Sabres need to push for playoffs

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Created by: BigDog91

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 25, 2023

Published: Jun. 25, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Jost, Tyson		1	$2,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Killorn, Alex		2	$5,000,000

Trades

BUF

Hanifin, Noah
2023 1st round pick (CGY)

CGY

Krebs, Peyton
2023 1st round pick (BUF)

BUF

Vanecek, Vitek

Additional Details:

They flip UPL as part of jets trade. I believe they will value UPL more because he will fit timeline better.

NJD

Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka
2024 2nd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Gives Sabres a goalie that can be starter but not block Levi

BUF

Grzelcyk, Matt

BOS

Stillman, Riley
2023 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

2023 1st round pick (ARI)

ARI

Lyubushkin, Ilya ($1,350,000 retained)
Olofsson, Victor ($2,350,000 retained)
2023 1st round pick (CGY)
2023 2nd round pick (PHI)

Additional Details:

Sabres move up to draft Matvei Michkov. Sabres have been creating a Russian pipe line in last couple draft. With the Sabres about to get in cap hell next couple years. Having an elite prospect able to step up in 2-3 years would be huge plus. He could step up and take skinners spot on top line.

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Victor Olofsson: $2,350,000 (49.47%)
Ilya Lyubushkin: $1,350,000 (196.36%)

Buried

Eric Comrie: $650,000 ($1,800,000)

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
21	$83,500,000	$76,614,404	$0	$4,157,500	$6,885,596

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C UFA - 7	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Killorn, Alex $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Jost, Tyson $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($500,000$500K) RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7	Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Hanifin, Noah $1,237,500$1,237,500 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) G RFA - 2
Grzelcyk, Matt $3,687,500$3,687,500 LD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:06 p.m.

ggha777

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It would cost more to move up to 6OA. AZ would probably want Kulich or next years 1st

CGY 1st, Kulich, Next years 1st top 5 protected, and pick 39 for 6OA would be a start

Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:14 p.m.

Doom_Habs

Joined: Jul. 2021

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Montreal will draft ahead of Arizona and either take Michkov or trade him

Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:14 p.m.

ggha777

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Quoting: Doom_Habs

Montreal will draft ahead of Arizona and either take Michkov or trade him

I wouldn't be so sure of that. I think there's a very good chance MTL takes Leonard at 5

Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:17 p.m.

BigDog91

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BigDog91

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Quoting: ggha777

It would cost more to move up to 6OA. AZ would probably want Kulich or next years 1st

CGY 1st, Kulich, Next years 1st top 5 protected, and pick 39 for 6OA would be a start

Yeah I don’t think so. Olofsson while gets a lot of hate is still 25 plus goal scorer and should fetch early second to late first. Ilya should get 3rd especially eating both salaries the. U get a 40th overall pick. I think value is very fair.

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Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:18 p.m.

BigDog91

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BigDog91

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Quoting: Doom_Habs

Montreal will draft ahead of Arizona and either take Michkov or trade him

Quoting: ggha777

I wouldn't be so sure of that. I think there's a very good chance MTL takes Leonard at 5

I don’t think habs take him. They want someone to play sooner than later. Earliest he goes is capitals.

Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:21 p.m.

ggha777

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Quoting: BigDog91

Not for 6OA. AZ will want a top prospect to drop 10 spots. the top 10 in this draft is super stacked. It will cost a lot to get AZ to drop 10 spots. AZ is in a rebuild. 27 year old doesn't have too much value to them. AZ declines that trade
Take out Olofsson and add next years 1st or a top prospect

Jun. 25, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

bwhsocal

Joined: Jun. 2023

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Quoting: BigDog91

no way for AZ the 6OA way too important, olofsson nice player for sure but 28 on last year of deal UFA and he's a wing (AZ strongest position), Ilya is nice bottom pair D Dman (he was on AZ for years they know him). That not going to get #6, also doubt MM there are 6 SJS would make sense. Your headline is 'sabres push for playoffs' MM wont be anywhere for three years this draft moves sabres away from playoffs this year.

Jun. 26, 2023 at 12:06 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

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Interesting Devils idea. I don't know how realistic it is; the Jets probably just want Vanecek

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