Realistic Opening Night Lineup

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Created by: Burnzie8_88_4Cup

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 2, 2021

Published: Aug. 2, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Let Eichel heal, & Trade him at the deadline, or next offseason, for more value then right now. Also, it may seem painful, but let UPL play a full year in Rochester, & he can start for the Sabres, in hopefully a better situation in 2022-23. No matter how well he plays, there's no reason for him to go through the losing, & even if the Sabres surprise, that's a bonus.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$2,500,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	3	$6,000,000
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$2,250,000
Fitzgerald, Casey	1	$875,000

Buyouts

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

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$63,761,680	$113,916	$850,000	$17,738,320

Roster

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	Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 3	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	MacInnis, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1	Hayden, John $750,000$750,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Butcher, Will $2,822,764$2,822,764 LD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1	Anderson, Craig $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD RFA - 3	Dell, Aaron $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 1	Pysyk, Mark $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Caggiula, Drake $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5
Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Hägg, Robert $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Cozens, D.		Mittelstadt, C.		Olofsson, V.
	Dahlin, R.		Thompson, T.

Power Play 2
Skinner, J.		MacInnis, R.		Hinostroza, V.
	Butcher, W.		Miller, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Girgensons, Z.	Cozens, D.
	Butcher, W.	Miller, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	MacInnis, R.	Hayden, J.
	Dahlin, R.	Jokiharju, H.

Aug. 2, 2021 at 5:40 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Just leaving ruotsalainen rotting in Rochester so Ryan Macinnis can play top 9 minutes is mind bending

Aug. 2, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

Burnzie8_88_4Cup

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Just leaving ruotsalainen rotting in Rochester so Ryan Macinnis can play top 9 minutes is mind bending

Just letting him gain confidence in Roc, like UPL.

Aug. 2, 2021 at 5:46 p.m.

Burnzie8_88_4Cup

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Quoting: NjAHeRtL48

Just letting him gain confidence in Roc, like UPL.

Plus, if he proves he belongs in camp, then I'm fine w/ him on the 3C, but if he's a scratch, he's better off in Roc playing.

Aug. 2, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: NjAHeRtL48

Just letting him gain confidence in Roc, like UPL.

He was an AHL all star, scored at a 24 goal pace in the NHL and is almost 24

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Aug. 2, 2021 at 6:40 p.m.

Skyraider112

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Granato shouldn't fix what isn't broken. He will keep Asplund, Mitts, Thompson together unless something better arises. Cozens and Ruots played really well off each other so I'd do line 2 as Skinner and those two. 3rd line would be Olofsson, Hinnie, Bjork. Eakin shouldn't play a single game and neither should Hayden or MacInnis. Would love to see Murray get 30 games to see what we have in him. Call ups can be Quinn, Pekar, Weissbach, Laaksonen, Samuelsson, and UPL

Aug. 2, 2021 at 7:23 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: Skyraider112

Hayden should play to keep dahlin from getting cross checked in the teeth every game

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