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Created by: SabresFan78

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: May 4, 2022

Published: May 4, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Rust - Veteran leadership to help Mitts, Cozens, Quinn etc. Plus helps get Sabres to floor.
Olofsson - good player but need to free up roster space for players especially two-way players.
Gudas - good hitter/partner for Samuelsson.
Bush - good young, steady partner for Power.
Deslauriers - character guy, plays with grit.
Korpisolo - take one year flyer to wait for other young goalies. Probably not going to get Husso.

Not perfect by any stretch but I think all of these moves are realistic and reasonable.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka		2	$1,250,000
Bryson, Jacob		2	$1,050,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Rust, Bryan	5	$5,500,000
Lyubushkin, Ilya	3	$2,500,000
Deslauriers, Nicolas	2	$2,000,000
Korpisalo, Joonas	1	$3,500,000

Trades

BUF

2022 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

Olofsson, Victor [RFA Rights]

BUF

Gudas, Radko

FLA

2022 2nd round pick (DAL)

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	$61,079,167	$0	$3,037,500	$20,420,833

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 5	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
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	Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1
Deslauriers, Nicolas $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Korpisalo, Joonas $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Gudas, Radko $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $1,250,000$1,250,000 G RFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $1,050,000$1,050,000 LD/RD RFA - 2
Fitzgerald, Casey $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Tuch, A.		Thompson, T.		Skinner, J.
	Power, O.		Dahlin, R.

Power Play 2
Cozens, D.		Mittelstadt, C.		Rust, B.
	Samuelsson, M.		Jokiharju, H.

Penalty Kill 1
	Girgensons, Z.	Cozens, D.
	Samuelsson, M.	Lyubushkin, I.

Penalty Kill 2
	Thompson, T.	Tuch, A.
	Dahlin, R.	Jokiharju, H.

May 4, 2022 at 5:53 p.m.

KingMurray

Joined: Apr. 2022

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Joonas looked pretty brutal last year, but the goalie market isn't exactly awash with options.

Running a platoon with UPL/Tokarski/Insert name of non-Husso goaltender here might produce similar or slightly better results and save the team a couple mil.

May 4, 2022 at 5:53 p.m.

SlevinKalevra

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Why is Olofsson traded so often? Just curious. Seems like a solid 50+ point top six winger that’s still somewhat young. Take Faksa back if we up the pick to a first rounder? Lol

May 4, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

Tjm220

Sabres fan

Joined: Jul. 2020

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Quoting: SlevinKalevra

Why is Olofsson traded so often? Just curious. Seems like a solid 50+ point top six winger that’s still somewhat young. Take Faksa back if we up the pick to a first rounder? Lol

Personally I don’t want to trade away Olofsson at all, but he is one year away from UFA and could be the odd man out when you consider how many players need new deals in the next couple years. I used to like Radek Faksa a lot, but now his contract is awful and he’s just not producing. The Sabres would sooner re-sign Cody Eakin than trade away assets for a guy who is just as bad. I hope they do neither.

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May 4, 2022 at 6:20 p.m.

SlevinKalevra

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 5,286

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Quoting: Tjm220

I still think good Faksa is in there somewhere. He’s just been labeled as a defense only player and gets horrible usage and line mates. I’m hoping we’re getting a better coach next year and things change, but even if we did things different and he improved I’d prefer that cap elsewhere long term

May 4, 2022 at 6:22 p.m.

nhldeadline2

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 333

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Quoting: SlevinKalevra

Why is Olofsson traded so often? Just curious. Seems like a solid 50+ point top six winger that’s still somewhat young. Take Faksa back if we up the pick to a first rounder? Lol

Not someone most Sabres fans want to move. Just my opinion, but the team just needs to get harder to play against, and he's the odd man out. Can't move Krebs and any trade with Mittelstadt would be selling low on him.

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May 4, 2022 at 6:56 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,277

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So trade olofsson and have korpisalo between the pipes. I see.

May 4, 2022 at 7:11 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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This site is obsessed with Korpisalo, one of the worst goalies in the entire league.

Just giving away olfosson for a late 2nd so we can hilariously overpay deslauriers?

May 4, 2022 at 7:12 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 27,908

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Quoting: SlevinKalevra

Why is Olofsson traded so often? Just curious. Seems like a solid 50+ point top six winger that’s still somewhat young. Take Faksa back if we up the pick to a first rounder? Lol

Only way i trade him is if his contract can't get worked out

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