The Buffalo Sabres may not be very good right now but if they draft right in the next couple of years, they should be a contender very soon. This is how the Buffalo Sabres should draft the next couple of years.
Before the 2022 Draft, two trades are made
Buffalo Sabres trade Victor Olofsson to the New Jersey Devils for Nolan Foote, Jesper Boqvist, 2023 2nd round pick.
The Devils get a proven goal scorer in Victor Olofsson, while the Sabres get a top prospect in Nolan Foote, Jesper Boqvist and a 2nd round pick.
Buffalo Sabres also trade Colin Miller, Cody Eakin, Vinnie Hinostroza to the Dallas Stars for Joel Kiviranta, 2022 5th round pick, 2023 6th round pick.
This is a win-win trade for both teams; Dallas gets some depth to fill out the roster while Buffalo add Joel Kiviranta and some draft picks.
2022 Draft
5-Danila Yurov
17-Tristan Luneau
30-Alexander Perevalov
37-Filip Bystedt
70-Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
101-Kasper Kulonummi
132-Dominik Rymon
144-Nicholas Moldenhauer
165-Kasper Larsen
The Buffalo Sabres improve their depth on the wing and on defense with the picks made in this draft.
Buffalo Sabres re-sign the following players:
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen-2yrs/2.75M per
Jesper Boqvist-2yrs/1M per
Jacob Bryson-2yrs/900k per
Joel Kiviranta-2yrs/750k per
Dustin Tokarski-2yrs/750k per
Buffalo Sabres re-sign All Non-Roster RFAs
Buffalo Sabres sign the following players in Free Agency:
Joonas Korpisalo-3yrs/3.75M per
Mattias Janmark-2yrs/2M per
Troy Stetcher-2yrs/1.7M per
At the 2023 Trade Deadline, One major trade is made
Buffalo Sabres trade Zemgus Gergensons, and Anders Bjork to the Vancouver Canucks for 2023 4th round pick, and 2024 2nd round pick.
Girgensons and Bjork are expandable now with some of the young players coming up, so they are dealt for two draft picks.
The Buffalo Sabres finish the 2022-23 season with the 5th worst record, and end up with the 6th pick in the draft.
At the 2023 Draft, the Buffalo Sabres trade picks 37, 41, 55 to the Anaheim Ducks for picks 21, 63.
The Sabres also trade picks 101, 133 to the Tampa Bay Lightning for pick 94.
2023 Draft
6-Dalibor Dvorsky
9-Otto Stenberg
21-Kasper Halttunen
63-Dominik Petr
94-Oliver Moore
104-Noa Vali
The Sabres have a couple high-end forwards and a goaltender, who could be a big part of their future
Buffalo Sabres re-sign the following players:
Tage Thompson-4yrs/4M per
Dylan Cozens-2yrs/2.5M per
Rasmus Asplund-2yrs/1.6M per
Mattias Samuelsson-2yrs/1.3M per
Buffalo Sabres re-sign All Non-Roster RFAs
Buffalo Sabres sign the following free agents:
Artem Zub-4yrs/3.5M per
Teddy Blueger-4yrs/2.75M per
The Buffalo Sabres finish the 2023-24 season with the 9th worst record in the league and end up with the 10th pick in the draft
Buffalo Sabres buyout Jeff Skinner; the Buyout will cost the Sabres 2.44 Million in cap space until 2030.
At the 2024 draft, the Buffalo Sabres trade picks 41, 42 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for pick 26.
2024 Draft
10-Tuomas Suoniemi
26-Tanner Howe
73-Miguel Marques
Buffalo drafts three really good prospects who could be a huge part of the team in the future.
Buffalo Sabres re-sign the following players:
Rasmus Dahlin-8yrs/7.5M per
Owen Power-6yrs/6.5M per
Peyton Krebs-6yrs/4.75M per
Casey Mittelstedt-5yrs/4.5M per
Jack Quinn-3yrs/4M per
Ukko Pekka Luukkonen-3yrs/3.75M per
Mattias Janmark-2yrs/2.5M per
JJ Peterka-2yrs/1.5M per
Jesper Boqvist-2yrs/900k per
Buffalo Sabres re-sign All Non-Roster RFAs
By the 2024-25 season, the Buffalo Sabres have put together a contending team.
2024-25 Buffalo Sabres
A.Tuch-P.Krebs-J.Quinn
T.Thompson-C.Mittelstadt-D.Yurov
R.Asplund-D.Cozens-JJ.Peterka
M.Janmark-T.Blueger-J.Boqvist
R.Dahlin-A.Zub
O.Power-H.Jokiharju
M.Samuelsson-T.Luneau
U-P.Luukkonen
J.Korpisalo
Top Prospects:
F: D.Dvorsky, O.Stenberg, T.Suoniemi K.Halttunen, T.Howe, A.Perevalov, A.Kaskimaki, N.Moldenhauer, N.Foote
D: K.Kulonummi, K.Larsen
G: N.Vali
The Buffalo Sabres would probably need another year or so until they are truly ready to contend but when they do become contenders, expect many deep playoff runs in the future.
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