Buffalo Sabres (BUF)
Est. 1970
Current Cap Hit: $82,593,847
Projected Cap Hit:
$82,593,847
Projected Cap Space:
$5,406,153
Contracts: 44
Roster: 25
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
2024-2025 | * | ||||||
2025-2026 | |||||||
2026-2027 | |||||||
2027-2028 |
NHL Roster
# | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
72 | Tage Thompson | M-NTC | RW | 27 | UFA | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | |
24 | Dylan Cozens | C | 23 | UFA | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | ||
17 | Jason Zucker | LW | 32 | UFA | $5,000,000 | |||||||
89 | Alex Tuch | M-NTC | RW | 28 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | |||||
12 | Jordan Greenway | M-NTC | LW | 27 | UFA | $3,000,000 | ||||||
71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 25 | RFA | $2,100,000 | |||||||
81 | Sam Lafferty | C | 29 | RFA | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | ||||||
96 | Nicolas Aubé-Kubel | RW | 28 | UFA | $1,500,000 | |||||||
19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 23 | RFA | $1,450,000 | $1,450,000 | ||||||
29 | Beck Malenstyn | LW | 26 | UFA | $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | ||||||
9 | Zach Benson | LW | 19 | RFA | $950,000 | $950,000 | ||||||
20 | Jiří Kulich | C | 20 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | $886,666 | |||||
22 | Jack Quinn | RW | 23 | RFA | $863,333 | |||||||
77 | JJ Peterka | RW | 22 | RFA | $797,500 | |||||||
# | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 24 | UFA | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | + | |
25 | Owen Power | D | 22 | UFA | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | + | |
23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 24 | UFA | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | ||
4 | Bowen Byram | D | 23 | RFA | $3,850,000 | |||||||
75 | Connor Clifton | D | 29 | UFA | $3,333,333 | $3,333,333 | ||||||
10 | Henri Jokiharju | D | 25 | UFA | $3,100,000 | |||||||
78 | Jacob Bryson | D | 27 | UFA | $900,000 | |||||||
8 | Dennis Gilbert | D | 28 | UFA | $825,000 | |||||||
# | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |
1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | 25 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | |||
47 | James Reimer | G | 36 | UFA | $1,000,000 | |||||||
34 | Scott Ratzlaff | G | 19 | RFA | $865,000 | $865,000 | $865,000 |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
Buyouts | Position | Age | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | |||
Christian Ehrhoff | D | 42 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||
Jeff Skinner | LW | 32 | $1,444,444 | $4,444,444 | $6,444,444 | $2,444,444 | $2,444,444 | $2,444,444 | |||
Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | ||
Konsta Helenius | C | 18 | RFA |
$0
($975,000) |
$0
($975,000) |
$0
($975,000) |
|||||
Isak Rosén | RW | 21 | RFA |
$0
($894,166) |
$0
($894,166) |
||||||
Noah Östlund | C | 20 | RFA |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
|||||
Viktor Neuchev | LW | 21 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
$0
($870,000) |
||||||
Anton Wahlberg | C | 19 | RFA |
$0
($865,000) |
$0
($865,000) |
$0
($865,000) |
|||||
Aleksandr Kisakov | LW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($859,166) |
|||||||
Tyson Kozak | C | 22 | RFA |
$0
($850,000) |
|||||||
Olivier Nadeau | RW | 21 | RFA |
$0
($836,666) |
$0
($836,666) |
||||||
Tyler Tullio | RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($823,333) |
|||||||
Lukáš Rousek | RW | 25 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Josh Dunne | C | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
||||||
Brett Murray | LW | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Mason Jobst | C | 30 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Ryan Johnson | D | 23 | RFA |
$0
($925,000) |
|||||||
Nikita Novikov | D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
$0
($867,500) |
||||||
Vsevolod Komarov | D | 20 | RFA |
$0
($835,000) |
$0
($835,000) |
$0
($835,000) |
|||||
Kale Clague | D | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Jack Rathbone | D | 25 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Colton Poolman | D | 29 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Devon Levi | G | 23 | RFA |
$0
($925,000) |
|||||||
Felix Sandström | G | 27 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
|||||||
Reserve Rights
Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
2025 Expiration | ||||||
Ethan Miedema | 19 | LW | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 109 OA (round 4) | |
Viljami Marjala | 21 | LW | 2025-06-01 | 2021 | 159 OA (round 5) | |
William von Barnekow-Løfberg | 22 | C | 2025-06-01 | 2021 | 161 OA (round 6) | |
Aaron Huglen | 23 | RW | 2025-08-15 | 2019 | 102 OA (round 4) | |
Matteo Costantini | 22 | C | 2025-08-15 | 2020 | 131 OA (round 5) | |
2026 Expiration | ||||||
Gustav Karlsson | 21 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 187 OA (round 6) | |
Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson | 21 | RW | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 202 OA (round 7) | |
Linus Sjödin | 22 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 211 OA (round 7) | |
Linus Sjödin | 22 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 211 OA (round 7) | |
Ryerson Leenders | 18 | G | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 219 OA (round 7) | |
Simon-Pier Brunet | 19 | D | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 123 OA (round 4) | |
Topias Leinonen | 20 | G | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 41 OA (round 2) | |
Stiven Sardarian | 21 | RW | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 88 OA (round 3) | |
2027 Expiration | ||||||
Norwin Panocha | 19 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 205 OA (round 7) | |
Gavin McCarthy | 19 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 86 OA (round 3) | |
Jake Richard | 20 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 170 OA (round 6) | |
Maxim Štrbák | 19 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 45 OA (round 2) | |
Patrick Geary | 20 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2024 | 172 OA (round 6) | |
2028 Expiration | ||||||
Adam Kleber | 18 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 42 OA (round 2) | |
Brodie Ziemer | 18 | R | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 71 OA (round 3) | |
Sean Keohane | 20 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2023 | 173 OA (round 6) | |
2030 Expiration | ||||||
Luke Osburn | 18 | D | 2030-08-15 | 2024 | 108 OA (round 4) | |
Other Expiration | ||||||
Arttu Ruotsalainen | 27 | C | Indefinite | Undrafted | N/A | |
Philip Nyberg | 27 | D | Indefinite | 2016 | 129 OA (round 5) | |
Prokhor Poltapov | 21 | LW | Indefinite | 2021 | 33 OA (round 2) | |
Vasily Glotov | 27 | C | Indefinite | 2016 | 190 OA (round 7) | |
Vasily Zelenov | 18 | R | Indefinite | 2024 | 204 OA (round 7) |