I went right off that web site for my numbers. I don't have the energy for a player-by-player breakdown. You can do it yourself and see that I'm pretty close.You realize with a 95 mil cap next year the Sabres will have 33 mil in cap space including skinners buyout already accounted for? I don’t think your numbers are right
Edit - actually I did have the energy because it's not that hard...
Zucker (or adequate vet replacement) - 5 mil
Greenway - 4.5 mil
McLeod - 3 mil
NAK - 2 mil
Quinn - 1.5 mil
Peterka - 5 mil
Byram - 5.5 mil
Jokiharju (or replacement) - 3 mil
Bryson - 1 mil
Gilbert - 1 mil
Reimer/Levi - 1-2 mil
That's 33 mil...to ice the same mediocre team they have right now. Nitpick the estimates I listed all you want, it's not enough to have more space for an impact addition.
Buffalo has the most cap dollars going toward the D-corps than any team in the league (35.6 mil)...aside from Utah because they are paying out the corpse of Shea Weber to the tune of 8 mil...38 mil total. Does the Sabres D-corps in any way resemble a group that should be the highest paid in the league, now or for the foreseeable future? Obviously not, nowhere close actually. The FWs are short in cap dollars, experience, possibly talent (depending on what becomes of Cozens and Quinn), and hobbled by a buy-out penalty on top of that. This roster isn't going anywhere worth a damn.
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