jordan $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Hägg, Robert $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 1

Jul. 24, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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Most of these are way too much in buffalo's favor.

Trading for lucic is a terrorist act

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Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:01 p.m.

avsfan1985

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 44

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The trade for girgensons seems reasonable, but I don't think Colorado does it because they will struggle to fit him in the cap without shedding other contracts. You could probably get that trade somewhere though.

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Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

Boltsbeathabs

Joined: Jul. 2021

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Johnson nor anyone else with any type NTC is waiving to that dumpster fire of a team called the Buffalio Sabres.
Note TB isn't the scumbag organization that threatens waivers to get a player to go where he doesn't want to.

Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:16 p.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Trading for lucic is a terrorist act

Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

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Quoting: Boltsbeathabs

Didnt they do that to TJ this season lol

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Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:19 p.m.

PrimeDatsyuk

Joined: May 2018

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this might be one of , if not the worst roster in NHL history

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Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:20 p.m.

Boltsbeathabs

Joined: Jul. 2021

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Quoting: Shibbal18

Didnt they do that to TJ this season lol

Not to get him to take a trade he didn't want. Besides buying him out save 3.6 mil and doesn't cost any picks.

Jul. 24, 2021 at 9:38 p.m.

imawesome

I want Gourde back

Joined: Jun. 2018

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I get Johnson has more term left than Ladd, but Johnson is still a very serviceable player. Ladd, well that's a different story

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Jul. 24, 2021 at 11:56 p.m.

audiodave

Joined: Aug. 2016

Posts: 1,622

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Vancouver is not giving up a 2nd to move Holtby. If there isn't a better deal to be made then they can easily buy him out.

Jul. 25, 2021 at 9:03 a.m.

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GrinReaper

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Oilers accept

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