Buffalo Mercenaries

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Created by: BuffaloSoldier55

Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 10, 2024

Published: Apr. 19, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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This won't happen... but...

Best of luck elsewhere Skinner - (Friedman says each team is likely to get $6mil from Utah move - Spend it on getting dead weight off the roster).

Out of the box move is acquiring Turcotte - a former 5th Overall. There's no room down the middle in LAK, give him opportunity. Give them some picks, and they get a cost controlled Joki in case they lose Roy (RD) in offseason.

Tarasenko - Why not, 2 year investment - get a Bonafide Top 6 Scorer.

Dumba lead a young D group, hope that you get the guy who plays with a screw loose, ease up his minutes too, #1 Righty.

Mercenary approach - Why? Give your young crew 1 full year in the minors together, have established NHLers get the core to the playoffs, cycle in prospects in call-ups. You will have 8-9 guys playing for contract status into 2024, BIG Season.

My Mercenaries:
Arvidsson - 1 Year - Prove he can stay healthy and play top 9 role, play like he did in Nashville.
Carrick - Need a Draw man for young centers and someone who will skate their ass off each shift on the bottom 6.
Duhamie - Energy Energy Energy, push the pace in the bottom 6.
Cogliano - Teach some defensive posture to Cozens (think Selke) and the wingers along the way. If it doesn't work out, he can be a deadline asset.
Bortuzzo - Need a physical presence around the back end in a pinch.

Bury the young guys for another year - All will be ready by All-Star break:
F Call ups:
Kulich
Rosen
Savoie
Ostlund
Wahlberg
D Call Ups-
R. Johnson
Clague

Not in there - Extend JJ Peterka 4m for 4 Years starting after this season.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	2	$4,000,000
Clague, Kale	2	$800,000
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$2,500,000
Turcotte, Alex	4	$2,000,000
Krebs, Peyton	4	$1,950,000
Stillman, Riley	2	$775,000
Själin, Calle	3	$775,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Arvidsson, Viktor	1	$4,250,000
Carrick, Sam	1	$1,250,000
Dumba, Matt	4	$4,500,000
Tarasenko, Vladimir	2	$6,500,000
Duhaime, Brandon	1	$2,000,000
Cogliano, Andrew	1	$850,000
Bortuzzo, Robert	1	$950,000

Trades

BUF

Turcotte, Alex [RFA Rights]

LAK

Jokiharju, Henri
2024 2nd round pick (BUF)
2024 4th round pick (BUF)

BUF

2025 5th round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Bryson, Jacob [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Christian Ehrhoff: $0
Jeff Skinner: $1,444,445

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$86,100,515	$0	$2,500,000	$1,599,485

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Peterka, John-Jason $855,833$855,833 LW, RW RFA - 1	Thompson, Tage $7,142,857$7,142,857 C M-NTC UFA - 6	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Tarasenko, Vladimir $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW UFA
Benson, Zach $950,000$950,000 ($650,000$650K) LW RFA - 2	Turcotte, Alex $2,000,000$2,000,000 C RFA	Arvidsson, Viktor $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW, LW UFA
Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Krebs, Peyton $1,950,000$1,950,000 C, LW RFA	Duhaime, Brandon $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Cogliano, Andrew $850,000$850,000 LW UFA		Carrick, Sam $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Power, Owen $8,350,000$8,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 7	Dahlin, Rasmus $11,000,000$11,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $4,000,000$4,000,000 G RFA
Byram, Bowen $3,850,000$3,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Dumba, Matt $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA	Levi, Devon $925,000$925,000 ($1,000,000$1M) G RFA - 1
Samuelsson, Mattias $4,285,714$4,285,714 LD UFA - 6	Clifton, Connor $3,333,333$3,333,333 RD UFA - 2
	Bortuzzo, Robert $950,000$950,000 RD UFA

Apr. 19 at 2:00 p.m.

tryger

Joined: Jun. 2018

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LA Declines.

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Apr. 19 at 2:04 p.m.

BUF10

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Turcotte is a worser version than krebs. Kulich Rosen and savoie are all better players.

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Apr. 19 at 2:05 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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I wouldn't trade a 2nd or jokiharju for turcotte. Let alone both.

He's not good

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Apr. 19 at 2:05 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: BUF10

Turcotte is a worser version than krebs. Kulich Rosen and savoie are all better players.

Not to mention ostlund, Wahlberg and more

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Apr. 19 at 2:12 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

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There will be room for Turcotte because the Kings can't afford to re-sign Blake Lizotte.

Turcotte has been good when he's been healthy. WIth the cap crunch season, they're going to have a lot of room for skilled and inexpensive younger players. I expect Turcotte, Akil Thomas, Alex Laferriere, and Samuel ****emo all to have spots in the Kings bottom six next season. Arvidsson, Kaliyev, Lizotte, and Grundstrom all likely won't be back. Trevor Lewis could potentially come back on another league minimum deal, but I expect him to sign in Utah.

Apr. 19 at 2:31 p.m.

BuffaloSoldier55

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BuffaloSoldier55

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This site needs a "projected cap number" for the next year. I look forward to watch Turcotte these playoffs, he's good to the Kings fans, and bad to the Sabres fans in this thread.

Apr. 19 at 3:31 p.m.

JokiStan

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Turcotte absolutely cannot be the plan at 3C in a make or break season

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Apr. 19 at 4:14 p.m.

CaseyFlyman

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Someone might throw you a late-rounder for Bryson's rights, but it won't be Columbus. We're set at fringe NHL D-men.

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Apr. 19 at 4:41 p.m.

sabres89

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Quoting: CaseyFlyman

Someone might throw you a late-rounder for Bryson's rights, but it won't be Columbus. We're set at fringe NHL D-men.

Agreed, extremely undersized left shot puck movers, that don't provide offense, don't have any value. The Sabres gave him a little extra when they signed him to a 1.8m contract, consequently he cleared waivers when he got waived last year. Would've been interesting to see if somebody claimed him if he was making like 900k.

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