Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] Sabres re-sign G Linus Ullmark (1 year, $1.325M)

[Der Jaeger]

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[Treb]

Critical year for him. He needs to steal Hutton's spot by year's end or he may have to fight for his backup with Johansson/UPL.

 

[kenfury]

That puts Buffalo about 1.1M over the cap. Something has to give in either Sbodka buy out, or one of the D traded. A Bogo LTIR is coming but they still need to be compliant on day one.

 

[thewookie1]

That puts Buffalo about 1.1M over the cap. Something has to give in either Sbodka buy out, or one of the D traded. A Bogo LTIR is coming but they still need to be compliant on day one.

Waive Sobotka and Hunwick and we're good

 

[ottawa]

My guess is around 1.25 to 1.5m

 

[Djp]

That puts Buffalo about 1.1M over the cap. Something has to give in either Sbodka buy out, or one of the D traded. A Bogo LTIR is coming but they still need to be compliant on day one.

Yiu can send mitts or dahlin down in paper thrn call thrm back up against LTIR space.

 

[Treb]

My guess is around 1.25 to 1.5m

Tweet in OP already said the AAV before you posted.

1.325 million

 

[Musampa2019]

My guess is around 1.25 to 1.5m

My guess is 1.325m. I guess I win

 

[kenfury]

Yiu can send mitts or dahlin down in paper thrn call thrm back up against LTIR space.

And this is why I say "oh yea, good point DJP" once a week on the Sabres board.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Sabres aren't in a cap crunch. Botterill can fix it internally using waivers and LTIR.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

Sabres aren't in a cap crunch. Botterill can fix it internally using waivers and LTIR.

He should fix it by firing Sobotka into the sun. Buy him out now and have some space for the in-season acquisitions.

 

[Der Jaeger]

He should fix it by firing Sobotka into the sun. Buy him out now and have some space for the in-season acquisitions.

No need for any buyouts.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

No need for any buyouts.

No need for any Sobotkas.

 

[Weltschmerz]

That puts Buffalo about 1.1M over the cap. Something has to give in either Sbodka buy out, or one of the D traded. A Bogo LTIR is coming but they still need to be compliant on day one.

Capfriendly has them 1.059 over the cap with a roster of 24. Sending down hunwick saves 1.075 so they are fine with a full 23 player roster.

For LTIR and day one maybe this is helpful:

How the Flyers can maximize their salary cap space

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Huge year for him and he needs to make it count every game he starts. Im honestly not overly high on him but hopefully he has a real good upcoming season for the Sabres. VERY cheap goalie duo with him and Hutton!

Its crazy that with a combined goalie cap of 4.08 mill that Buffalo is so tight against the cap limit. I had no idea and just assumed they had a ton of space

 

[CatsforReinhart]

No need for any Sobotkas.

Why buy him out? That makes zero sense.

 

[Der Jaeger]

No need for any Sobotkas.

Why spread his cap hit over two years? Just waive him. Let him go play in Rochester. Or, he'll walk to Europe and the Sabres can terminate his contract.

Same with Hunwick.

Botterill can get to a playable 23 man roster by waiving Sobotka, Hunwick, and Wilson.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

Why spread his cap hit over two years? Just waive him. Let him go play in Rochester. Or, he'll walk to Europe and the Sabres can terminate his contract.

Same with Hunwick.

Botterill can get to a playable 23 man roster by waiving Sobotka, Hunwick, and Wilson.

Because we would not have any capspace for mid-season aquisitions. Id rather buy him out safely now and have some room rather than having to give up assets midseason to dump a contract.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Because we would not have any capspace for mid-season aquisitions. Id rather buy him out safely now and have some room rather than having to give up assets midseason to dump a contract.

That’s only assuming that Botterill doesn’t unload anyone mid-season.

 

[andora]

While it appears there is cap issues, i actually like the way they have their situation set up moving forward. With Okposo being the only real turd in the forward crops (leave skinner alone, it's done) you have your whole second tier playing for their money this year.

Reinhart, Rodrigues, Mittelstadt are definitely long term plans, Mittelstadt isn't eligible for an offer sheet so Buffalo has great leverage there. These three need to have great years to cash, and there looks to be a decent chunk of money to do it.

the other group of ufas to be are interesting, but if i'm sitting in management this year is a great way to assess who WANTS to be here. not only do you have a group of 6 forward (4 primarily you're watching) competing for their next contracts - if they are having a good year you can talk during the season and gage who can be worked into your long term plans. Sheary, Vesey, Girgensons, Larsson are the 4 i'm thinking of.

there is no rush to trade Risto in my opinion, you have 11+ coming off after the season with scandella/bogosian/hunwick with only montour and nelson to worry about, that is a nice position to be in

goalies - WHO WANTS IT

i like their setup moving forward - Gm looks to have more control moving forward than some other teams

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

That’s only assuming that Botterill doesn’t unload anyone mid-season.

Unloading anyone midseason that is useless will cost assets. Buying out Sobotka coat us nothing as the cap hit for next year is largely irrelevant due to clearing a number of bad other contracts this offseason.

 

[threeVo]

While it appears there is cap issues, i actually like the way they have their situation set up moving forward. With Okposo being the only real turd in the forward crops (leave skinner alone, it's done) you have your whole second tier playing for their money this year.

Reinhart, Rodrigues, Mittelstadt are definitely long term plans, Mittelstadt isn't eligible for an offer sheet so Buffalo has great leverage there. These three need to have great years to cash, and there looks to be a decent chunk of money to do it.

the other group of ufas to be are interesting, but if i'm sitting in management this year is a great way to assess who WANTS to be here. not only do you have a group of 6 forward (4 primarily you're watching) competing for their next contracts - if they are having a good year you can talk during the season and gage who can be worked into your long term plans. Sheary, Vesey, Girgensons, Larsson are the 4 i'm thinking of.

there is no rush to trade Risto in my opinion, you have 11+ coming off after the season with scandella/bogosian/hunwick with only montour and nelson to worry about, that is a nice position to be in

goalies - WHO WANTS IT

i like their setup moving forward - Gm looks to have more control moving forward than some other teams

Sabres have a ton of dead weight coming off the books for next seasons UFA crop. They can splurge on a player or 2 if they can convince some talent to come. Having a good season this year will go a long way in showing soon to be UFAs we are trending up. If they blow it again, they are in a terrible situation. They wont attract any top talent, which you need to fill in some of the holes we have missed drafting. I might be in the minority, but I think the 6 D we end up committing to long term are going to be really fun to watch. So much potential for high even pace hockey with Dahlin/Montour/Pilut/Miller/Joker and then you have a couple stay at home guys like McCabe and Borgen

 

[HansonBro]

Well so much for being 2million apart

Report: Sabres, Linus Ullmark nearly $2 million apart before arbitration hearing - Buffalo Hockey Beat

 

[Der Jaeger]

Unloading anyone midseason that is useless will cost assets. Buying out Sobotka coat us nothing as the cap hit for next year is largely irrelevant due to clearing a number of bad other contracts this offseason.

Why hamstring future years? Just eat it this year and go into next season unrestrained.

 

[Rafafouille]

Because we would not have any capspace for mid-season aquisitions. Id rather buy him out safely now and have some room rather than having to give up assets midseason to dump a contract.

Mid-season aquisitions are never a good thing. Zero cap space heading into the season is what you want. That way your gm cannot make a stupid decision at the trade deadline. Out of the last 4 cup winners, there's only two names that actually had a little impact, hainsey(2017) and Schultz(2016) for Pittsburgh and even then those were small caphits with retention. Washington and st Louis had zero mid season additions.