Buffalo Sabres (BUF)
Est. 1970
Current Cap Hit: $82,730,511
Projected Cap Hit:
$75,048,846
Projected Cap Space:
$20,451,154
Contracts: 25
Roster: 28
Injuries: 0
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 |
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| 2026-2027 |
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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 | ||
| 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 | M-NTC | LW | 28 | UFA | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |||||
| 81 | Sam Lafferty | C | 30 | RFA | $2,000,000 | |||||||
| 19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 24 | RFA | $1,450,000 | |||||||
| 29 | Beck Malenstyn | LW | 27 | UFA | $1,350,000 | |||||||
Tyler Kopff
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F | 21 | RFA | $975,000 | $975,000 | |||||||
| 9 |
Zach Benson
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LW | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
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Konsta Helenius
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C | 19 | RFA | $942,500 | $942,500 | $942,500 | |||||
| 63 |
Isak Rosén
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RW | 22 | RFA | $894,166 | |||||||
| 36 |
Noah Östlund
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C | 21 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | ||||||
| 20 |
Jiří Kulich
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C | 21 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | ||||||
| 79 |
Viktor Neuchev
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LW | 21 | RFA | $870,000 | |||||||
| 54 |
Olivier Nadeau
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RW | 22 | RFA | $836,666 | |||||||
| 92 |
Anton Wahlberg
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C | 19 | RFA | $833,333 | $833,333 | $833,333 | |||||
| 44 | Josh Dunne | C | 26 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 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 | + |
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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 | ||
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 25 | UFA | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | |||
| 75 | Connor Clifton | D | 30 | UFA | $3,333,333 | |||||||
| 78 | Jacob Bryson | D | 27 | UFA | $900,000 | |||||||
| 91 |
Nikita Novikov
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D | 21 | RFA | $867,500 | |||||||
| 76 |
Vsevolod Komarov
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D | 21 | RFA | $835,000 | $835,000 | ||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | 26 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | ||||
| Topias Leinonen | G | 21 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | $886,666 | ||||||
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Scott Ratzlaff
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G | 20 | RFA | $835,000 | $835,000 | $835,000 | |||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 77 |
JJ Peterka
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RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| 22 | Jack Quinn | RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| 71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 4 | Bowen Byram | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 26 | Erik Brännström | D | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 24 | Jacob Bernard-Docker | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 47 | James Reimer | G | 37 | UFA |
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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 | 42 | $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 | ||
| Aleksandr Kisakov | LW | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Bennett MacArthur | LW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Tyler Tullio | RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Tyson Kozak | C | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Ryan Johnson | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Devon Levi | G | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Brett Murray | LW | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| Mason Jobst | C | 31 | UFA | ||||||||
| Lukáš Rousek | RW | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| Jack Rathbone | D | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| Kale Clague | D | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Felix Sandström | G | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Aleksandr Kisakov | 22 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 53 OA (round 2) |
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| Bennett MacArthur | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Bowen Byram | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 4 OA (round 1) |
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| Devon Levi | 23 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 212 OA (round 7) |
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| Erik Brännström | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2017 | 15 OA (round 1) |
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| JJ Peterka | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 34 OA (round 2) |
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| Jack Quinn | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 8 OA (round 1) |
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| Jacob Bernard-Docker | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 26 OA (round 1) |
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| Ryan Johnson | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 31 OA (round 1) |
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| Ryan McLeod | 25 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 40 OA (round 2) |
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| Tyler Tullio | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 126 OA (round 5) |
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| Tyson Kozak | 22 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 193 OA (round 7) |
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| 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 | 22 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2022 | 211 OA (round 7) |
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| Linus Sjödin | 22 | 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 | ||||||
| Norwin Panocha | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 205 OA (round 7) |
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| Gavin McCarthy | 20 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 86 OA (round 3) |
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| Jake Richard | 20 | 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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| 2030 Expiration | ||||||
| Luke Osburn | 18 | D | 2030-08-15 | 2024 | 108 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | 27 | C | Indefinite | Undrafted | N/A | |
| 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 | 27 | 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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