Taking a look in Buffalos cupboard 2024-2025

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hutson, Lane	3	$900,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber	4	$2,500,000
Ylönen, Jesse	1	$1,500,000

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,500,000	$70,857,083	$1,022,500	$4,770,000	$16,642,917

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 6	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 1
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
Ylönen, Jesse $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Xhekaj, Arber $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD RFA	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 RD RFA - 2
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2

Jan. 18 at 11:00 a.m.

#1

wojme

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I can promise you one thing, Jack Quinn isn't going anywhere anytime soon

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Jan. 18 at 11:03 a.m.

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You looked at the Sabres prospects, made a point to mention how many forwards they have, then trade 2 worse forward prospects for probably the best of the Sabres prospect group... (And a meh d prospect)

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Jan. 18 at 11:04 a.m.

#3

littlejerryseinfeld

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Get out of that cupboard.

No

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Jan. 18 at 11:14 a.m.

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Typical fan responses here. No none of our prospects are for sale. We'll play them on the 4th line and wait until they publicly request a trade gosh darn it!

Your post makes a lot of sense, but they need defense not forwards. None of our forwards are better than what they have. But our D pipeline might be second to none.

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Jan. 18 at 11:22 a.m.

#5

Nick_SUCCzuki

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Not sure why Buffalo would want those guys. Would rather try to center a deal around our many defensemen (like Harris, Barron, ect)

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Jan. 18 at 11:29 a.m.

#6

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Quoting: jonh514

Typical fan responses here. No none of our prospects are for sale. We'll play them on the 4th line and wait until they publicly request a trade gosh darn it!

Your post makes a lot of sense, but they need defense not forwards. None of our forwards are better than what they have. But our D pipeline might be second to none.

Yes you are, and there's probably 1 that would get Buffalo to think about it, Reinbacher and they still might not do it.

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Jan. 18 at 11:34 a.m.

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Quoting: Shibbal18

You looked at the Sabres prospects, made a point to mention how many forwards they have, then trade 2 worse forward prospects for probably the best of the Sabres prospect group... (And a meh d prospect)

Lets see - Beck who is the perfect 3rd C - granted he's a forward... but a different type of forward that BUf needs.

Then Barron... OH WELL look at that a TOP 4 RHD rookie!

Tuch is a throw in because I like the idea of reuniting brothers.

Also - It doesn't have to be Quinn - this AGM is more to shop around and test the water. Then IF NOT QUINN, who would you be willing to trade? We have a ton of defensive prospect and picks.

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Jan. 18 at 11:37 a.m.

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Quoting: wojme

I can promise you one thing, Jack Quinn isn't going anywhere anytime soon

Then which one would you be willing to trade? You can't play talent guys on a 4th line... a team needs some balance between offense and defense. Habs have the Defense part covered... we need offense. And I understand that BUF is living the opposite - no problem scoring goals, but they need help keeping the puck of the net.

Any body you would see as the odd man out?

Jan. 18 at 11:38 a.m.

#9

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Then which one would you be willing to trade? You can't play talent guys on a 4th line... a team needs some balance between offense and defense. Habs have the Defense part covered... we need offense. And I understand that BUF is living the opposite - no problem scoring goals, but they need help keeping the puck of the net.

Any body you would see as the odd man out?

Quinn is already a second liner though….

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Jan. 18 at 11:39 a.m.

#10

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the sabres have such a stacked prospect pool, only think they need really is RD. And defensive minded one, so the only thing we have close to offer them to get one of their top prospect is a top prospect of our own, which is reinbacher, and at that point it doesnt make much sense for us anymore.

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Jan. 18 at 11:40 a.m.

#11

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Then which one would you be willing to trade? You can't play talent guys on a 4th line... a team needs some balance between offense and defense. Habs have the Defense part covered... we need offense. And I understand that BUF is living the opposite - no problem scoring goals, but they need help keeping the puck of the net.

Any body you would see as the odd man out?

Jack Quinn isn't playing 4th line minutes and is one of the best scorers on the team that also is defensively responsible. You want a swap of defense and offense? You're looking at a prospect swap with reinbacher. Aka savoie for reinbacher. You have to make it worth it for the Sabres. Just because they have a plethora of offensive prospects, doesn't mean they are going to kill the quality they have.

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Jan. 18 at 11:45 a.m.

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Quoting: Lsendel3

Quinn is already a second liner though….

But he's soon gonna get pressure from JJP, Benson, Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund and Rosen. That's what I'm saying. Quinn might be better than most of them - even if you get rid of Skinner and Tuch - you'll still have some odd man out.

TT, Cozens, Mitts, Quinn - you have 2 spot left if you get rid of Skinner and Tuch (none left if you keep them) - can't fit them all. Hell you can't fit them all in the top 9.

So then, between JJP, Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund and Rosen, which one is expendable? (we will remove Benson.., because he's already too damn good)

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Jan. 18 at 11:48 a.m.

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Quoting: wojme

Jack Quinn isn't playing 4th line minutes and is one of the best scorers on the team that also is defensively responsible. You want a swap of defense and offense? You're looking at a prospect swap with reinbacher. Aka savoie for reinbacher. You have to make it worth it for the Sabres. Just because they have a plethora of offensive prospects, doesn't mean they are going to kill the quality they have.

I don't know if Savoie is a 1 for 1 with Reinbacher... RHD come at a premium.

Jan. 18 at 11:50 a.m.

#14

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

I don't know if Savoie is a 1 for 1 with Reinbacher... RHD come at a premium.

So do top line centers

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Jan. 18 at 11:52 a.m.

#15

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

But he's soon gonna get pressure from JJP, Benson, Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund and Rosen. That's what I'm saying. Quinn might be better than most of them - even if you get rid of Skinner and Tuch - you'll still have some odd man out.

TT, Cozens, Mitts, Quinn - you have 2 spot left if you get rid of Skinner and Tuch (none left if you keep them) - can't fit them all. Hell you can't fit them all in the top 9.

So then, between JJP, Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund and Rosen, which one is expendable? (we will remove Benson.., because he's already too damn good)

Quinn, JJP, Benson, and probably Kulich are the non-expendable ones. Buffalo probably plans on running a fast top 9 instead of a traditional top 6. I know what you are trying to do, you just picked the wrong one in Quinn to target. Quinn isn’t going to be pushed out of a top 6 spot and if he does, that third line is going to be stacked. As for whom to trade target, you’ll have better conversations about others, not the trigger man for Cozens and JJP

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Jan. 18 at 11:54 a.m.

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Quoting: wojme

Jack Quinn isn't playing 4th line minutes and is one of the best scorers on the team that also is defensively responsible. You want a swap of defense and offense? You're looking at a prospect swap with reinbacher. Aka savoie for reinbacher. You have to make it worth it for the Sabres. Just because they have a plethora of offensive prospects, doesn't mean they are going to kill the quality they have.

No. Savoie is not even close to Reinbacher. Now Kulich on the other hand...

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Jan. 18 at 11:55 a.m.

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Quoting: wojme

So do top line centers

He isn't one yet. and in any case, I think you are missing the point... we don't want the pick of the litter... we want to runt.. the odd one out.

Jan. 18 at 11:57 a.m.

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Quoting: Lsendel3

Quinn, JJP, Benson, and probably Kulich are the non-expendable ones. Buffalo probably plans on running a fast top 9 instead of a traditional top 6. I know what you are trying to do, you just picked the wrong one in Quinn to target. Quinn isn’t going to be pushed out of a top 6 spot and if he does, that third line is going to be stacked. As for whom to trade target, you’ll have better conversations about others, not the trigger man for Cozens and JJP

That's what I'm trying to find out from you guys ahahah!

I got the message about Quinn - now I'm trying to pinpoint the more appropriate target cheers

Jan. 18 at 12:04 p.m.

#19

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Quoting: jonh514

Typical fan responses here. No none of our prospects are for sale. We'll play them on the 4th line and wait until they publicly request a trade gosh darn it!

Your post makes a lot of sense, but they need defense not forwards. None of our forwards are better than what they have. But our D pipeline might be second to none.

The larger problem here is he didnt trade for a buffalo prospect, he traded for a guy in the top six lol

And the none of our prospects are for sale bit isn't fan driven. Kevyn Adams has been GM for like 4 years now and the most notable prospect he's dealt is Josh Bloom, an ECHLer. Its just not something they are interested in doing. Let alone with a division rival.

They're just gunna wait to see who fits where.

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Jan. 18 at 12:21 p.m.

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Quoting: Stadel

The larger problem here is he didnt trade for a buffalo prospect, he traded for a guy in the top six lol

And the none of our prospects are for sale bit isn't fan driven. Kevyn Adams has been GM for like 4 years now and the most notable prospect he's dealt is Josh Bloom, an ECHLer. Its just not something they are interested in doing. Let alone with a division rival.

They're just gunna wait to see who fits where.

I guess we will see in 2-3 years when the ELCs are up.

Jan. 18 at 12:22 p.m.

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I guess we will see in 2-3 years when the ELCs are up.

yeah thats pretty much it. Eventually theyll have given out enough long term post ELC deals and whoever doesn't bridge will likely get dealt. Presumably by a different GM.

Jan. 18 at 12:24 p.m.

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"TT, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, Mitts, JJP, Benson, Kulich, savoie, ostlund, Quinn and Rosen. "

Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund and Rosen aren't even NHL players yet. They are all 20 or under. I'm guessing they will all be in the AHL next year, getting recalled due to injury.

Suddenly 12 players becomes 8.

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Jan. 18 at 12:25 p.m.

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Quoting: worldwidesensei

"TT, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, Mitts, JJP, Benson, Kulich, savoie, ostlund, Quinn and Rosen. "

Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund and Rosen aren't even NHL players yet. They are all 20 or under. I'm guessing they will all be in the AHL next year, getting recalled due to injury.

Suddenly 12 players becomes 8.

Well, I guess it depends on BUF wanting to compete next year or not.

Jan. 18 at 12:41 p.m.

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Well, I guess it depends on BUF wanting to compete next year or not.

Of course they want to compete. The best way to do that is to keep rookies off the team.

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Jan. 18 at 12:45 p.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Lets see - Beck who is the perfect 3rd C - granted he's a forward... but a different type of forward that BUf needs.

Then Barron... OH WELL look at that a TOP 4 RHD rookie!

Tuch is a throw in because I like the idea of reuniting brothers.

Also - It doesn't have to be Quinn - this AGM is more to shop around and test the water. Then IF NOT QUINN, who would you be willing to trade? We have a ton of defensive prospect and picks.

Ostland >> Beck
Jokiharju > Barron only 2.5 years younger
Tuch a throw in as you said
Reinbacher is the only prospect that would keep KA on the phone

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