Drafting one position lower

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Created by: Skyraider112

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 29, 2023

Published: Aug. 29, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

How would the Sabres team look if they drafted the player taken one spot lower in each draft? Only done for players currently on the team (not prospects) that the Sabres actually drafted. Players acquired through trade, free agency, waivers etc are not affected.

Trades

10.

BUF

Malte Setkov

DET

Bryson, Jacob

11.

BUF

Huge-O Fagerblom

FLA

Olofsson, Victor

12.

BUF

JONAH GADJOVICH

VAN

Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$60,117,856	$0	$5,470,000	$23,382,144

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
Svechnikov, Andrei $7,750,000$7,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 6	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($1,850,000$2M) C RFA - 1	Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Rasmussen, Michael $1,460,000$1,460,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Rossi, Marco $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 2	Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1
Berggren, Jonatan $925,000$925,000 RW, LW RFA - 1	Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($500,000$500K) RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 1	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 2	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) G RFA - 2
Johnson, Erik $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD RFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Edström, Adam $846,667$846,667 C, LW RFA - 2
Grans, Helge $847,500$847,500 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 2

Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:26 p.m.

HOCKEYBOY448

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Offense would be amazing but that defense is rough.

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Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:32 p.m.

FlyOrDie20

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Flyers don’t need a wing, thanks though.

Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:33 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Gonna steal this idea

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Aug. 29, 2023 at 9:36 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: FlyOrDie20

Flyers don’t need a wing, thanks though.

Did you read anything before commenting? Come on

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Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:20 p.m.

FlyOrDie20

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Did you read anything before commenting? Come on

Nope. All I know is we need defense, and we would be trading a d man with potential for a right winger. Our right wingers are Konecny, Tippet, Hathaway, Foerester, Allison, and Bobby Brink. I reiterate, thanks but no thanks.

Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:42 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: FlyOrDie20

Read the description buddy. Jesus

Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:55 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: wojme

Hey pal, did you just blow in from stupid town?

Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Read the description buddy. Jesus

1. He didn’t read the intro
2. He rejected Peterka for Gans

Which is worse?

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Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:59 p.m.

gretzkyghosts

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Edited Aug. 29, 2023 at 11:05 p.m.

@Skyraider112
@NHLfan10506▾

Quoting: wojme

Hey pal, did you just blow in from stupid town?

Obviously Buffalo drafted well once Murray left town.
These were not the missed opportunities.
Rossi<<Quinn
Edström < Rousek
Rasmussen=<Mittelstadt
Ceci>>Girgensons
Grans<Peterka
Svechnikov<Dahlin
Beniers=<Power
Broberg<<<Cozens
Berggren <Samuelsson
Setkov<Bryson
****erblom<<<Olofsson
GADJOVICH<<<Luukkonen

If you want to complain it was Murray who drafted really poorly
Reinhart over Draisatl and Nylander over Sergachev Opps my bad
Those were bonehead draft picks my friend.
Other than Ceci, every one that Buffalo drafted is as good or better than the next pick made by Botterill or Forton.

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Aug. 29, 2023 at 11:17 p.m.

Skyraider112

Thread Starter

Sabres are elite

Joined: Jun. 2017

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Quoting: gretzkyghosts

Skyraider112
NHLfan10506▾

Obviously Buffalo drafted well once Murray left town.
These were not the missed opportunities.
Rossi<<Quinn
Edström < Rousek
Rasmussen=<Mittelstadt
Ceci>>Girgensons
Grans<Peterka
Svechnikov<Dahlin
Beniers=<Power
Broberg<<<Cozens
Berggren <Samuelsson
Setkov<Bryson
****erblom<<<Olofsson
GADJOVICH<<<Luukkonen

If you want to complain it was Murray who drafted really poorly
Reinhart over Draisatl and Nylander over Sergachev Opps my bad
Those were bonehead draft picks my friend.
Other than Ceci, every one that Buffalo drafted is as good or better than the next pick made by Botterill or Forton.

Adams has been fantastic at drafting. Murray was pretty good at getting solid players in late rounds but made many mistakes in early rounds. Botterill was all over the map

Aug. 30, 2023 at 7:20 a.m.

#10

FlyOrDie20

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

1. He didn’t read the intro
2. He rejected Peterka for Gans

Which is worse?

Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Read the description buddy. Jesus

Quoting: gretzkyghosts

@Skyraider112
@NHLfan10506▾

Obviously Buffalo drafted well once Murray left town.
These were not the missed opportunities.
Rossi<<Quinn
Edström < Rousek
Rasmussen=<Mittelstadt
Ceci>>Girgensons
Grans<Peterka
Svechnikov<Dahlin
Beniers=<Power
Broberg<<<Cozens
Berggren <Samuelsson
Setkov<Bryson
****erblom<<<Olofsson
GADJOVICH<<<Luukkonen

If you want to complain it was Murray who drafted really poorly
Reinhart over Draisatl and Nylander over Sergachev Opps my bad
Those were bonehead draft picks my friend.
Other than Ceci, every one that Buffalo drafted is as good or better than the next pick made by Botterill or Forton.

Oops.

Aug. 30, 2023 at 8:23 a.m.

#11

gretzkyghosts

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Edited Aug. 31, 2023 at 12:24 p.m.

Quoting: Skyraider112

Adams has been fantastic at drafting. Murray was pretty good at getting solid players in late rounds but made many mistakes in early rounds. Botterill was all over the map

Jerry Fortan has been unbelievable there is no question 9 very good picks in the first or second rounds over the last four years.
Botterill was very good he drafted 11 potential NHL players in 3 drafts:
2017 Mittelstadt/Luukkonen/Bryson
2018 Dahlin/Samualsson
2019 Power/Johnson/Portillo/Rousak
Let's not over look that last years team four of the five top scoring forwards and three of the four top minute defensemen were brought here by Botterill.
Only two of Murray's acqusitions remain on last years team Okposo and Olofsson.
Murray did have some late round home runs, but to over look hall of famers and all stars as Draisaitl and Sergachev IMO negates his second line picks of Olofsson/Hagel/Borgan.
EDIT
Let me add Brandon Montour to Botterill's acquisitions.
https://thehockeywriters.com/panthers-need-montour-extension-done/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Imagine having him in the mix with our defensemen, we may have made the playoffs last season!
There would have been at least two games that his presence would have added two more pts to the 91 total.

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