OKC model

Created by: mac11_716

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 7, 2021

Published: Jul. 7, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I tried to do this in an earlier post ... got pooped on for some of the deals I made. Here is a second go around that has the Sabres stockpiling picks while taking on bad contracts/flipping them for more picks/prospects.

This is the Oklahoma City Thunder model in the NBA. Acquire bad contracts for picks, rehabilitate/retain money, flip for picks, prospects, and more bad contracts. With the Sabres where they are and the cap space they'll have after moving guys out, it is a fun idea to toss around.

Additional information:
- Sabres draft defenseman Owen Power (Michigan) at 1OA, left wing/center William Elkund (Djargarden) at 3OA, and winger/center Kent Johnson (Michigan) at 9OA
- Sabres retain $5.75m total (leaves the cap at $1,155,833)
- Any of the guys that are on expiring deals/two years remaining can also be flipped at the deadline with Buffalo retaining cap as well (Subban, Neal, Compher, Miller, Eakin, etc.)
- Vilardi, Cozens, Mittelstadt, Krebs, Tuch, Dahlin, Jokiharju, Borgen, Wood, and the three top-10 picks are the key pieces to build around
- *Some of these players have NMC and for this exercise, they waive their NMC

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	2	$1,000,000
Reinhart, Sam	7	$7,500,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$2,000,000
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$2,000,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	3	$4,500,000
Borgen, William	2	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
McCabe, Jake	2	$2,500,000
Miller, Kevan	1	$2,000,000
Bernier, Jonathan	1	$2,500,000
Sheahan, Riley	1	$950,000

Trades

BUF

Fleury, Marc-André
Krebs, Peyton
Tuch, Alex
2021 1st round pick (VGK)
2022 1st round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

Fleury flipped to a third team

VGK

Eichel, Jack
2021 3rd round pick (MTL)

BUF

DeSmith, Casey
2022 2nd round pick (PIT)

PIT

Fleury, Marc-André

Additional Details:

Buffalo retains $3.5m

BUF

Subban, P.K.
Wood, Miles
2021 2nd round pick (NYI)

NJD

Ristolainen, Rasmus
2021 6th round pick (COL)

BUF

Quick, Jonathan
Vilardi, Gabriel
2021 1st round pick (LAK)

LAK

DeSmith, Casey
Reinhart, Sam
2021 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

SEA

Miller, Colin
2021 4th round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Buffalo trades a fourth for Seattle to take Miller in the expansion draft

BUF

2021 1st round pick (ANA)

ANA

Olofsson, Victor
2021 1st round pick (LAK)
2021 2nd round pick (NYI)
2022 2nd round pick (PIT)

BUF

Koskinen, Mikko
Neal, James
2021 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

2021 5th round pick (MTL)
2023 7th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Compher, J.T.

Additional Details:

Colorado sheds $1.25m in salary by Buffalo retaining money on Koskinen and get a goalie in case Grubauer doesn't resign

COL

Koskinen, Mikko

Additional Details:

Buffalo retains $2.25m

BUF

Johnson, Tyler
2021 5th round pick (TBL)
2023 2nd round pick (TBL)

TBL

2021 6th round pick (BUF)

10.

BUF

2021 1st round pick (VAN)

VAN

Thompson, Tage
2021 1st round pick (VGK)
2021 1st round pick (EDM)

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Buried

Kyle Okposo: $4,875,000 ($6,000,000)
Cody Eakin: $1,125,000 ($2,250,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$66,583,083	$113,916	$1,700,000	$14,916,917

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Vilardi, Gabriel $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, C RFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Asplund, Rasmus $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C UFA - 3	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1	Compher, J.T. $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Sheahan, Riley $950,000$950,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Neal, James $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA - 3
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD UFA - 1	Subban, P.K. $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 1
Borgen, William $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 2	Miller, Kevan $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA	Quick, Jonathan $2,900,000$2,900,000 G UFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2		Bernier, Jonathan $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2
		McCabe, Jake $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 4

Taxi Squad
Krebs, Peyton $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($412,500$412K) C, LW RFA - 3

Top Comments

Jul. 7, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

Devil

Speak of the Devil

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 23,983

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I made something like this a while back: https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2487264

Also, that Devils trade sucks. I wouldn't trade Subban for Risto. Adding Wood and a 2nd on top makes it even worse

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Jul. 7, 2021 at 9:07 p.m.

Stones6160

Brad Boyes please Wq

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 2,496

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LA Passes

Jul. 7, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.

Smitty426

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 7,216

Likes: 2,076

Oh hell no!

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Jul. 7, 2021 at 9:33 p.m.

Shibbal18

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 25,630

Likes: 9,211

No reason to give up Olofsson, plus 2 other picks none the less, to move up 5 spots in a good draft, let alone this one

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Jul. 7, 2021 at 9:41 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 43,592

Likes: 19,705

Buffalo makes Risto-to-Devils offer
Devils fans say no
Buffalo makes Risto-to-Devils offer
Devils fans say no
Buffalo makes Risto-to-Devils offer
Devils fans say no
Buffalo makes Risto-to-Devils offer
Devils fans say no
Buffalo makes Risto-to-Devils offer
Devils fans say no
Buffalo makes Risto-to-Devils offer
Devils fans say no

(that is basically ACGM in a nutshell right now)

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