Until Quinn is Back

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Created by: jacobdonacik19

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 20, 2023

Published: Sep. 20, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This lineup is just to make adjustments until Quinn is healthy and to keep production positive on all top 3 lines. The biggest change here is having mitts on the top line and Thompson on the 2nd. Idea was brought up on the locked on sabres podcast. We know skinner-mitts-Tuch can be highly effective and dangerous from end of last year. I think Thompson can elevate Krebs game and I think Kulich has wanted his chance at least to start. I think those three can pair well and this is sort of a last chance to bring out Krebs offensive side. Peterka - cozens we know works and Greenway is just a placeholder until Quinn is back.

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Riley Stillman: $200,000 ($1,350,000)
Jacob Bryson: $700,000 ($1,850,000)

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	$73,579,403	$0	$4,570,000	$9,920,597

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 1	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C UFA - 7	Kulich, Jiri $918,333$918,333 C, LW RFA - 3
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7	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 $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($500,000$500K) RW UFA - 1
		Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) G RFA - 2
Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 3	Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Johnson, Ryan $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2	Johnson, Erik $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 1
Jokiharju, Henri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2

Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:58 p.m.

BUF10

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I don’t think Ryan Johnson has much of a chance to make the team, mostly because Granato said in his press conference after free agency that he wants every defenseman on their natural side so that wouldn’t leave a spot open for Ryan. I also think they will keep 3 goalies again.

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Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:28 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

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First,
the idea for Mitts at 1C & Tage on line2 is absolutely not a “locked on Sabres” idea
It’s EXACTLY what happened last year when Thompson got hurt & Mitts filled in at 1C for him. He did such a good job, that when Tage was healthy again, we kept Mitts at 1C and Tage played on the 2nd line- not at Center though- Cozens was the Center & Thompson played RW

Secondly,
where do u get that this is “Krebs last chance” for anything?
He’s being developed as a 2way forward, who we obviously like quite a bit, or he wouldn’t be centering Okposo & Girgs, getting the tough assignments on a nightly basis. His lack of offense thus far stem from being out into a defensive role- he’s fine

Third & Fourth,
Kulich in the lineup over Olofsson is doubtful
Ryan Johnson in the lineup over Jokiharju is also doubtful
When it’s close, the Vets almost always get the nod

Finally,
I agree with @BUF10 in that we carry 3 goalies
UPL was great in spurts for us last year, & i think we wanna see more from him

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Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:40 p.m.

sabres89

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Posts: 8,330

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Quoting: AntiAnalytics

First,
the idea for Mitts at 1C & Tage on line2 is absolutely not a “locked on Sabres” idea
It’s EXACTLY what happened last year when Thompson got hurt & Mitts filled in at 1C for him. He did such a good job, that when Tage was healthy again, we kept Mitts at 1C and Tage played on the 2nd line- not at Center though- Cozens was the Center & Thompson played RW

Secondly,
where do u get that this is “Krebs last chance” for anything?
He’s being developed as a 2way forward, who we obviously like quite a bit, or he wouldn’t be centering Okposo & Girgs, getting the tough assignments on a nightly basis. His lack of offense thus far stem from being out into a defensive role- he’s fine

Third & Fourth,
Kulich in the lineup over Olofsson is doubtful
Ryan Johnson in the lineup over Jokiharju is also doubtful
When it’s close, the Vets almost always get the nod

Finally,
I agree with BUF10 in that we carry 3 goalies
UPL was great in spurts for us last year, & i think we wanna see more from him

1. I offer no comment.
2. Krebs still has to show more, but I think he has a shot at being a good 3c, which has value. They've set him up for it.
3. I think olofsson gets the spot for now. Playing away from mittelstadt would definitely help.
4. I don't expect much from Ryan johnson or jokiharju, but if it's one or the other, it'll be jokiharju because he's been here longer.
5. Yes, to keeping 3 goalies, I expect all 3 to see more than 10 games.

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Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:50 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 5,832

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Quoting: sabres89

I think the idea with Krebs is that we see him in more of a 2way role next season, as opposed to the mostly defensive role he had last season that i think continues this year between Girgs & Okposo

Whether or not he’s slotted on the 3rd line or not could depend on what we end up doing with Mitts

I think there’s a very real possibility, that next season, we see something like this :
Skinner-Tage-Tuch
Peterka-Cozens-Quinn
Benson-(Krebs/Mitts)-Savoie
Greenway-Kulich-Rousek

That bottom6 could switch up quite a bit if we were to bring back Okposo &/or Girgs again, of if other Vet(s) are brought in

Sep. 25, 2023 at 10:13 a.m.

jacobdonacik19

Thread Starter

Minnesota_Sabres

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 70

Likes: 21

Quoting: AntiAnalytics

First,
the idea for Mitts at 1C & Tage on line2 is absolutely not a “locked on Sabres” idea
It’s EXACTLY what happened last year when Thompson got hurt & Mitts filled in at 1C for him. He did such a good job, that when Tage was healthy again, we kept Mitts at 1C and Tage played on the 2nd line- not at Center though- Cozens was the Center & Thompson played RW

Secondly,
where do u get that this is “Krebs last chance” for anything?
He’s being developed as a 2way forward, who we obviously like quite a bit, or he wouldn’t be centering Okposo & Girgs, getting the tough assignments on a nightly basis. His lack of offense thus far stem from being out into a defensive role- he’s fine

Third & Fourth,
Kulich in the lineup over Olofsson is doubtful
Ryan Johnson in the lineup over Jokiharju is also doubtful
When it’s close, the Vets almost always get the nod

Finally,
I agree with BUF10 in that we carry 3 goalies
UPL was great in spurts for us last year, & i think we wanna see more from him[/quote

Chill brah

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