Buffalo Sabres (BUF)
Est. 1970
Current Cap Hit: $105,926,345
Projected Cap Hit:
$105,926,345
Projected Cap Space:
$-1,926,345
Contracts: 35
Roster: 37
Injuries: 3
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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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 9 | Josh Norris | M-NTC | C | 27 | UFA | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | $7,950,000 | |||
| 72 | Tage Thompson | M-NTC | RW | 28 | UFA | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | |||
| 91 | Josh Doan | RW | 24 | UFA | $6,950,000 | $6,950,000 | $6,950,000 | $6,950,000 | $6,950,000 | $6,950,000 | + | |
| 71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 26 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||||
| 17 | Jason Zucker | M-NTC | LW | 34 | UFA | $4,750,000 | ||||||
| 12 | Jordan Greenway | M-NTC | LW | 29 | UFA | $4,000,000 | ||||||
| 22 | Jack Quinn | RW | 24 | RFA | $3,375,000 | |||||||
| 15 |
Justin Danforth
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RW | 33 | UFA | $1,800,000 | |||||||
| Jake Richard | RW | 21 | RFA | $1,013,750 | $1,013,750 | |||||||
| 39 | Sam Carrick | C | 34 | UFA | $1,000,000 | |||||||
| 41 |
Tyler Kopff
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F | 22 | RFA | $975,000 | |||||||
| 94 |
Konsta Helenius
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C | 20 | RFA | $953,750 | $953,750 | ||||||
| 45 |
Riley Fiddler-Schultz
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C | 24 | RFA | $940,000 | |||||||
| 92 |
Anton Wahlberg
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C | 20 | RFA | $893,333 | $893,333 | ||||||
| 86 |
Noah Östlund
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C | 22 | RFA | $886,666 | |||||||
| 20 |
Jiří Kulich
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C | 22 | RFA | $886,666 | |||||||
| 48 | Tyson Kozak | C | 23 | RFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | ||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 55 | Mason Geertsen | LW/D | 31 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 49 |
Carson Meyer
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RW | 28 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | NMC | D | 26 | UFA | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | |
| 25 | Owen Power | D | 23 | UFA | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | $8,350,000 | |||
| 4 | Bowen Byram | D | 25 | UFA | $6,250,000 | |||||||
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 26 | UFA | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | ||||
| 21 | Conor Timmins | D | 27 | UFA | $2,200,000 | |||||||
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Maxim Štrbák
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D | 21 | RFA | $1,028,333 | $1,028,333 | $1,028,333 | ||||||
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Gavin McCarthy
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D | 21 | UFA | $1,007,500 | $1,007,500 | $1,007,500 | ||||||
| 57 |
Radim Mrtka
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D | 19 | RFA | $974,166 | $974,166 | $974,166 | |||||
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Vsevolod Komarov
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D | 22 | RFA | $910,000 | |||||||
| 33 |
Ryan Johnson
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D | 24 | RFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | ||||||
| 3 | Jack Rathbone | D | 27 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 73 |
Zach Metsa
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D | 27 | RFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | M-NTC | G | 27 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | ||||
| 34 | Alex Lyon | G | 33 | UFA | $1,500,000 | |||||||
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Topias Leinonen
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G | 22 | RFA | $961,666 | $961,666 | ||||||
| 34 |
Scott Ratzlaff
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G | 21 | RFA | $935,000 | $935,000 | ||||||
| 92 | Colten Ellis | G | 25 | RFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 27 |
Devon Levi
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G | 24 | RFA | $812,500 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 6 | Zach Benson | LW | 21 | RFA | ||||||||
| 70 | Tanner Pearson | LW | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
| 44 | Josh Dunne | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| 29 | Beck Malenstyn | LW | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 89 | Alex Tuch | RW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| 64 | Logan Stanley | D | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 5 | Luke Schenn | D | 36 | UFA |
Icons:
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Buyouts | Position | Age | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |||
| Christian Ehrhoff | D | 43 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
| Jeff Skinner | LW | 34 | $6,444,444 | $2,444,444 | $2,444,444 | $2,444,444 | |||||
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | ||
| Olivier Nadeau | RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Isaac Belliveau | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Nikita Novikov | D | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Zac Jones | D | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| Jake Leschyshyn | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Trevor Kuntar | C | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| Gavin Bayreuther | D | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Isaac Belliveau | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 154 OA (round 5) |
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| Nikita Novikov | 22 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 188 OA (round 6) |
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| Olivier Nadeau | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 97 OA (round 4) |
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| Peyton Krebs | 25 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 17 OA (round 1) |
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| Zac Jones | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 68 OA (round 3) |
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| Zach Benson | 21 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2023 | 13 OA (round 1) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Stiven Sardarian | 23 | RW | 2026-08-15 | 2021 | 88 OA (round 3) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| David Bedkowski | 19 | 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 | 21 | 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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| Patrick Geary | 22 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2024 | 172 OA (round 6) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Simon-Pier Brunet | 20 | D | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 123 OA (round 4) |
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| Adam Kleber | 20 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 42 OA (round 2) |
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| Brodie Ziemer | 20 | RW | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 71 OA (round 3) |
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| Sean Keohane | 21 | 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 | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 103 OA (round 4) |
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| Melvin Novotny | 19 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 195 OA (round 7) |
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| Ryan Rucinski | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 219 OA (round 7) |
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| Yevgeni Prokhorov | 19 | 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 | 29 | D | Indefinite | 2016 | 129 OA (round 5) |
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| Prokhor Poltapov | 23 | 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 | 20 | RW | Indefinite | 2024 | 204 OA (round 7) |
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