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Created by: Fjordy
Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: May 23, 2023
Published: May 23, 2023
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$1,500,000
1$775,000
1$775,000
1$775,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$775,000
1$775,000
2$950,000
3$4,400,000
3$2,500,000
4$5,000,000
Trades
BUF
  1. 2023 2nd round pick (ARI)
  2. 2024 2nd round pick (MTL)
  3. 2025 7th round pick (ARI)
ARI
  1. Comrie, Eric
  2. Johnson, Ryan [Reserve List]
  3. Olofsson, Victor ($2,325,000 retained)
Additional Details:
Any team

Johnson no trade, compensation
Retained Salary Transactions
Buried
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2023
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2024
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2025
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$83,500,000$71,776,903$0$5,070,000$11,723,097
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 4
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$7,142,857$7,142,857
C
UFA - 7
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$4,750,000$4,750,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 3
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RW, LW
RFA - 2
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$7,100,000$7,100,000
C, LW
UFA - 7
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$855,833$855,833 (Performance Bonus$32,500$32K)
LW, RW
RFA - 2
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$918,333$918,333
C, LW
RFA - 3
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$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW, C
RFA - 1
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$918,333$918,333 (Performance Bonus$1,000,000$1M)
C
RFA - 3
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$3,000,000$3,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$412,500$412K)
C, LW
RFA - 1
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$775,000$775,000
RW
RFA - 2
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$1,500,000$1,500,000
C
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$4,285,714$4,285,714
LD
UFA - 7
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
UFA - 5
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$916,667$916,667 (Performance Bonus$1,850,000$2M)
LD/RD
UFA - 1
$4,400,000$4,400,000
RD
UFA - 1
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$925,000$925K)
G
RFA - 2
$2,500,000$2,500,000
LD
UFA - 3
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$2,500,000$2,500,000
RD
RFA - 1
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$1,350,000$1,350,000
LD
RFA - 1
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$687,500$687,500
RD
UFA - 1

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May 23, 2023 at 5:53 a.m.
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Where is UPL? And they are bringing Okposso back if not he and Girgensons. I think they run 3 goalies UPL Comrie and Levi for 1st 10 games and see how it goes. Unless UPL or Comrie have a great preseason
May 23, 2023 at 10:42 a.m.
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Where is UPL? And they are bringing Okposso back if not he and Girgensons. I think they run 3 goalies UPL Comrie and Levi for 1st 10 games and see how it goes. Unless UPL or Comrie have a great preseason


UPL in Roch, Girgensons and Okposo gone. Adams wants to trade for goalie.
May 23, 2023 at 10:47 a.m.
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UPL will never clear waivers and get to Roch. Some team would pick him up. Also Okposso needs 16 games for 1000. He will be here next year. Sabres will do him right and get his 1000 in Blue and Gold
May 23, 2023 at 11:14 a.m.
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UPL will never clear waivers and get to Roch. Some team would pick him up. Also Okposso needs 16 games for 1000. He will be here next year. Sabres will do him right and get his 1000 in Blue and Gold

Isn't it possible to put UPL in Rochester before the start of the season so that he doesn't go through waivers? Okposo may retire. Either way, Adams wants the number one goaltender.
May 23, 2023 at 11:17 a.m.
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Isn't it possible to put UPL in Rochester before the start of the season so that he doesn't go through waivers? Okposo may retire. Either way, Adams wants the number one goaltender.


He has to clear waivers. Unless he is traded over the summer he will be here for camp. One more year of 3 to start in net and see where it goes from there. Adams believes in Comrie and UPL.
May 23, 2023 at 11:20 a.m.
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I like your lineup. I think Kulich and Savoie make team. Okposso 13th Fwd and Rousek your 1st call up. They need to get 2 D from trade or FA and I think Adams gives the 3 goalies a battle to see who wants to play every night. He loves competition from within.
May 23, 2023 at 12:53 p.m.
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Dumba and mikkola make the team worse. Idk why he still carries the rep that he's good. He's gotten worse in terms of value added each year. Stillman is way better than mikkola too.
May 23, 2023 at 1:15 p.m.
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Dumba and mikkola make the team worse. Idk why he still carries the rep that he's good. He's gotten worse in terms of value added each year. Stillman is way better than mikkola too.


I don't know much about Mikkola, I thought he was a decent third pair player. Dumba has gone down offensively but was decent defensively last season and has changed his style of play. There is even an article about it.
May 23, 2023 at 1:16 p.m.
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He has to clear waivers. Unless he is traded over the summer he will be here for camp. One more year of 3 to start in net and see where it goes from there. Adams believes in Comrie and UPL.


Then why is he interested in Helle? He was looking for the number one goaltender before (Swayman, Gibson, Murray). Going with Comrie and UPL is a big risk of missing the playoffs again.
May 23, 2023 at 1:19 p.m.
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I don't know much about Mikkola, I thought he was a decent third pair player. Dumba has gone down offensively but was decent defensively last season and has changed his style of play. There is even an article about it.


Changing his style of play to go from offensively gifted/defensively inept to the exact opposite doesnt increase his value to the team though. Defensive d-men earn their designation by providing more value defensively than they give back offensively. Demelo is a good example of that. below average offensively, but exception defensively, the latter outpaces the former and the difference between the two is his value add to the team. Dumba isn't doing that.

Mikkola isnt a good third pair guy. He was bottom 10 percentile in pretty much every category at even strength.
May 23, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.
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Changing his style of play to go from offensively gifted/defensively inept to the exact opposite doesnt increase his value to the team though. Defensive d-men earn their designation by providing more value defensively than they give back offensively. Demelo is a good example of that. below average offensively, but exception defensively, the latter outpaces the former and the difference between the two is his value add to the team. Dumba isn't doing that.

Mikkola isnt a good third pair guy. He was bottom 10 percentile in pretty much every category at even strength.


Well, at first I was also very skeptical about Dumba, but now I have changed my mind a little, he has balanced his game, although he is no longer so bright in attack, but he has improved in defense, I think this is not the worst option on the market.

Well then, we probably don't need Mikkola, although I would like to find someone to compete with Stillman, because a good depth of defense makes a lot of sense, we saw that last season.
May 23, 2023 at 1:39 p.m.
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Well, at first I was also very skeptical about Dumba, but now I have changed my mind a little, he has balanced his game, although he is no longer so bright in attack, but he has improved in defense, I think this is not the worst option on the market.

Well then, we probably don't need Mikkola, although I would like to find someone to compete with Stillman, because a good depth of defense makes a lot of sense, we saw that last season.


I dont believe he's balanced his game, he's just traded one inefficient style of play for another. All defense no offense guys arent better than their counterparts. Two sides of the same coin. It'd be a really underwhelming add.
May 23, 2023 at 1:51 p.m.
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Then why is he interested in Helle? He was looking for the number one goaltender before (Swayman, Gibson, Murray). Going with Comrie and UPL is a big risk of missing the playoffs again.


I think KA was looking for a #1 because he wasn’t sure what he had in Levi and when he was going to be ready. Now that Levi had a very small sample size but showed he can play here if he tightens up his D it will help the Goaltending out. When Sammy was healthy and all D healthy Comrie wasn’t bad. Sure he had a bad night here and there but he was also hurt. I think KA gets 2 D and runs 3 Goalies to start (unless one Comrie or UPL have great Preseason).
May 23, 2023 at 2:20 p.m.
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I dont believe he's balanced his game, he's just traded one inefficient style of play for another. All defense no offense guys arent better than their counterparts. Two sides of the same coin. It'd be a really underwhelming add.


Well, I hope Adams and his analytical department, if they figure out who to add.
 
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