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Created by: mac11_716

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 9, 2021

Published: Jul. 9, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

- Buffalo is retaining $4.6m in contracts (brings cap to $3,355,833)
- Subban could be flipped at deadline along with Quick, Johnson, or Gostisbehere (with retained salary for the remainder of 2021-22)
- Sabres select Owen Power at 1OA and William Eklund at 3OA
- All players that have M-NMC or NMC waive to come to Buffalo (for the sake of the exercise)

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reinhart, Sam	8	$8,000,000
Asplund, Rasmus	2	$975,000
Borgen, William	2	$900,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$2,250,000
Jokiharju, Henri	3	$2,250,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	2	$5,250,000
Patrick, Nolan	2	$2,400,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reimer, James	1	$3,000,000
Sheahan, Riley	1	$1,000,000
McCabe, Jake	1	$2,500,000
Miller, Kevan	1	$1,500,000

Trades

BUF

SEA

Okposo, Kyle
2021 3rd round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

The rumor that came out today was the Sabres have talked to Seattle about taking Okposo. Not sure if that is even possible but for this exercise we will say it is and send Kyle to Washington. If it wasn't for the contract, I would love to keep him in a 4th-line role, but unfortunately injuries derailed what was once a promising career.

BUF

Määttä, Olli
Quick, Jonathan
Vilardi, Gabriel
2021 1st round pick (LAK)
2022 2nd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Miller is a cheaper option in regards to Maatta (especially true with Buffalo retaining salary) and produced better on a worse team in 2020-21.

LAK

Additional Details:

Buffalo retains $1.9M of Miller's contract

BUF

Gostisbehere, Shayne
Patrick, Nolan [RFA Rights]
2021 2nd round pick (PHI)

PHI

Ristolainen, Rasmus
2021 4th round pick (BUF)
2021 6th round pick (COL)

BUF

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

Additional Details:

Buffalo swaps Maatta for Subban , taking on the larger cap hit for one season. The different is made up by adding Wood. Buffalo adds a third (because Wood is no slouch) and the Devils toss in a 2nd for taking on Subban's contract.

NJD

Määttä, Olli
2021 3rd round pick (MTL)

BUF

Johnson, Tyler
2022 1st round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

Highly unlikely, but we will say Johnson waives his M-NMC to come to Buffalo. The team can sell him on playing a larger role with young, exciting talent. On the other hand, the team can sell him on flipping him to a contender at the deadline.

TBL

Bjork, Anders

BUF

2021 1st round pick (ANA)
2021 4th round pick (ANA)
2022 5th round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

You can tell me this isn't enough, but a Sabres writer put out an article today about teams trading up to one in previous drafts and what it cost. When Vancouver traded up from No. 4 to No. 1, it cost No. 4 and two thirds, so I think a first and two seconds to move up five spots isn't unrealistic at all, especially in a draft class that isn't full of elite prospects.

ANA

2021 1st round pick (LAK)
2021 2nd round pick (BUF)
2021 2nd round pick (PHI)

BUF

PHI

Buffalo retains $2.7m on Ristolainen's contract (forgot to mention that in the trade)

Buyouts

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

Buried

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	$70,758,083	$113,916	$1,700,000	$10,741,917

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 1	Reinhart, Sam $8,000,000$8,000,000 RW UFA - 3	Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6
Ruotsalainen, Arttu $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Vilardi, Gabriel $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, C RFA - 1	Patrick, Nolan $2,400,000$2,400,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Asplund, Rasmus $975,000$975,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C UFA - 3	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Sheahan, Riley $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $5,250,000$5,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Jokiharju, Henri $2,250,000$2,250,000 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 $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 2	Quick, Jonathan $2,900,000$2,900,000 G UFA - 2
Gostisbehere, Shayne $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2		Reimer, James $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 2
Miller, Kevan $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA

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

Top Comments

Jul. 9, 2021 at 7:50 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 43,592

Likes: 19,705

Subban > Maatta
NJD are in fine cap position

No go on this one

Jul. 9, 2021 at 7:57 p.m.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 941

Likes: 606

Prepaee to get killed by Philly fans.

That's an ugly Eichel deal. They just keep him for that.

You can only retain on so many contracts.

Jul. 9, 2021 at 8:47 p.m.

mac11_716

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 439

Likes: 175

Quoting: GoodIdeaAtTheTime

Prepaee to get killed by Philly fans.

That's an ugly Eichel deal. They just keep him for that.

You can only retain on so many contracts.

It is my best attempt at being realistic. If I included Byfield or Turcotte in any deal involving the 8th pick, Kings fans would have my head. I have a odd feeling that the Sabres will hold onto Eichel if they don't find a deal to their liking. Their management all of the sudden seems very confident in what they're doing and it is a very unusual feeling.

Jul. 9, 2021 at 10:15 p.m.

RebelCoach

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 405

Likes: 221

I've come to the conclusion that Buffalo fans might be the worst deal makers on CF when it comes to NJD deals.

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Jul. 10, 2021 at 5:05 a.m.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 941

Likes: 606

Quoting: RebelCoach

I've come to the conclusion that Buffalo fans might be the worst deal makers on CF when it comes to NJD deals.

Maple Leafs fans would like to challenge for that title. The number of times I've seen Severson for Kerfoot or worse...

Quoting: S_McCarthy11

Agreed. Wouldn't be surprised if they just keep him until the neck has been dealt with if that's the deal breaker. They have months before the NMC kicks in and even after that if he's healthy the NMC doesn't give Eichel that much leverage when his alternative to waiving is to be stuck in Buffalo for 3 more years lol.

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