Buffalo Sabres

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Assistant Coach Steve Smith
Assistant Coach Davis Payne
Assistant Coach Chris Hajt
Assistant Coach Tom Ward
Goaltending Coach Andrew Allen

Rochester Americans (AHL)

Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)

Cap Hit	$78,189,524
Cap Space	$3,310,476
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	23/23
Contracts	43/50

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signed C Dylan Cozens to a three-year, entry-level contract.	Jul 15
TRADE ANALYSIS The Buffalo Sabres acquired Henri Jokiharju from the Chicago Blackhawks for Alexander Nylander	Jul 9
signed LW Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $9 million contract.	Jul 6
signed C Zemgus Girgensons to a one-year, $1.6 million contract.	Jul 5
re-signed LW C.J. Smith to a two-year, $1.4 million contract.	Jul 2

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	Patrick Bajkov - Thumb Cozens is recovering from thumb surgery and is expected to miss two to three months of action. out - Early Oct Updated Jul 15, 2019	out - Early Oct Updated Jul 15, 2019

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve

Entry Level Contract
Waiver Exempt
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(13) Forwards $47,817,500 58.7% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Johansson, Marcus	LW NHL --> 0	28	$4,500,000 M-NTC	$4,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Pominville, Jason	RW NHL --> 0	36	$0 UFA
Sobotka, Vladimir	C NHL --> 0	32	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Okposo, Kyle	RW NHL --> 0	31	$6,000,000 M-NTC	$6,000,000 M-NTC	$6,000,000 M-NTC	$6,000,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Skinner, Jeff	LW NHL --> 0	27	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$0 UFA (2027)
Larsson, Johan	C NHL --> 0	26	$1,550,000	$0 UFA
Wilson, Scott	LW NHL --> 0	27	$1,050,000	$0 UFA
Girgensons, Zemgus	C NHL --> 0	25	$1,600,000	$0 UFA
Vesey, Jimmy	LW NHL --> 0	26	$2,275,000	$0 UFA
Reinhart, Sam	RW NHL --> 0	23	$3,650,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Olofsson, Victor	LW NHL --> 0	24	$767,500	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Sheary, Conor	LW NHL --> 0	27	$3,000,000	$0 UFA
Rodrigues, Evan	LW NHL --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Eichel, Jack	C NHL --> 0	22	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000 NMC	$10,000,000 NMC	$0 UFA (2026)
Mittelstadt, Casey	C NHL --> 0	20	$925,000	$0 RFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$47,817,500	$29,500,000	$25,000,000	$25,000,000	$19,000,000	$0

(9) Defence $26,830,357 32.9% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Hunwick, Matt	D NHL --> 0	34	$2,250,000	$0 UFA
Bogosian, Zach	D NHL --> 0	29	$5,142,857	$0 UFA
Scandella, Marco	D NHL --> 0	29	$4,000,000	$0 UFA
Miller, Colin	D NHL --> 0	26	$3,875,000	$3,875,000	$3,875,000	$0 UFA
McCabe, Jake	D NHL --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Ristolainen, Rasmus	D NHL --> 0	24	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$0 UFA
Montour, Brandon	D NHL --> 0	25	$3,387,500	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Jokiharju, Henri	D MIN --> 0	20	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Dahlin, Rasmus	D NHL --> 0	19	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Pilut, Lawrence	D NHL --> 0	23	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$26,830,357	$11,125,000	$9,275,000	$0	$0	$0

(1) Goalies $2,750,000 3.4% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Hutton, Carter	G NHL --> 0	33	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$0 UFA
Ullmark, Linus	G NHL --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0

(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
TOTALS			TOTALS		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

(1) Buyout & Retained Salary $791,667 1.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Hodgson, Cody Buyout	C --> 0	29	$791,667	$791,667	$791,667	$791,667
TOTALS			TOTALS		$791,667	$791,667	$791,667	$791,667	$0	$0

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	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Roster Size Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR. Learn More Or Ask A Question	23	9	5	3
Standard Player Contracts Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	43	19	10	3
Upper Limit The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000
Projected Cap Hit Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$78,189,524	$44,166,667	$35,066,667	$25,791,667
Projected Cap Space Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$3,310,476	$37,333,333	$46,433,333	$55,708,333
Current Cap Space Amount of Cap Space that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$3,310,476	$37,333,333	$46,433,333	$55,708,333
Maximum LTIR Pool The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$78,189,524	$44,166,667	$35,066,667	$25,791,667
Carryover Bonus Overages Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$0	$0	$0
Potential Bonuses Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$4,682,500	$3,487,500	$0	$0
Retained Salary Remaining Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(20) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Moulson, Matt	LW MIN --> 0	35	$0 UFA
Porter, Kevin	C MIN --> 0	33	$0 UFA
Wilcox, Adam	G MIN --> 0	26	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
O'Regan, Danny	C MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Dea, Jean-Sebastien	C MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Hammond, Andrew	G MIN --> 0	31	$700,000	$0 UFA
Lazar, Curtis	C MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Hurley, Connor	C --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Elie, Remi	LW MIN --> 0	24	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Malone, Sean	C MIN --> 0	24	$0 UFA			$0 UFA
Gilmour, John	D MIN --> 0	26	$700,000	$0 UFA
Cornel, Eric	C MIN --> 0	23	$0 UFA				$0 UFA
Dougherty, Jack	D MIN --> 0	23	$0 UFA				$0 UFA
Johansson, Jonas	G MIN --> 0	23	$759,167	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Hickey, Brandon	D MIN --> 0	23	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Martin, Brycen	D MIN --> 0	23	$0 UFA				$0 UFA
Willman, Maxwell	C --> 0	24	$0			$0 UFA
Brown, Christopher	C --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Borgen, William	D MIN --> 0	22	$864,166	$864,166	$0 RFA
Stephens, Devante	D MIN --> 0	22	$743,333	$0 RFA
Chukarov, Ivan	D --> 0	24	$0			$0 UFA
Nelson, Casey	D NHL --> 0	27	$812,500	$0 UFA
Thompson, Tage	RW MIN --> 0	21	$925,000	$0 RFA
Asplund, Rasmus	C MIN --> 0	21	$845,000	$845,000	$0 RFA
Fitzgerald, Casey	D --> 0	22	$858,750	$858,750	$0 RFA
Murray, Brett	LW --> 0	21	$0
Nyberg, Philip	D --> 0	22	$0
Glotov, Vasii	C --> 0	21	$0
Smith, C.J.	LW MIN --> 0	24	$700,000	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Davidsson, Marcus	C --> 0	22	$0
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	G MIN --> 0	20	$778,333	$778,333	$778,333	$0 RFA
Laaksonen, Oskari	D --> 0	20	$0
Bryson, Jacob	D --> 0	21	$889,166	$889,166	$889,166	$0 RFA
Weissbach, Linus	LW --> 0	21	$0
Samuelsson, Mattias	D --> 0	19	$0
Pekar, Matej	C MIN --> 0	19	$894,167	$894,167	$894,167	$0 RFA
Lindstrand Cronholm, Linus	D --> 0	19	$0
Kukkonen, Miska	D --> 0	19	$0
Worge Kreu, William	D --> 0	19	$0
Oglevie, Andrew	C MIN --> 0	24	$925,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Ruotsalainen, Arttu	C --> 0	21	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Cozens, Dylan	C --> 0	18	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Johnson, Ryan	D --> 0	35	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Portillo, Erik	G --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Huglen, Aaron	RW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Cederqvist, Filip	LW --> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Rousek, Lukas	RW --> 0	20	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$16,269,582	$8,379,582	$4,411,666	$0	$0	$0

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