Buffalo Sabres | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$79,761,348	$8,238,652	$0	24/23	41/50	$0

Year	RD 1ROUND 1	RD 2ROUND 2	RD 3ROUND 3	RD 4ROUND 4	RD 5ROUND 5	RD 6ROUND 6	RD 7ROUND 7
2025
2026
2027

forwards (15 - $40,042,857)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Norris, Josh	6 UFA		NHL		25	9.0		$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 $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
Thompson, Tage "A"	6 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		27	8.1		$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 $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
Zucker, Jason	3 UFA		NHL	Signed	33	5.7		$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	$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
Tuch, Alex "A"	2 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		28	5.4		$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
Greenway, Jordan	3 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		28	3.4		$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$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 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	UFA
McLeod, Ryan	1 RFA		NHL		25	2.4		$2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000	RFA
Lafferty, Sam	2 UFA		NHL	Signed	30	2.3		$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000	$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000	UFA
Krebs, Peyton	2 RFA		NHL		24	1.6		$1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $1,450,000	$1,450,000 $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
Malenstyn, Beck	2 UFA		NHL		27	1.5		$1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000	$1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000	UFA
Benson, Zach	2 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	19	1.1		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Rosen, Isak	2 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	22	1.0		$894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167	$894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167 $894,167	RFA
Kulich, Jiri	3 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	20	1.0		$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 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Quinn, Jack	1 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	23	1.0		$863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333	RFA
Peterka, JJ	1 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	23	1.0		$855,833 $855,833 $855,833 $855,833 $855,833 $855,833 $855,833 $855,833 $855,833	RFA
Kozak, Tyson	1 RFA	ELC	NHL	Draft	22	1.0		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	RFA
TOTAL					25.1		0.0 %	$40,042,857	$36,123,691	$24,729,524	$15,092,857	$15,092,857	$15,092,857

defense (7 - $32,524,047)	Years Remaining	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Dahlin, Rasmus "C"	8 UFA	NHL	Draft	24	12.5		$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 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000
Power, Owen	7 UFA	NHL	Draft	22	9.5		$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 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000
Samuelsson, Mattias "A"	6 UFA	NHL	Draft	25	4.9		$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 $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
Byram, Bowen	1 RFA	NHL		23	4.4		$3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000	RFA
Clifton, Connor	2 UFA	NHL	Signed	29	3.8		$3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333	$3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,333	UFA
Bryson, Jacob	2 UFA	NHL	Signed	27	1.0		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	UFA
Bernard-Docker, Jacob	1 RFA	NHL		24	0.9		$805,000 $805,000 $805,000 $805,000 $805,000 $805,000 $805,000 $805,000 $805,000	RFA
TOTAL				24.9		0.0 %	$32,524,047	$27,869,047	$23,635,714	$23,635,714	$23,635,714	$23,635,714

goalies (2 - $5,750,000)	Years Remaining	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	5 UFA	NHL	Draft	26	5.4		$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 $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
Reimer, James	1 UFA	Waivers	Waivers	37	1.1		$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000	UFA
TOTAL				31.5		0.0 %	$5,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$0

dead cap

buyout history (2 - $1,444,444)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Skinner, Jeff	6 UFA	NMC	NHL	Signed	32	10.2		$1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444 $1,444,444	$4,444,444 $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 $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 $2,444,444 $2,444,444 $2,444,444
Ehrhoff, Christian	4 UFA		Retired		42	-						UFA
TOTAL					37.0		0.0 %	$1,444,444	$4,444,444	$6,444,444	$2,444,444	$2,444,444	$2,444,444

Season

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non-roster

forwards (12 - $10,075,001)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Helenius, Konsta	3 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	18	1.1		$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 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Ostlund, Noah	3 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$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 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Neuchev, Viktor	2 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Wahlberg, Anton	3 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	19	1.0		$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 $865,000 $865,000	$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	RFA
Kisakov, Aleksandr	1 RFA		NHL	Draft	22	1.0		$859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167	RFA
MacArthur, Bennett	1 RFA	ELC	Minor		24	1.0		$859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167 $859,167	RFA
Nadeau, Olivier	2 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	22	1.0		$836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667	$836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667 $836,667	RFA
Tullio, Tyler	1 RFA	ELC	Minor		22	0.9		$823,333 $823,333 $823,333 $823,333 $823,333 $823,333 $823,333 $823,333 $823,333	RFA
Jobst, Mason	1 UFA		Minor	Signed	31	0.9		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Rousek, Lukas	1 UFA		Minor	Draft	25	0.9		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Dunne, Josh	2 UFA		Minor	Signed	26	0.9		$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	UFA
Murray, Brett	1 UFA		Minor	Signed	26	0.9		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL					23.1		0.0 %	$10,075,001	$5,208,334	$2,726,667	$0	$0	$0

defense (5 - $4,177,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Johnson, Ryan	1 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	23	1.1		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Novikov, Nikita	2 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	21	1.0		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Komarov, Vsevolod	3 RFA	ELC	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 $835,000 $835,000	$835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000 $835,000	RFA
Clague, Kale	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	26	0.9		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Rathbone, Jack	1 UFA		Minor	Signed	25	0.9		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL					23.2		0.0 %	$4,177,500	$1,702,500	$835,000	$0	$0	$0

goalies (3 - $2,565,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Levi, Devon	1 RFA	ELC	Minor		23	1.1		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Ratzlaff, Scott	3 RFA	ELC	Minor	Draft	20	1.0		$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 $865,000 $865,000	$865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 $865,000	RFA
Sandstrom, Felix	1 UFA		Minor	Signed	28	0.9		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL					23.7		0.0 %	$2,565,000	$865,000	$865,000	$0	$0	$0

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null (1 - $900,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Brannstrom, Erik	1 RFA			Waivers		25	1.0		$900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000	RFA
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$900,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

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)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST SIGN BY
Brunet, Simon-pier	19	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	18	G	BUF	2024	7	219	Jun. 1, 2026
Osburn, Luke	18	LD	BUF	2024	4	108	Aug. 15, 2030
Zelenov, Vasily	19	LW	BUF	2024	7	204	-
Ziemer, Brodie	19	RW	BUF	2024	3	71	Aug. 15, 2028
Keohane, Sean	20	LD	BUF	2023	6	173	Aug. 15, 2028
McCarthy, Gavin	19	RD	BUF	2023	3	86	Aug. 15, 2027
Miedema, Ethan	20	LW	BUF	2023	4	109	Jun. 1, 2025
Panocha, Norwin	20	LD	BUF	2023	7	205	Jun. 1, 2027
Strbak, Maxim	19	RD	BUF	2023	2	45	Aug. 15, 2027
Karlsson, Gustav	21	C	BUF	2022	6	187	Jun. 1, 2026
Leinonen, Topias	21	G	BUF	2022	2	41	Jun. 1, 2026
Ratkovic Berndtsson, Joel	21	RW	BUF	2022	7	202	Jun. 1, 2026
Richard, Jake	20	RW	BUF	2022	6	170	Aug. 15, 2027
Sjodin, Linus	22	C	BUF	2022	7	211	Jun. 1, 2026
Marjala, Viljami	22	LW	BUF	2021	5	159	Jun. 1, 2025
Poltapov, Prokhor	22	LW	BUF	2021	2	33	-
Sardarian, Stiven	22	RW	BUF	2021	3	88	Aug. 15, 2026
Von Barnekow Lofberg, William	22	LW, RW	BUF	2021	6	161	Jun. 1, 2025
Costantini, Matteo	22	C	BUF	2020	5	131	Aug. 15, 2025
Huglen, Aaron	24	C	BUF	2019	4	102	Aug. 15, 2025
Glotov, Vasily	27	C	BUF	2016	7	190	-
Nyberg, Philip	27	RD	BUF	2016	5	129	-

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