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Team: 2024-25 Buffalo Sabres
Initial Creation Date: May 28, 2024
Published: May 28, 2024
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$3,000,000
1$1,000,000
2$3,500,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
3$3,500,000
1$1,000,000
2$3,000,000
1$1,000,000
Trades
1.
TBL
  1. Krebs, Peyton
  2. 2024 1st round pick (BUF)
2.
3.
CGY
  1. Jokiharju, Henri
  2. Kulich, Jiri
  3. 2024 4th round pick (PHI)
Buyouts
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
22$87,700,000$85,804,801$0$2,500,000$1,895,199
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$855,833$855,833
LW, RW
RFA - 1
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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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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RW, LW
RFA - 1
$3,500,000$3,500,000
LW
UFA
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$6,250,000$6,250,000
C, LW
UFA - 7
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$4,300,000$4,300,000
LW, RW
UFA - 3
$1,000,000$1,000,000
LW, RW
UFA
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$3,000,000$3,000,000
LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$2,665,000$2,665,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$775,000$775,000
RW
RFA - 1
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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$3,500,000$3,500,000
G
RFA
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$8,350,000$8,350,000
LD/RD
UFA - 7
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$6,250,000$6,250,000
LD/RD
NTC
UFA - 7
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$1,000,000$1M)
G
RFA - 1
$3,000,000$3,000,000
LD
UFA
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$3,333,333$3,333,333
RD
UFA - 2
$1,000,000$1,000,000
LD
UFA

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May 28 at 10:06 p.m.
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Tampa declines. Krebs does nothing for Tampa and the 11th pick only helps them now if there was another trade lined up. If it's a prospect, Tampa might consider something around Kulich/Savoie+, or for a roster player either Peterka or Quinn. If not that's fine, as they don't actually need to move Cirelli to keep Stamkos and make the roster work.
May 28 at 10:07 p.m.
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I think I like all of this, calgary is gonna want a lot more for weegar though.
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May 28 at 10:10 p.m.
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Think this is a hard pass for Tampa, market for Cirelli is certainly higher and Krebs adds little to no value, unfortunately.
May 28 at 11:31 p.m.
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Not even in the ballpark for Weegar.
May 29 at 12:06 a.m.
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Quoting: sabres89
I think I like all of this, calgary is gonna want a lot more for weegar though.


As unlikely as they are, let’s just say we could pull all these moves off
Where do we get the Salary Cap to pay Byram, Quinn & Peterka next year?
And how do we get room to pay Tuch & Benson the following year?

Even with bridge deals to all the kids (again, unlikely),
There’s still no way to fit them

As exciting as this might be for 1 year
It simply doesn’t work moving forward
May 29 at 12:13 a.m.
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Quoting: MoxNix
Not even in the ballpark for Weegar.


Don’t worry, Sabres wouldn’t actually be interested anyways
They need a shut down type, not an offensive oriented defenseman
May 29 at 12:42 a.m.
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Quoting: JustAnotherHockeyFan
As unlikely as they are, let’s just say we could pull all these moves off
Where do we get the Salary Cap to pay Byram, Quinn & Peterka next year?
And how do we get room to pay Tuch & Benson the following year?

Even with bridge deals to all the kids (again, unlikely),
There’s still no way to fit them

As exciting as this might be for 1 year
It simply doesn’t work moving forward


They'll bridge the guys that are here.

Wanna make space, weegar won't be here, that's not close for him, and I don't think he's just an offensive d anymore, which means he's worth even more. I want the best team possible, so I'm not sentimental about names. Cirelli as a legit two way center could make cozens expendable, provided savoie on an elc is up to the task. That's about 6 million in cap gone. Then, look at every player on this roster making between 2.8 and 4 million, some of those guys are the first ones to go. Ryan Miller said it a long time ago- the middle class in hockey is disappearing. If there's a cap crunch, it's not gonna be dahlin or Thompson that goes.
May 29 at 12:44 a.m.
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They'll bridge the guys that are here.

Wanna make space, weegar won't be here, that's not close for him, and I don't think he's just an offensive d anymore, which means he's worth even more. I want the best team possible, so I'm not sentimental about names. Cirelli as a legit two way center could make cozens expendable, provided savoie on an elc is up to the task. That's about 6 million in cap gone. Then, look at every player on this roster making between 2.8 and 4 million, some of those guys are the first ones to go. Ryan Miller said it a long time ago- the middle class in hockey is disappearing. If there's a cap crunch, it's not gonna be dahlin or Thompson that goes.


Why exactly will all those guys get bridged ?
Or more to the point, why would they all AGREE to bridge deals ?
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May 29 at 12:56 a.m.
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Why exactly will all those guys get bridged ?
Or more to the point, why would they all AGREE to bridge deals ?


Because they can't leave. I don't think Quinn and Byram have leverage to demand anything. I would be contacting bensons agent asap to get a bridge done, he looked like he was on the verge of breaking out at the end of last year. Peterka has been healthy, and produced, consistently, if I had to pay one of those guys, I'd pay him.
May 29 at 1:29 a.m.
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Because they can't leave. I don't think Quinn and Byram have leverage to demand anything. I would be contacting bensons agent asap to get a bridge done, he looked like he was on the verge of breaking out at the end of last year. Peterka has been healthy, and produced, consistently, if I had to pay one of those guys, I'd pay him.


I hear ya, but i think there’s a disconnect here
I’m not asking what YOU would do
I’m talking about what will actually happen

Of course, neither of us have a crystal ball
But the point I’m making is that Adams isn’t gonna back himself into a corner like this
He’s gonna leave Cap Room to sign the kids


And his m/o is to sign young “core” players to long term deals,
not bridge contracts
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