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Players I would Target if I were the Sabres GM

Created by: Tjm220
Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 17, 2024
Published: Mar. 17, 2024
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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This is by no means an exhaustive list. Of course you can’t add all of these players, but these are the guys I would want to go after. Maybe two of them actually are brought in if any. The price via trade can be discussed in the comments.
Free Agent Signings
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$3,000,000
2$4,500,000
2$2,500,000
2$2,000,000
Trades
1.
BUF
  1. Kunin, Luke [RFA Rights]
SJS
2.
BUF
  1. Grundström, Carl [RFA Rights]
LAK
3.
4.
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2024
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2025
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2026
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
21$83,500,000$87,281,070$0$2,500,000-$3,781,070
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 3
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$7,142,857$7,142,857
C
M-NTC
UFA - 6
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$4,750,000$4,750,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$950,000$950,000 (Performance Bonus$650,000$650K)
LW
RFA - 2
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$7,100,000$7,100,000
C, LW
UFA - 6
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$775,000$775,000
RW
RFA - 1
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$3,000,000$3,000,000
LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$4,425,000$4,425,000
C
UFA - 1
$3,000,000$3,000,000
RW, LW
UFA
$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW
UFA
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$3,750,000$3,750,000
C, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
$4,500,000$4,500,000
RW, LW
UFA
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$855,833$855,833
LW, RW
RFA - 1
$2,000,000$2,000,000
RW, LW
UFA
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$11,000,000$11,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 8
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$3,850,000$3,850,000
LD/RD
RFA - 1
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$1,000,000$1M)
G
RFA - 1
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$8,350,000$8,350,000
LD/RD
UFA - 7
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$3,333,333$3,333,333
RD
UFA - 2
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$4,285,714$4,285,714
LD
UFA - 6
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$925,000$925,000
LD
RFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RW, LW
RFA - 1

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Mar. 17 at 1:36 p.m.
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Jenner is probably worth too much for Columbus for Buffalo to be willing to pay the price for him. He is highly valued in Columbus for the very same reason that he would be good for Buffalo. Similarly, I really want Columbus to get rid of Provorov and acquire Ferraro from SJS, but after the Hertl trade, he is basically their only veteran leader (who is not injured all the time) and thus basicallly untouchable.
Mar. 17 at 1:42 p.m.
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Probs would not take a whole lot for Kunin, he wears An A rn tho sough maybe a hair of overpay but not a whole lot
Mar. 17 at 2:17 p.m.
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Would be good pickups for the Sabres, Kunin is a piece of **** though.
Mar. 17 at 2:40 p.m.
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sam bennett is kinda perfect tbh. Too bad our owner would rather pay using monopoly money.
Mar. 17 at 3:52 p.m.
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Jenner is probably worth too much for Columbus for Buffalo to be willing to pay the price for him. He is highly valued in Columbus for the very same reason that he would be good for Buffalo. Similarly, I really want Columbus to get rid of Provorov and acquire Ferraro from SJS, but after the Hertl trade, he is basically their only veteran leader (who is not injured all the time) and thus basicallly untouchable.

I think you’re right about Boone Jenner, it’s more of a pipe dream to bring in exactly the type of leader this team doesn’t have already. I keep thinking back to the kind of player that Chris Drury was when we brought him in, and who fits that mould now. That’s the type of player this team needs and there aren’t many guys like that in the league anymore. Not everyone I mentioned here fits that exactly. I would say Jenner and Bennett are the two.
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Mar. 17 at 4:03 p.m.
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Would be good pickups for the Sabres, Kunin is a piece of **** though.

He might be a giant piece of ****, but that’s exactly what this team doesn’t have. We need somebody who is a little bit intimidating, physical, And pushes the limits of the rules once in a while to protect his own team, if nothing else. The fact he wears a leadership letter in San Jose is only a positive. He would be a solid addition to the bottom six of this team.
 
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