Team starts to right the ship

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Created by: Hammerwise

Team: 2023-24 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 13, 2023

Published: Dec. 13, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

And then makes a couple of moves to make the playoffs AND for the future

Keeping LD Johnson, forward prospects Kulich, Savoie and Rosen and plenty of cap.

Might seem steep, but with so much of the NHL team young/signed long term, theres just no way they can develop/find the minutes for all 4 forward prospects

Trades

BUF

Hart, Carter

PHI

Jokiharju, Henri
Östlund, Noah
2025 1st round pick (BUF)

BUF

2024 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

Olofsson, Victor ($2,375,000 retained)

BUF

Cernak, Erik

Additional Details:

TB still struggling need to make a move

TBL

Kisakov, Alexander
Krebs, Peyton
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka
2024 2nd round pick (DAL)
2025 4th round pick (MIN)

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Victor Olofsson: $2,375,000 (50%)

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	$77,501,737	$0	$4,807,500	$5,998,263

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	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	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 7	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 3	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 $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($500,000$500K) RW UFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Cernak, Erik $5,200,000$5,200,000 RD UFA - 8	Hart, Carter $3,979,000$3,979,000 G RFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 7	Power, Owen $916,667$916,667 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) G RFA - 2
Bryson, Jacob $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 3
Johnson, Ryan $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Johnson, Erik $3,250,000$3,250,000 ($2,100,000$2M$2,100,000$2M) RD UFA - 1
Stillman, Riley $1,350,000$1,350,000 ($200,000$200K$200,000$200K) LD RFA - 1
Comrie, Eric $1,800,000$1,800,000 ($650,000$650K$650,000$650K) G UFA - 1

Dec. 13, 2023 at 10:04 a.m.

Point21

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 1,265

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Value is there, but Tampa would want a Dman back most likely

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Dec. 13, 2023 at 10:39 a.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 25,261

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Yikes, Hart ain't close to that good, and the Sabres have 0 reason to pay that for a goalie. Jokiharju has been one of their best dmen, UPL has done a fairly good job this year, and Levi is having a decent run after his recall. That one is really rough. Tampa trade is pointless

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Dec. 13, 2023 at 12:06 p.m.

Brolekb2b

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Joined: Jan. 2022

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TB probably isn't moving the only d-man that can play defense

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Dec. 13, 2023 at 1:34 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

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I like the Tampa trade, Cernak would be a nice add. No interest in hart if that's the cost.

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Dec. 13, 2023 at 2:02 p.m.

Boos

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 1,142

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Imo, let Tampa struggle. That said, Cernak would be a good get.

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Dec. 13, 2023 at 3:27 p.m.

gretzkyghosts

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 5,352

Likes: 4,799

Quoting: Point21

Value is there, but Tampa would want a Dman back most likely

Quoting: Brolekb2b

TB probably isn't moving the only d-man that can play defense

Quoting: sabres89

I like the Tampa trade, Cernak would be a nice add. No interest in hart if that's the cost.

Quoting: Boos

Imo, let Tampa struggle. That said, Cernak would be a good get.

While it may be true that Buffalo plays too soft, after he targeted both Okposo and Dahlin with his elbow to their heads, I do not want Erik any where near Buffalo's locker room.

Dec. 13, 2023 at 6:41 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 5,718

Likes: 3,776

Quoting: sabres89

I like the Tampa trade, Cernak would be a nice add. No interest in hart if that's the cost.

Quoting: Boos

Imo, let Tampa struggle. That said, Cernak would be a good get.

Quoting: gretzkyghosts

While it may be true that Buffalo plays too soft, after he targeted both Okposo and Dahlin with his elbow to their heads, I do not want Erik any where near Buffalo's locker room.

Tampa isn’t gonna trade Cernak anyways
He’s basically untouchable for them

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