Buffalo Sabres | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$93,115,51693.1M	$2,384,4842.4M	$74,728,84974.7M	$00	21/2321/23	46/5046/50

Year	R1Round 1	R2Round 2	R3Round 3	R4Round 4	R5Round 5	R6Round 6	R7Round 7
2026
2027
2028

forwards (18 - $47,835,358)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Norris, Josh	5 UFA					26	8.3		$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	$7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000	UFA
Thompson, Tage "A"	5 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		28	7.5		$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	$7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857 $7,142,857	UFA
McLeod, Ryan	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		26	5.2		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	UFA
Tuch, Alex "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		29	5.0		$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	UFA
Zucker, Jason	2 UFA	M-NTC			Signed	33	5.0		$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	UFA
Greenway, Jordan	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		28	4.2		$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	UFA
Quinn, Jack	2 RFA			NHL	Draft	24	3.5		$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	RFA
Danforth, Justin	2 UFA				Signed	32	1.9		$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	UFA
Krebs, Peyton	1 RFA			NHL		24	1.5		$1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000	RFA
Benson, Zach	1 RFA	ELC			Draft	20	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Doan, Josh	1 RFA	ELC		NHL		23	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Rosen, Isak	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	22	0.9		$894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167	RFA
Kulich, Jiri	2 RFA	ELC			Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Ostlund, Noah	2 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Geertsen, Mason	2 UFA		LW	NHL	Signed	30	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Meyer, Carson	2 UFA		RW	SOIR	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Dunne, Josh	1 UFA		C	NHL	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Kozak, Tyson	3 RFA			NHL	Draft	22	0.8		$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000	RFA
TOTAL						25.7		0.0 %	$47,835,358	$38,091,191	$20,842,857	$20,092,857	$15,092,857	-

defense (7 - $34,385,714)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Dahlin, Rasmus "C"	7 UFA	NMC	, RD	NHL	Draft	25	11.5		$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000	$11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000
Power, Owen	6 UFA			IR	Draft	22	8.7		$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000	$8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000
Byram, Bowen	2 RFA			NHL		24	6.5		$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	RFA
Samuelsson, Mattias "A"	5 UFA			NHL	Draft	25	4.5		$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	$4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714	UFA
Timmins, Conor	2 UFA			NHL		27	2.3		$2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000	$2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000	UFA
Kesselring, Michael	1 RFA			NHL		25	1.5		$1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000	RFA
Bryson, Jacob	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	27	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	UFA
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$34,385,714	$32,085,714	$23,635,714	$23,635,714	$23,635,714	$19,350,000

goalies (3 - $7,025,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	4 UFA	G	NHL	Draft	26	5.0		$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	UFA
Lyon, Alex	2 UFA	G	NHL	Signed	32	1.6		$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000	$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000	UFA
Ellis, Colten	2 RFA	G	NHL	Waivers	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL					27.7		0.0 %	$7,025,000	$7,025,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-

dead cap

buyout history (2 - $4,444,444)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Skinner, Jeff	5 UFA	NMC		NHL	Signed	33	9.4		$4,444,444 $4,444,444 $4,444,444 $4,444,444 $4,444,444 $4,444,444 $4,444,444 $4,444,444	$6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444 $6,444,444	$2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444	$2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444	$2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444	UFA
Ehrhoff, Christian	3 UFA		LD	Retired		43	-					UFA
TOTAL						38.0		0.0 %	$4,444,444	$6,444,444	$2,444,444	$2,444,444	$2,444,444	-

buried penalty (1 - $200,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Malenstyn, Beck	1 UFA			Minor		27	1.4		$200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000	UFA
TOTAL						27.0		0.0 %	$200,000	-	-	-	-	-

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forwards (8 - $6,297,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Kopff, Tyler	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	22	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Helenius, Konsta	3 RFA	ELC50	C	Minor	Draft	19	1.0		$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	$942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500 $942,500	RFA
Neuchev, Viktor	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Riley Fiddler-Schultz	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	RFA
Nadeau, Olivier	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667	RFA
Wahlberg, Anton	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333	$833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333	$833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333	RFA
Leschyshyn, Jake	1 UFA		C	Minor	Waivers claim	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Malenstyn, Beck	1 UFA			Minor		27	1.4		$200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000	UFA
TOTAL						22.6		0.0 %	$6,297,500	$3,615,833	$1,775,833	-	-	-

defense (8 - $6,802,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Mrtka, Radim	3 RFA	ELC50	RD	Minor	Draft	18	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Jones, Zac	1 RFA			Minor	Draft	25	0.9		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	RFA
Belliveau, Isaac	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor		22	0.9		$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	RFA
Novikov, Nikita	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Komarov, Vsevolod	2 RFA	ELC	RD	Junior	Draft	21	0.9		$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	RFA
Rathbone, Jack	2 UFA		LD	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	UFA
Johnson, Ryan	3 RFA		, LD	Minor	Draft	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Metsa, Zach	1 UFA		RD	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						23.1		0.0 %	$6,802,500	$3,385,000	$1,750,000	-	-	-

goalies (4 - $3,359,167)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Leinonen, Topias	3 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Ratzlaff, Scott	3 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	RFA
Georgiev, Alexandar	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	29	0.9		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	UFA
Levi, Devon	2 RFA		G	Minor		23	0.9		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	RFA
TOTAL						23.3		0.0 %	$3,359,167	$2,534,167	$1,721,667	-	-	-

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

Contract Continues

🟥Unrestricted Free Agent

🟦Restricted Free Agent

$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

These are players whose rights are held by the team until the date listed.

Reserve List (25)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Bedkowski, David	18	RD	BUF	2025	3	71	Jun. 1, 2027
Kucharcik, Matous	18	C	BUF	2025	4	103	Jun. 1, 2027
Meloche, Samuel	18	G	BUF	2025	4	116	Jun. 1, 2027
Laberge, Noah	19	D	BUF	2025	5	135	Jun. 1, 2027
Schultz, Ashton	19	C	BUF	2025	6	167	Aug. 15, 2029
Novotny, Melvin	18	LW	BUF	2025	7	195	Jun. 1, 2029
Prokhorov, Yevgeni	18	G	BUF	2025	7	199	-
Rucinski, Ryan	18	C	BUF	2025	7	219	Aug. 15, 2029
Brunet, Simon-pier	20	RD	BUF	2024	4	123	Jun. 1, 2026
Geary, Patrick	21	LD	BUF	2024	6	172	Aug. 15, 2027
Kleber, Adam	19	RD	BUF	2024	2	42	Aug. 15, 2028
Leenders, Ryerson	19	G	BUF	2024	7	219	Jun. 1, 2026
Osburn, Luke	19	LD	BUF	2024	4	108	Aug. 15, 2030
Zelenov, Vasily	19	RW	BUF	2024	7	204	-
Ziemer, Brodie	19	RW	BUF	2024	3	71	Aug. 15, 2028
Keohane, Sean	21	LD	BUF	2023	6	173	Aug. 15, 2028
McCarthy, Gavin	20	RD	BUF	2023	3	86	Aug. 15, 2027
Panocha, Norwin	20	LD	BUF	2023	7	205	Jun. 1, 2027
Strbak, Maxim	20	RD	BUF	2023	2	45	Aug. 15, 2027
Karlsson, Gustav	22	C	BUF	2022	6	187	Jun. 1, 2026
Ratkovic Berndtsson, Joel	22	RW	BUF	2022	7	202	Jun. 1, 2026
Richard, Jake	21	RW	BUF	2022	6	170	Aug. 15, 2027
Poltapov, Prokhor	22	LW	BUF	2021	2	33	-
Sardarian, Stiven	22	RW	BUF	2021	3	88	Aug. 15, 2026
Glotov, Vasily	28	C	BUF	2016	7	190	-

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