Équipe: 2017-18 Sabres de Buffalo

Date de création initiale: 25 juin 2017

Publié: 25 juin 2017

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

ARI: Buffalo and Arizona have pieces eachother could use. With OEL, Chychrun, and Hjalmrsson (or however his name is spelled) as top-4 LHD for Arizona, they could afford to move Goligoski as long as he would waive his NMC. They do lack RHD on their roster which is why I think Bogosian could work for them. He is a puck moving dman with size and a physical edge Arizonas guys don't really have much of. Robin Lehner is of question here in Buffalo for whatever reason and I think he could be a solid young goalie for Arizona to grow with the roster. They have guys like Domingue, Raanta, and Johnson in their depth but none of those guys have the upside Lehner does who also has a couple seasons as a starter under his belt. They also get Moulson, who overpaid for his age, is a solid pp specialist who could help a team who had a bottom-10 PP last year. Buffalo acquires a top-4 puckmoving LHD they need in Goligoski to play the big minutes with Ristolainen. I think he would waive his NMC to come here as we are a Up and coming team, have a great defense coach in Housley who could really help his skill set, and gets a great D partner in Ristolainen. Buffalo also picks up Reider who is a solid offensive contributor who for some reason seems overlooked in Arizona and McGinn comes back as a solid two-way veteran to help the young team transition and helps with salary for Arizona.

Steve Mason signs on a two-year "prove it" deal in a weak goalie market to try to bounce back after a rough 16/17 season. Helps bridge our goalie pipeline until Ullmark is hopefully ready for starting reigns. Enroth signs on a PTO to push Ullmark to see if he is ready for NHL backup position. Whoever loses this "battle" starts in ROCH with Johansson as the backup

Jack Eichel signs a 6 year, $42 million contract this offseason (similar to Kane and Toews deals after ELC.) Kane and Reinhart start the season without a deal to see how they play in new system under Housley. Anticipating Reinhart deal around 3 yr, $12 million contract and Kane deal around a 4 yr, $25 million contract

C: Brian Gionta (Eichel takes it in 18/19 season)
A: Ryan Oreilly
A: Rasmus Ristolainen/ Alex Goligoski

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