Buffalo Sabres (BUF)
Est. 1970
Current Cap Hit: $94,109,681
Projected Cap Hit:
$93,627,610.45
Projected Cap Space:
$1,872,389.549999997
Contracts: 46
Roster: 28
Injuries: 5
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
2025-2026 |
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2026-2027 |
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2027-2028 |
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2028-2029 |
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NHL Roster
# | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
9 | Josh Norris | C | 26 | UFA | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | |||
72 | Tage Thompson | M-NTC | RW | 27 | UFA | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | ||
71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 26 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | ||||
89 | Alex Tuch | M-NTC | RW | 29 | UFA | $4,750,000 | ||||||
17 | Jason Zucker | M-NTC | LW | 33 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | |||||
12 |
Jordan Greenway
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M-NTC | LW | 28 | UFA | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |||||
22 | Jack Quinn | RW | 24 | RFA | $3,375,000 | $3,375,000 | ||||||
15 | Justin Danforth | RW | 32 | UFA | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | ||||||
19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 24 | RFA | $1,450,000 | |||||||
29 | Beck Malenstyn | LW | 27 | UFA | $1,350,000 | |||||||
6 |
Zach Benson
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LW | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
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Josh Doan
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RW | 23 | RFA | $925,000 | |||||||
20 |
Jiří Kulich
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C | 21 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | ||||||
48 | Tyson Kozak | C | 22 | RFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | $775,000 | |||||
# | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
55 | Mason Geertsen | LW/D | 30 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
49 |
Carson Meyer
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RW | 28 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
26 | Rasmus Dahlin | NMC | D | 25 | UFA | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | + |
25 |
Owen Power
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D | 22 | UFA | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | ||
4 | Bowen Byram | D | 24 | UFA | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | ||||||
23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 25 | UFA | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | |||
21 | Conor Timmins | D | 27 | UFA | $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 | ||||||
8 |
Michael Kesselring
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D | 25 | RFA | $1,400,000 | |||||||
78 | Jacob Bryson | D | 27 | UFA | $900,000 | |||||||
33 |
Ryan Johnson
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D | 24 | RFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | $775,000 | |||||
# | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
1 |
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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G | 26 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | ||||
34 | Alex Lyon | G | 32 | UFA | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | ||||||
40 | Alexandar Georgiev | G | 29 | UFA | $825,000 | |||||||
35 | Colten Ellis | G | 25 | RFA | $775,000 | $775,000 |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
Buyouts | Position | Age | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |||
Christian Ehrhoff | D | 43 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||
Jeff Skinner | LW | 33 | $4,444,444 | $6,444,444 | $2,444,444 | $2,444,444 | $2,444,444 | ||||
Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | ||
Tyler Kopff
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F | 22 | RFA |
$0
($975,000) |
$0
($975,000) |
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Konsta Helenius
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C | 19 | RFA |
$0
($942,500) |
$0
($942,500) |
$0
($942,500) |
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Isak Rosén
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RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($894,166) |
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Noah Östlund
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C | 21 | RFA |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
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Viktor Neuchev
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LW | 21 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
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Riley Fiddler-Schultz
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C | 23 | RFA |
$0
($865,000) |
$0
($865,000) |
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Olivier Nadeau
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RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($836,666) |
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Anton Wahlberg
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C | 20 | RFA |
$0
($833,333) |
$0
($833,333) |
$0
($833,333) |
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Josh Dunne | C | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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Jake Leschyshyn | C | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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Radim Mrtka
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D | 18 | RFA |
$0
($975,000) |
$0
($975,000) |
$0
($975,000) |
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Zac Jones | D | 24 | RFA |
$0
($900,000) |
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Isaac Belliveau
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D | 22 | RFA |
$0
($875,000) |
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Nikita Novikov
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D | 22 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
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Vsevolod Komarov
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D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($835,000) |
$0
($835,000) |
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Jack Rathbone | D | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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Zach Metsa
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D | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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Topias Leinonen
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G | 21 | RFA |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
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Scott Ratzlaff
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G | 20 | RFA |
$0
($835,000) |
$0
($835,000) |
$0
($835,000) |
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Devon Levi
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G | 23 | RFA |
$0
($812,500) |
$0
($812,500) |
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Reserve Rights
Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
2025 Expiration | ||||||
Ethan Miedema | 20 | LW | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 109 OA (round 4) |
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2026 Expiration | ||||||
Gustav Karlsson | 21 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 187 OA (round 6) |
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Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson | 21 | RW | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 202 OA (round 7) |
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Linus Sjödin | 23 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 211 OA (round 7) |
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Ryerson Leenders | 19 | G | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 219 OA (round 7) |
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Simon-Pier Brunet | 19 | D | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 123 OA (round 4) |
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Stiven Sardarian | 22 | RW | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 88 OA (round 3) |
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2027 Expiration | ||||||
David Bedkowski | 18 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 71 OA (round 3) |
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Noah Laberge | 19 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 135 OA (round 5) |
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Norwin Panocha | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 205 OA (round 7) |
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Samuel Meloche | 18 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 116 OA (round 4) |
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Gavin McCarthy | 20 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 86 OA (round 3) |
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Jake Richard | 21 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 170 OA (round 6) |
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Maxim Štrbák | 20 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 45 OA (round 2) |
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Patrick Geary | 21 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2024 | 172 OA (round 6) |
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2028 Expiration | ||||||
Adam Kleber | 19 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 42 OA (round 2) |
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Brodie Ziemer | 19 | R | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 71 OA (round 3) |
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Sean Keohane | 20 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2023 | 173 OA (round 6) |
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2029 Expiration | ||||||
Ashton Schultz | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 167 OA (round 6) |
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Matouš Jan Kucharčík | 18 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 103 OA (round 4) |
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Melvin Novotny | 18 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 195 OA (round 7) |
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Ryan Rucinski | 18 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 219 OA (round 7) |
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Yevgeni Prokhorov | 18 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 199 OA (round 7) |
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2030 Expiration | ||||||
Luke Osburn | 19 | D | 2030-08-15 | 2024 | 108 OA (round 4) |
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Other Expiration | ||||||
Philip Nyberg | 28 | D | Indefinite | 2016 | 129 OA (round 5) |
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Prokhor Poltapov | 22 | LW | Indefinite | 2021 | 33 OA (round 2) |
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Vasily Glotov | 28 | C | Indefinite | 2016 | 190 OA (round 7) |
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Vasily Zelenov | 19 | R | Indefinite | 2024 | 204 OA (round 7) |
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