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Buffalo has some other really good deals on their books so this shouldn't compromise their competitive window.
They will be able to avoid cap management issues over the next few seasons (unless they go heavy into UFA/trade market):
2024-25 - Owen Power, Casey Mittelstadt, and Peyton Krebs
---> Oloffson off the books
And with another $5 million or so in cap increase, so this year shouldn't be a problem
2025-26 - Jack Quinn, Devon Levi, JJ Peterka
Another year of expected large cap increase should cover a good chunk of these raises
2026-27 - Alex Tuch, Zach Benson, Matthew Savoie, Jiri Kulich
This is pretty far in the future to predict but not all of these guys will win prime spots over the next few years to put themselves into position for a large contract.