Buffalo Sabres

Franchise Date: May 22, 1970
Address: 1 Seymour Knox Plaza Buffalo, NY 14203
Website: http://www.sabres.com
Arena: Marine Midland Arena
Capacity: 18,500

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General Manager - (SportsJunky) - Calgary, Alberta


Avg. CPHL Salary: $3.66 mill
Avg. AHL Salary: $0.08 mill
Avg. CPHL Age: 27.07 yrs
Avg. AHL Age: 22.30 yrs
# of CPHLers: 15 players
# of AHLers: 27 players
# of ECHLers: 10 players


CPHL Player Name Pos. Age Salary Contract
Matthew Beniers C 23 $3.50 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Josh Doan C 24 $1.25 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Warren Foegele C 30 $2.75 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Seth Jarvis C 24 $7.00 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Jack McBain C 26 $0.75 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Danton Heinen LW 30 $2.25 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Alexis Lafreniere LW 24 $2.25 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
J.T. Miller RW 33 $9.50 (10%) 1 Year(s) 1W
Frank Vatrano RW 32 $2.93 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Sean Durzi D 27 $5.00 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Emil Lilleberg D 25 $1.75 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Marcus Pettersson D 30 $4.25 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Neal Pionk D 30 $5.00 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Moritz Seider D 25 $5.50 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Carl Lindbom G 23 $1.25 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W

Salary Cap: $ 64.37 mill

Payroll: $ 54.93 mill

Cap Left: $ 9.44 mill


Terms

Team Sending Team Receiving Amount ($) (in millions) Other
Buffalo Sabres League $ 0.23 Releasing Suter, Ryan (D) NHL (0.78 for 1 yr)
Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Wild $ 4.75 2026-27
Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens $ 5.00 2026-27
New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres $ 0.25 2026-27
Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers $ 2.00 2026-27
League Buffalo Sabres $ 1.10 2026-27
League Buffalo Sabres $ 5.00 2026-27


Special:  2027 BOS 1st round pick is top 2 protected. If pick is #1 or #2 after the lotto, the pick then becomes the unprotected 2028 MTL pick.

Cheese Rule

2026-27 Net
Net Money transfered to & from other teams (Max: $18.00 mill) -11.5 mill


Injury Reserve List

Player Name Pos. Age CPHL Salary

RFA Holdouts

Player Name Pos. Age Date of Holdout

Entry Draft Selections

Year

Picks (Original Team in Brackets)

2027

1st(bos), 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd(nyr), 4th

2028

1st, 2nd, 2nd(nyr), 3rd, 4th

2029

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

2030

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th


Sponsorships


Awards/Accomplishments

2004 Kent Nilsson Award - Vaclav Prospal - CPHL Points Leader
2008/2009 CPHL Gretzky Conference Champion
2008/2009 CPHL Champions
2009/2010 Gary Suter Award (Best Dman): Mike Green
2011 Gary Suter Award (top dman): Mike Green
2011/2012 Gary Suter Award (top dman): Mike Green
2018 Atlantic Division Champions
2021 Atlantic Division Champions


Portland Pirates

AHL Player Name Pos. Age Salary Contract
Caedan Bankier C 23 $0.05 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Dmitri Buchelnikov C 22 $0.125 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Hank Cleaves C 22 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Matthew DiMarsico C 22 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Conor Geekie C 22 $0.15 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
David Gustafsson C 26 $0.15 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Konsta Helenius C 20 $0.115 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Beckett Hendrickson C 21 $0.05 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Dylan Hryckowian C 22 $0.088 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
George Merkulov C 25 $0.15 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Christopher Pelosi C 21 $0.05 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Yegor Surin C 19 $0.1 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Kai Uchacz C 23 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Cole Eiserman LW 19 $0.115 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Emmitt Finnie LW 21 $0.05 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Matvei Petrov LW 23 $0.05 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Koehn Ziemmer RW 21 $0.05 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Alexander Alexeyev D 26 $0.15 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Vinny Borgesi D 22 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Ethan Del Mastro D 23 $0.05 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Jake Livanavage D 22 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Ethan Mackenzie D 19 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Ty Nelson D 22 $0.05 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Yegor Savikov D 23 $0.05 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Antti Tuomisto D 25 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Magnus Chrona G 26 $0.1 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Dominic DiVincentiis G 22 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W

Total Salary Cap: $ 3 mill

Cap Remaining: $ 0.61 mill



South Carolina Stingrays

ECHL Player Name Pos. Age Salary Contract
Teddy Stiga C 20 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign
Alexander Zetterberg C 20 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign
Simon Katolicky LW 17 $0.01 3 Year(s) to sign
Victor Plante LW 18 $0.01 3 Year(s) to sign
Marek Vanacker LW 20 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign
Hiroki Gojsic RW 20 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign
Jonah Siverston RW 17 $0.01 3 Year(s) to sign
Alexis Bernier D 20 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign
Viggo Gustafsson D 19 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign
Daniil Ustinkov D 19 $0.01 1 Year(s) to sign