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Created by: WCSF

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 30, 2022

Published: Apr. 30, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The cost of obtaining Reimer/Bonino/Demelo in trades may be more or less or different than I have identified. Also, the free agent costs may be off a bit. These are the veterans or types of veterans I would like to see the Sabres target though. If the Sabres upgrade in net, move Bryson/Fitzgerald to 4th pairing and Asplund to 13th forward it will represent a substantial improvement in depth. Lots of youth being asked to play important roles though, I recognize.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kozak, Tyson	3	$859,000
Nadeau, Olivier	3	$859,000
Rosén, Isak	3	$925,000
Kukkonen, Miska	2	$845,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Biro, Brandon	1	$800,000
Bryson, Jacob	3	$1,300,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	1	$850,000
Murray, Brett	1	$825,000
Olofsson, Victor	3	$4,650,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
DeSmith, Casey	3	$2,400,000
Määttä, Olli	2	$3,150,000
Butcher, Will	1	$800,000
Davidson, Brandon	1	$800,000
Prow, Ethan	1	$800,000
Schuldt, Jimmy	1	$800,000
Subban, Malcolm	1	$800,000
Caggiula, Drake	1	$800,000
Hayden, John	1	$800,000
Jankowski, Mark	1	$800,000
MacInnis, Ryan	1	$800,000
Malone, Sean	1	$800,000

Trades

BUF

SJS

Bjork, Anders ($800,000 retained)
2022 6th round pick (BUF)
2023 2nd round pick (VGK)

BUF

DeMelo, Dylan
2023 5th round pick (NYR)

WPG

Portillo, Erik [Reserve List]
2023 2nd round pick (PHI)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Anders Bjork: $800,000 (50%)

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
23	$81,500,000	$60,610,000	$0	$3,120,000	$20,890,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 5	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Olofsson, Victor $4,650,000$4,650,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Bonino, Nick $1,025,000$1,025,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3
	Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Reimer, James $2,250,000$2,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
	DeMelo, Dylan $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	DeSmith, Casey $2,400,000$2,400,000 G UFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2
Määttä, Olli $3,150,000$3,150,000 LD UFA - 1	Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD/RD RFA - 2

Apr. 30, 2022 at 12:02 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

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Jets should take that.

Apr. 30, 2022 at 12:08 p.m.

Birtle34

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Needs better tending for playoffs or any sort of run, but the squad is coming together.

Apr. 30, 2022 at 12:09 p.m.

tsyls

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If Portillo will sign jets say yes. Even without him committing to signing this is still a good deal. Also a good deal for BUF as they get a really solid shutdown dman.

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Apr. 30, 2022 at 12:27 p.m.

Skyraider112

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Asplund is too important to sit. I'd rather just not acquire Bonino so Rasmus can play. That's too steep of a price to pay for Demelo imo

Apr. 30, 2022 at 12:33 p.m.

TampaBayLightning22

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Buffalo is definitely looking better, But they're still a few year away from be serious contenders in the Atlantic.

Apr. 30, 2022 at 12:55 p.m.

WCSF

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WCSF

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Quoting: Skyraider112

Asplund is too important to sit. I'd rather just not acquire Bonino so Rasmus can play. That's too steep of a price to pay for Demelo imo

I agree that Asplund is too good to sit. My thinking is just that Bonino is an upgrade over Eakin. How the lines shake-out is TBD as injuries happen. A healthy Asplund will play 70 plus games on multiple lines with multiple partners.

I think you are right on the cost for Demelo. Hard to know Portillo's value.

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Apr. 30, 2022 at 3:43 p.m.

tsyls

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Quoting: WCSF

With Portillo not wanting to sign in Buffalo he doesn’t have much value. Jets ran into the same issue with Nathan Smith this past year and moved him to ARI in a cap dump deal. A 2nd seems fair for DeMelo. I guess it just comes down to if Portillo will sign in WPG or not.

Apr. 30, 2022 at 3:47 p.m.

Windjammer

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The Jets definitely aren't moving DeMelo for a goalie that looks like he wants to go the UFA route. If he was willing to sign in Winnipeg a deal might be able to be worked out, but not likely for DeMelo.

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May 1, 2022 at 12:07 p.m.

Skyraider112

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Quoting: tsyls

He didn't say he would not sign with Buffalo. He just did not this offseason. Main reason is he wants to compete for an NCAA title and also wants the extra development year at the NCAA level

May 1, 2022 at 1:15 p.m.

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tsyls

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Quoting: Skyraider112

He didn't say he would not sign with Buffalo. He just did not this offseason. Main reason is he wants to compete for an NCAA title and also wants the extra development year at the NCAA level

Isn’t he going to be a FA next summer if he doesn’t sign at the end of next year? Just looked, 2 years from that. Solid deal then for WPG, could probably remove Portillo.

May 1, 2022 at 4:20 p.m.

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Skyraider112

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Quoting: tsyls

Isn’t he going to be a FA next summer if he doesn’t sign at the end of next year? Just looked, 2 years from that. Solid deal then for WPG, could probably remove Portillo.

Ya he still has a couple years. Id be surprised if he doesnt sign after the next season. Whether Johnson will sign or not is a different story, not sure whats happening there

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