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Head Coach Don Granato
Assistant Coach Marty Wilford
Assistant Coach Matt Ellis
Assistant Coach Jason Christie
Assistant Coach Mike Bales
Playoff Odds %
Projected Cap Hit $74,873,575
Projected Cap Space $8,626,425
Current Cap Space $8,626,425
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 23/23
Contracts 49/50
Transactions
Mattias Samuelsson | Samuelsson (hand/knee) was on the ice Thursday for Buffalo's first practice of training camp, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports. Sep 21
Henri Jokiharju | Jokiharju (lower body) participated in practice Thursday after being injured in Buffalo's regular-season finale last season, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports. Sep 21
Noah Ostlund | Ostlund was loaned by Buffalo to the Swedish league's Vaxjo on Wednesday. Aug 30
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The Anaheim Ducks acquired Ilya Lyubushkin from the Buffalo Sabres for 2025 4th Round Pick
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Matthew Savoie
Expected Return Sat Sep 30, 2023
Matthew Savoie - OUT - Shoulder
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Matthew Savoie | Savoie (shoulder) is week-to-week, but he might return before the end of training camp, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.

Tue Sep 19, 2023
Matthew Savoie | Savoie suffered a shoulder injury in Buffalo's prospects game Monday versus Pittsburgh, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
Jack Quinn
Expected Return Sun Oct 29, 2023
Jack Quinn - OUT - Achilles
Surgery
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Jack Quinn | Quinn (Achilles) is making progress in his recovery, but he isn't close to returning, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(12) Forwards $47,825,360 57.3% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Okposo, Kyle +35 RW 35
$2,500,000
$0
UFA
Skinner, Jeff LW 31
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$0
UFA

(2027)
Girgensons, Zemgus LW 29
$2,500,000
$0
UFA
Tuch, Alex RW 27
$4,750,000
M-NTC
$4,750,000
M-NTC
$4,750,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Olofsson, Victor LW 28
$4,750,000
$0
UFA
Greenway, Jordan LW 26
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Jost, Tyson C 25
$2,000,000
$0
UFA
Thompson, Tage RW 25
$7,142,858
$7,142,857
M-NTC
$7,142,857
M-NTC
$7,142,857
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Mittelstadt, Casey C 24
$2,500,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Cozens, Dylan C 22
$7,100,000
$7,100,000
$7,100,000
$7,100,000
$0
UFA

(2030)
Krebs, Peyton C 22
$863,334
$0
RFA
Quinn, Jack
IR
RW 22
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
Peterka, John-Jason LW 21
$855,834
$855,834
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$47,825,360
$32,712,025
$27,992,857
$23,242,857
(8) Defence $23,485,715 28.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Johnson, Erik D 35
$3,250,000
$0
UFA
Stillman, Riley D 25
$1,350,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Jokiharju, Henri D 24
$2,500,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Bryson, Jacob D 25
$1,850,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Dahlin, Rasmus D 23
$6,000,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Samuelsson, Mattias D 23
$4,285,714
$4,285,714
$4,285,714
$4,285,714
$0
UFA

(2030)
Clifton, Connor D 28
$3,333,334
$3,333,333
$3,333,333
$0
UFA

(2026)
Power, Owen D 20
$916,667
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$23,485,715
$7,619,047
$7,619,047
$4,285,714
(3) Goalies $3,562,500 4.3% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Bishop, Ben G 36
$0
UFA
Comrie, Eric G 28
$1,800,000
$0
UFA
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka G 24
$837,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Levi, Devon G 21
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$3,562,500
$925,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
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Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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23 10 6 4
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.

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49 24 16 4
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.

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$83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000
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.

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$74,873,575 $41,256,072 $35,611,904 $27,528,571
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$8,626,425 $42,243,928 $47,888,096 $55,971,429
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$8,626,425 $42,243,928 $47,888,096 $55,971,429
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.

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$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.

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$74,873,575 $41,256,072 $35,611,904 $27,528,571
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.

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$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.

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$4,570,000 $1,850,000 $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.

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3 3 3 3
(25) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Tokarski, Dustin G 34
$775,000
$0
UFA
Malone, Sean C 28
$0
UFA
Cecconi, Joseph D 26
$775,000
$0
UFA
Clague, Kale D 25
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Murray, Brett LW 25
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Nyberg, Philip D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Glotov, Vasii C 26
$0
$0
UFA
Davies, Jeremy D 26
$775,000
$0
UFA
Weissbach, Linus LW 25
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Pekar, Matej C 23
$0
UFA
Lindstrand Cronholm, Linus D 23
$0
Kukkonen, Miska D 23
$0
Worge Kreu, William D 23
$0
Pilut, Lawrence D 27
$0
UFA
Ruotsalainen, Arttu C 25
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Johnson, Ryan D 22
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Huglen, Aaron LW 22
$0
$0
UFA
Cederqvist, Filip LW 23
$850,000
$0
RFA
Rousek, Lukas LW 24
$775,000
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Houser, Michael G 31
$775,000
$0
UFA
Biro, Brandon LW 25
$762,500
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Richards, Justin C 25
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Cooley, Devin G 26
$775,000
$0
UFA
Costantini, Matteo C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Lyckasen, Albert D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Konecny, Jakub C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Nadeau, Olivier RW 20
$836,667
$836,667
$836,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
Rosén, Isak RW 20
$894,167
$894,167
$894,167
$0
RFA

(2026)
Poltapov, Prokhor RW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Kisakov, Alexander C 20
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Sardaryan, Stiven C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Marjala, Viljami LW 20
$0
$0
UFA
von Barnekow, William LW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Novikov, Nikita D 20
$867,500
$867,500
$867,500
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kozak, Tyson C 20
$850,000
$850,000
$0
RFA
Savoie, Matthew C 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Lindgren, Mats D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Östlund, Noah C 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kulich, Jiri C 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Leinonen, Topias G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Neuchev, Viktor LW 19
$870,000
$870,000
$870,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Komarov, Vsevolod D 19
$865,000
$865,000
$865,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
$0
UFA
Richard, Jake RW 19
$0
$0
UFA
Karlsson, Gustav C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Ratkovic Berndtsson, Joel RW 19
$0
$0
UFA
Sjödin, Linus C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Benson, Zach C 18
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
$0
UFA
Miedema, Ethan LW 18
$0
$0
UFA
Wahlberg, Anton C 18
$896,667
$896,667
$896,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
$0
UFA
Strbak, Maxim D 18
$0
$0
UFA
McCarthy, Gavin D 18
$0
$0
UFA
Ratzlaff, Scott G 18
$0
$0
UFA
Keohane, Sean D 18
$0
$0
UFA
Panocha, Norwin D 18
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$20,931,667
$12,344,167
$8,935,000