Buffalo Sabres Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Buffalo Sabres, including multi-year cap totals, player cap hits, top earnings, contracts, & free agents.

 

Salary Cap Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Total Cap Allocations   $92,400,129 $76,854,404 $62,141,905 $46,878,571 $37,878,571
Signed Players   51 27 16 6 5
Forwards   $44,739,271 $33,662,023 $29,861,190 $23,242,857 $14,242,857
Defensemen   $18,661,016 $30,819,047 $26,969,048 $23,635,714 $23,635,714
Goaltending   $3,291,305 $925,000
Injured Reserve   $5,149,047
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap  


 

Roster Cap Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Sabres Salary Payroll Table

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Jeff Skinner LW $9,000,000 NMC $9,000,000 NMC $9,000,000 NMC $9,000,000 NMC 0UFA
Tage Thompson C $7,142,857 $7,142,857 M-NTC $7,142,857 M-NTC $7,142,857 M-NTC $7,142,857 M-NTC
Dylan Cozens C $7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000 M-NTC
Alex Tuch RW $4,750,000 M-NTC $4,750,000 M-NTC $4,750,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Victor Olofsson RW $4,750,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Jordan Greenway LW $3,000,000 $3,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Zemgus Girgensons C $2,500,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Tyson Jost C $2,000,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Eric Robinson LW $1,600,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Zach Benson LW $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 0RFA 0-
Peyton Krebs C $863,333 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Jack Quinn RW $863,333 $863,333 0RFA 0- 0-
John-Jason Peterka C $855,833 $855,833 0RFA 0- 0-
Lukas Rousek RW $227,248 $775,000 0RFA 0- 0-
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Rasmus Dahlin D $6,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000
Mattias Samuelsson D $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714 $4,285,714
Bowen Byram D $3,850,000 $3,850,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Connor Clifton D $3,333,333 $3,333,333 $3,333,334 0UFA 0-
Henri Jokiharju D $2,500,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Jacob Bryson D $1,850,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Owen Power D $916,667 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000 $8,350,000
Kale Clague D $211,016 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Eric Comrie G $1,800,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Devon Levi G $653,805 $925,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G $837,500 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Devin Cooley G $4,058 0- 0- 0- 0-
Erik Johnson D 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Casey Mittelstadt C 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Kyle Okposo RW 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Christian Ehrhoff D 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
SavoieMatthew Savoie C $19,896 $918,333 $918,333 RFA -
OstlundNoah Ostlund C $950,000 $950,000 RFA - -
KulichJiri Kulich C $19,232 $918,333 $918,333 RFA -
WahlbergAnton Wahlberg C $896,667 $896,667 $896,667 RFA -
RosenIsak Rosen RW $74,912 $894,167 $894,167 RFA -
NeuchevViktor Neuchev LW $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 RFA -
NadeauOlivier Nadeau RW $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
KisakovAlexander Kisakov LW $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
KozakTyson Kozak C $850,000 $850,000 RFA - -
CederqvistFilip Cederqvist LW $850,000 RFA - - -
MurrayBrett Murray LW $32,464 RFA - - -
WeissbachLinus Weissbach LW $775,000 RFA - - -
RichardsJustin Richards C $775,000 RFA - - -
BiroBrandon Biro LW $87,824 RFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
StillmanRiley Stillman D $200,000 RFA - - -
JohnsonRyan Johnson D $605,375 $925,000 RFA - -
NovikovNikita Novikov D $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 RFA -
KomarovVsevolod Komarov D $865,000 $865,000 $865,000 RFA -
SjalinCalle Sjalin D $855,000 RFA - - -
DaviesJeremy Davies D $775,000 UFA - - -
CecconiJoseph Cecconi D $775,000 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
TokarskiDustin Tokarski G $16,232 UFA - - -