Build Through Development

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Created by: Bickellai_Khabibulin

Team: 2021-22 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 2, 2021

Published: Apr. 2, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Players who leave Buffalo generally tend to get better, so there is no likely success to be found through trades, even if it's for picks. The Sabres need to create a system and culture by building through coaching and proper player development rather than hope it 'all turns out okay'.

I would like to see younger coaches like Granato, Girardi and Ellis etc, given more opportunity to develop the current roster, rather than bring in another 'big name' or 'experienced hand', who end up coaching for their own reputation as opposed to the development of the team.

If Buffalo develops a good coaching pipeline from Rochester through to the Sabres then the team should look after itself for years to come.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Weissbach, Linus	2	$885,000
Peterka, John-Jason	3	$925,000
Rousek, Lukas	3	$775,000
Kukkonen, Miska	3	$775,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Asplund, Rasmus	1	$865,000
Borgen, William	1	$750,000
Dahlin, Rasmus	2	$4,250,000
Reinhart, Sam	5	$6,250,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$1,400,000
Fitzgerald, Casey	1	$750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, C.J.	1	$750,000
Fogarty, Steven	1	$750,000
Ullmark, Linus	5	$5,250,000
Rieder, Tobias	1	$750,000
McCabe, Jake	4	$4,150,000
Raanta, Antti	2	$2,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mann, Strauss		2	$925,000

Trades

BUF

ANA

Jokiharju, Henri [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Expansion Draft

Buyouts

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

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$74,339,750	$113,916	$850,000	$7,160,250

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW, C RFA - 3
Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW UFA - 3	Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2		Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 2
Rieder, Tobias $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA	Asplund, Rasmus $865,000$865,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Lazar, Curtis $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 1
	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
McCabe, Jake $4,150,000$4,150,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $5,250,000$5,250,000 G UFA - 4
Dahlin, Rasmus $4,250,000$4,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1	Raanta, Antti $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2
	Borgen, William $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 2
Samuelsson, Mattias $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Smith, C.J. $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1
Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Eichel, J.		Reinhart, S.		Skinner, J.
	Dahlin, R.		Miller, C.

Power Play 2
Thompson, T.		Cozens, D.		Olofsson, V.
	Mittelstadt, C.		Ristolainen, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Asplund, R.	Girgensons, Z.
	McCabe, J.	Ristolainen, R.

Penalty Kill 2
	Eakin, C.	Eichel, J.
	Dahlin, R.	Samuelsson, M.

Apr. 2, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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Development is important he says, as he leaves 21 year old defensemen Henri Jokiharju unprotected in the expansion draft.

Don Granato is 53 by the way. He isn't young.

Apr. 2, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.

Bickellai_Khabibulin

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Bickellai Khabibulin

Joined: May 2017

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Development is important he says, as he leaves 21 year old defensemen Henri Jokiharju unprotected in the expansion draft.

Don Granato is 53 by the way. He isn't young.

You have to lose someone good in the expansion draft, that's how it works. Otherwise you end up doing what the Bruins did last time and give Vegas Colin Miller to protect Malcom Subban. Three months later they lost Subban to waivers without him even playing a game. Jokiharju hasn't set the world on fire and someone has to go.
They also might as well give Granato a chance, he's about average age for a head coach, don't be so negative.

Apr. 2, 2021 at 3:18 p.m.

Riley816

Joined: May 2018

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Development is important he says, as he leaves 21 year old defensemen Henri Jokiharju unprotected in the expansion draft.

Don Granato is 53 by the way. He isn't young.

Assuming you want to keep Ristolainen the choice is Jokijarju or Borgen or pay Seattle to take Miller,

Apr. 2, 2021 at 4:39 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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Quoting: Riley816

Assuming you want to keep Ristolainen the choice is Jokijarju or Borgen or pay Seattle to take Miller,

I'm not sure borgen, who has played 8 NHL games would be selected. But I've wanted to trade ristolainen for 3 years and he seems like he's happy to be moved

Apr. 2, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

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Quoting: Riley816

Assuming you want to keep Ristolainen the choice is Jokijarju or Borgen or pay Seattle to take Miller,

Id protect 8. But i prefer borgen to mittelstadt and thompson.

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