Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $68,078,691
Projected Cap Space: $6,921,309
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $6,921,309
Deadline Cap Space: $32,184,087
Todays Cap Hit: $68,078,691
Roster: 23/23
Contracts: 44/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Seth Griffith, RW/LW FA – Tor
Matt Tennyson, D FA – Car
Kevin Porter, C FA – Pit
Kyle Criscuolo, C FA
Adam Wilcox, G FA – Fla
Jacob Josefson, C FA – NJ
Chad Johnson, G FA – Ari
Benoit Pouliot, LW FA – Edm
Marco Scandella, D T – Min
Jason Pominville, RW T – Min
Nathan Beaulieu, D T – Mtl
Victor Antipin, D FA
Out
Justin Kea, C FA-Minors
Cal O’Reilly, C FA – Min
Derek Grant, C FA – Ana
Erik Burgdoerfer, D FA – Ott
Mat Bodie, D FA – TB
Cole Schneider, LW/RW FA – NYR
Jean Dupuy, LW/C FA-Minors
Dmitry Kulikov, D FA – Wpg
Anders Nilsson, G FA – Van
Tyler Ennis, RW/LW T – Min
Marcus Foligno, LW T – Min
William Carrier, LW/RW ED – VGK
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
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Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
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Evander Kane |
Ryan O’Reilly |
Kyle Okposo |
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Benoit Pouliot |
Jack Eichel |
Sam Reinhart |
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Matt Moulson |
Zemgus Girgensons |
Jason Pominville |
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Nicolas Deslauriers |
Johan Larsson |
Jacob Josefson |
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Kevin Porter |
Sean Malone |
Justin Bailey |
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C.J. Smith |
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Defense |
Defense |
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Jake McCabe |
Goaltender |
Rasmus Ristolainen |
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Marco Scandella |
Robin Lehner |
Nathan Beaulieu |
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Josh Gorges |
Chad Johnson |
Zach Bogosian |
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Justin Falk |
Taylor Fedun |
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Victor Antipin |
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Matt Tennyson |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Evander Kane, Josh Gorges, Chad Johnson, Nicolas Deslauriers, Jacob Josefson, and Justin Falk.
Restricted -Robin Lehner, Jack Eichel, Hudson Fasching, C.J. Smith, Victor Antipin, Sam Reinhart, Sean Malone, Nicholas Baptiste, Justin Bailey, Seth Griffith, Adam Wilcox, Casey Nelson, and Jason Kasdorf.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Buffalo
2nd – Buffalo
3rd –
4th – Buffalo, Minnesota
5th – Buffalo
6th – Buffalo
7th – Buffalo
Top 10 Buffalo Sabres Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Alexander Nylander – Right Wing
2. Casey Mittelstadt – Center
3. Rasmus Asplund – Center
4. Brendan Guhle – Defense
5. Hudson Fasching – Right Wing
6. Cliff Pu – Center
7. Marcus Davidsson – Right Wing
8. Ukko-Pekka Luukkanen – Goaltender
9. Nicholas Baptiste – Right Wing
10. Brandon Hagel – Left Wing