Add RHD 85 to 88 pts next year

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Created by: GMTD

Team: 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 17, 2022

Published: Aug. 17, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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The lines could be different, Granato will put together the best combination, this lineup is obviously open to discussion:
Keep the top line together.
Mittelstadt was paired with Olofsson about 25% of the time, Quinn on the same line should give Buffalo more balanced scoring.
Asplund with Krebs should help to erase some of Payton’s defensive errors.
Cozens on the fourth line should help Zemgus and Kyle score more while providing additional physical play to the shut down line.
Optimistic scoring but not impossible:

80 Skinner-Thompson-Tuch 30-30-20
62 Olofsson-Mittelstadt-Quinn 25-17-20
41 Asplund-Krebs-Hinostroza 8-15-18
43 Girgensons-Cozens-Okposo 10-18-15

17 Dahlin-Lyubuskin 15-2
14 Power-Holl 12-2
6 Samuelson-Jokiharju 2-4

263 GF, 31 more goals than last year.
Reduce goals against by an equal amount for 259 GA

Trades

BUF

Holl, Justin

TOR

Bjork, Anders ($800,000 retained)

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
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$62,983,334	$0	$3,537,500	$19,516,666

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
Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	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	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 2	Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,700,000$1,700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 2	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD UFA - 2	Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Anderson, Craig $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G UFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Subban, Malcolm $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 1
Murray, Brett $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1	Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Sheahan, Riley $950,000$950,000 LW, C UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Pilut, Lawrence $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1

Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:28 a.m.

csick

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Why Cozens on the 4th line?

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Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:46 a.m.

Sabres923

Joined: May 2019

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Quoting: csick

Why Cozens on the 4th line?

Out of all the centers on the roster outside of Sheahan he has the best skill set to be on a line with Girgensons and Okposo. It wouldn’t really be a 4th line it would be a line to matchup against other teams top 6.

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Aug. 18, 2022 at 8:55 a.m.

GMTD

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Eichel Tower

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Quoting: csick

Why Cozens on the 4th line?

Quoting: Sabres923

Thank you for your comments.
I guess this must be a rather pedestrian post as it received only two comments.

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