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Created by: Momz

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 22, 2022

Published: Jun. 22, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Similar to the Red Wings. This is a year to identify your core that is expected to lift you to the playoffs in a few years. Some guys will have opportunities (JJ Peterka/Quinn).

Now the Sabres had a strong end to their season which lead to some hope, some fans don't want just to roll the same lineup without some acquisitions.

I think bringing Letang to surround Dahlin and Power would be a great move as long as it's a 2yr deal (he's 35). I think the Sabres can afford to overpay a little since it's only 2 years and because the rest of the lineup costs basically nothing, not to mention that Okposo's contract is up next year. Ville Husso and Ukko-Pekka will be a 1A/1B tandem which is an upgrade over the goaltending they had in the past year.

The Monahan deal is a good cap dump for Buffalo.

I think they definitely can get more than 75pts this season.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	2	$1,250,000
Olofsson, Victor	2	$4,750,000
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	1	$950,000
Murray, Brett	1	$800,000
Bryson, Jacob	1	$925,000
Biro, Brandon	1	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Letang, Kris	2	$7,750,000
Pysyk, Mark	1	$950,000
Husso, Ville	3	$4,500,000

Trades

BUF

Monahan, Sean
2022 2nd round pick (CGY)
2024 3rd round pick (CGY)

Additional Details:

(Basically copy paste from my Detroit team)

Buffalo is just a couple $K above the cap floor. I am taking on a cap dump. I thought about JVR but I went with Monahan since the Flames are desperate for any money they can find AND the sweetener to take the cap dump has a higher value.

My goal is just to gain assets.

There will be healthy scratches and there will be injuries that will allow Monahan to see ice time THAT'S IF he recovers. He could also possibly just stay on (LT)IR without taking time away from the young players.

Anyway, there is only 1 year remaining on his contract and at no point, the Sabres will have salary cap issues.

CGY

2022 5th round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

(Copy paste from my Detroit team).

You may have 27M available. But you have to re-sign 3 of your best scorers AND you also have to fill your roster since you only have 12 roster players signed (excluding Monahan).

Every. Penny. Matters.

Even if you decide to give on one of the top 3 FAs

And for a team that still believes that it can contend, the picks have lesser importance to them than the money (especially a 2024 pick).

Buyouts

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

Buried

Jacob Bryson: $0 ($925,000)

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$82,500,000	$68,460,000	$0	$3,120,000	$14,040,000

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
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	Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Asplund, Rasmus $825,000$825,000 LW, C RFA - 1	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	Letang, Kris $7,750,000$7,750,000 RD UFA - 6	Husso, Ville $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 3
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $1,250,000$1,250,000 G RFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Pysyk, Mark $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1

Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:48 p.m.

Momz

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See the description.

Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:51 p.m.

JackSC87

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Honestly I think this is really good. I've tried before to figure out a way for Buffalo to get to the floor while still being able to bring up Quinn, Peterka, etc, and this is a good way of doing it in my opinion.

Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:51 p.m.

Traptor

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No way Monahan costs that to move.

Jun. 22, 2022 at 8:04 p.m.

BUFF36

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Quoting: Traptor

No way Monahan costs that to move.

Why is that? Guy is beat up.

Jun. 22, 2022 at 8:12 p.m.

Tkachinla

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Monahan is not dead. And not dead cap. Everyone thinks CGY will have to pay to move him, but that’s not the case. CGY isn’t doing this deal.

I’m also going to go out on a limb here and suggest there’s no chance Letang is signing a 2-year deal in BUF of all places. If he leaves PIT, it will be for a 4-year deal to a team that might make playoffs. BUF isn’t that destination yet.

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Jun. 22, 2022 at 8:28 p.m.

Traptor

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Edited Jun. 22, 2022 at 8:35 p.m.

Quoting: BUFF36

Why is that? Guy is beat up.

In his worst possible year, with an injured hip that required surgery, playing on flames 4th line he was still producing at a 35pt pace with good underlyings and strong in the dot.

Only has one year left of his contract at 27 years old. Still 3rd highest producer in draft class. Think a team would take the bounce back risk for way cheaper then this.

Wouldn't be upset at all if cgy kept him.

Edit: not to mentiom he shot at 7% last year. Has a career avg of 14%

Jun. 22, 2022 at 8:38 p.m.

BUFF36

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Quoting: Traptor

That's cool than keep him. The guy has been dwindling for 3yrs. He's had some major injuries other than the hips to. Guess will see, always liked him. Tough **** but he's a pretty used 27yr old.

Jun. 22, 2022 at 9:38 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: BUFF36

Why is that? Guy is beat up.

Google search: surgery meaning

Jun. 22, 2022 at 10:43 p.m.

BUFF36

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

Google search: surgery meaning

Why? Tell me he hasn't been beat up the last 4yrs. Herniated Disc's, Wrist, Hernia surgery, 2 hip surgeries. And a few other things. He's a beat up player who's been on downward spiral for 3yrs

Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:02 p.m.

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Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: BUFF36

Why? Tell me he hasn't been beat up the last 4yrs. Herniated Disc's, Wrist, Hernia surgery, 2 hip surgeries. And a few other things. He's a beat up player who's been on downward spiral for 3yrs

Herniated disc was 6 years ago, Wrist was 5 years ago, 4 years ago he only had a cracked thumb, and 3 years ago nothing. Lastly he's only been on the "a downward spiral" for 2 years since 19/20 was right in line with his career average scoring. You can't look at his 1 way above average scoring season and consider an expected regression back to normal a "a downward spiral."

Pretty massive reaches in your take here

Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:18 p.m.

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BUFF36

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

So his injuries go back even further. He hasn't come close to his 82pt season in 3yrs. And don't say well if he would have played he could have did this or that. Well he didn't because he's been hurt. You know what makes a hockey player worth something other than points is a available hockey player and he hasn't been that.

Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:35 p.m.

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Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: BUFF36

LMAO what? You literally attempted to argue he had multiple injuries in the last 4 years and were proven wrong. Obviously the Disc and wrist injury no longer effect him because they were both before his 82 point season. Meaning he was fully healthy for that

Would have played? He did play, that's the entire reason people think he's crap now is because he played through 44 games on a hip that needed surgery last year, and somewhere between 50-65 on his other bad hip this year. The guy just plays through everything. Calgary didn't even know he was hurting that bad until he approached the team at the end of March and got X-Rays.

However, he got the surgery and should be fully healthy by training camp. If he is not healthy Calgary will place him on LTIR for the season

Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:49 p.m.

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BUFF36

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

Sorry my time frame is off, when was his last full season. He is a used 27yr old that has had multiple injuries, he has not produced because of his injuries, he is still injured until he proves he's not. Would I take him for the picks, SURE, but I won't give you a asset for him. Like I said I like him, but wouldn't give anything for him right now.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 1:04 a.m.

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Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: BUFF36

I understand your view but the entire idea of a team taking him is to bet on him reforming now that he is healthy. In reality Calgary probably keeps him and moves Lucic instead

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Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:42 a.m.

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BUFF36

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

I understand your view but the entire idea of a team taking him is to bet on him reforming now that he is healthy. In reality Calgary probably keeps him and moves Lucic instead

I would hope Calgary would do that for him, like we both have said, he's one tough ****, he's given alot to that Organization.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:42 a.m.

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BUFF36

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

I understand your view but the entire idea of a team taking him is to bet on him reforming now that he is healthy. In reality Calgary probably keeps him and moves Lucic instead

I would hope Calgary would do that for him, like we both have said, he's one tough player, he's given alot to that Organization.

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