Goes up to $1,150,000 this year, to be precise. But then you're going to replace him with someone.
Also remember they are going to pay a fair amount of bonuses this year. I don't think they are going to want to take a penalty into next season. - Lunaion
The Bryson replacements are already on the roster though. We have 9 NHL d-men.
Not including Ryan Johnson or Clague who could be called up if need be.
Swapping out UPL for Comrie on cap friendly and now we are at the proverbial ~$8M in cap space I alluded to.
Even if you want to save money for bonuses, that’s still $4-5M in cap space.
If they want to get nutty and waive Olofsson if they can’t find a trade partner for him then that’s another $1.15M (not saying they will but the option exists if they absolutely have to become cap compliant)
The Bryson replacements are already on the roster though. We have 9 NHL d-men.
Not including Ryan Johnson or Clague who could be called up if need be.
Swapping out UPL for Comrie on cap friendly and now we are at the proverbial ~$8M in cap space I alluded to.
Even if you want to save money for bonuses, that’s still $4-5M in cap space.
If they want to get nutty and waive Olofsson if they can’t find a trade partner for him then that’s another $1.15M (not saying they will but the option exists if they absolutely have to become cap compliant) - Swedish_Jesus
Sure, but there's only 12F, so you're going to add 1. You also need a bit of a cushion for injuries.
I agree that they could make some moves, but as things stand, it feels like they need to move some money out to do much now. These offseason moves don't feel designed to dance around the max. Spent a lot of their space on the bottom of the roster.
Sure, but there's only 12F, so you're going to add 1. You also need a bit of a cushion for injuries.
I agree that they could make some moves, but as things stand, it feels like they need to move some money out to do much now. These offseason moves don't feel designed to dance around the max. Spent a lot of their space on the bottom of the roster. - Lunaion
Sabres missed the playoffs by 1 point and it was mostly due to goaltending and lack of depth.
They still have the flexibility to add a top 4 d-men and improve their goaltending in the short term.
The Quinn injury puts a damper on things though no doubt, so ideally they add another depth forward in the mix here or they really believe in Rousek/Kulich/Savoie to grab a spot that other wise wouldn’t have been available to them this year.
Sabres missed the playoffs by 1 point and it was mostly due to goaltending and lack of depth.
They still have the flexibility to add a top 4 d-men and improve their goaltending in the short term.
The Quinn injury puts a damper on things though no doubt, so ideally they add another depth forward in the mix here or they really believe in Rousek/Kulich/Savoie to grab a spot that other wise wouldn’t have been available to them this year.
I guess we’ll see how it plays out. - Swedish_Jesus
Opportunity is there, it's just much trickier now with the roster size + cap. I think Michael was right when he said he thought a secondary trade for a G was more likely.
So like was said not much, there's ways to find Cap room, just a lot harder this year than it ever really has been. Escrow finally caught up, and it's affecting a lot of teams.
So like was said not much, there's ways to find Cap room, just a lot harder this year than it ever really has been. Escrow finally caught up, and it's affecting a lot of teams. - Buff36
KA was in cap position to do so much more this offseason. Spent it all on the bottom of the roster.
Whenever I feel too good I know that I can just check in here to be reassured that the sky is falling. - Slump Buster
Yep a handful of guys must feel the need to come here to redirect their anger from life/whatever. Would have loved to see their post during the JB or earlier era.
We’ll see if KA is done, I doubt he is. Betting he has at least two moves left; 1 or 2 players coming in and 2-4 players going out. Also there’s the simple moves of sending Bryson to Rochester and Comrie to Rochester (If UPL isn’t traded)
