Sabres Key Decision Season

Your basically walking 5 players into FA with those deals, atleast Arbitration.

At full price no less. Im all for holding off on too many long term contracts but if you're not going to get FA years out of the deal why pay top dollar?
I'm not saying you should rip players off but you need 4 more players on this team and have about 5 mil to spend doesnt leave much wiggle room. Plus thats only 1 extra (7)defensemen and the sabres need at least 8 to start the season so they can pick one up on waivers, call a guy up, maybe trade picks for a bubble guy and get 11ish by mid season.

JJ is gonna get some money, don't think this is out of Whack Money Wise. Kid is 5th in the league with 16 5vs5 goals, could hit 30 this year. Just don't like the term on some. Cong is right though Adams has a lot of decisions coming. Kinda backed himself into a corner to.

It's not walking anyone to UFA status except UPL.

All of Ryan Johnson, Krebs, Peterka and Quinn would have 2 years left of RFA eligibility after these deals are up.

They would have $11M to spend on 5 to 6 bottom of the roster players to bring in, with the expected $92M cap limit in 2 seasons, and that's if they don't just go with internal promotions at forward, like Rosen and Savoie.

I don't think Quinn gets that and it's not because of his talent, which is pretty obvious. Dude has been having trouble staying on the ice. January 2022, LBI week-to-week; June 2023, Achilles out until December; January 2024, LBI, week-to-week. Can't do that kind of money for a player that's struggling with injuries on a yearly basis. Two-year bridge is cool, but I'm gonna tamp that back to $3M per, give or take. And that's if I'd even extend him this off season.

As for the rest, go for JJ extension this year--$4-4.5M; Casey $5.5-6M (five year deal?); Levi, UPL and Krebs a little less, RJ a little more. Am thinking a total savings from your projection of at least $3M.

That said, I get your thought process.