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Dec 08, 2022
Dom Luszczyszyn
Buffalo Sabres 2021-2022 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Buffalo Sabres 2021-2022 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
| Player (25) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Skinner | LW | 29 | $2,500,000 | $7,500,000 | - | $10,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 13.64 | NMC | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 21 | $3,000,000 | $2,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 9.09 | ||
| Kyle Okposo | RW | 33 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 9.09 | M-NTC | |
| Alex Tuch | RW | 25 | $4,750,000 | - | - | $4,180,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | 7.20 | ||
| Colin Miller | D | 29 | $3,875,000 | - | - | $3,875,000 | $3,875,000 | $3,875,000 | 5.87 | M-NTC | |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | 26 | $3,250,000 | - | - | $3,250,000 | $3,050,000 | $3,050,000 | 4.62 | ||
| Will Butcher | D | 27 | $4,100,000 | - | - | $4,100,000 | $3,733,333 | $2,822,764 | 4.28 | ||
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 22 | $2,400,000 | - | - | $2,400,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 3.79 | ||
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 23 | $2,400,000 | - | - | $2,400,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 3.79 | ||
| Cody Eakin | C | 30 | $2,500,000 | - | - | $2,500,000 | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | 3.41 | ||
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 28 | $2,200,000 | - | - | $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 | 3.33 | ||
| Anders Bjork | LW | 25 | $1,600,000 | - | - | $1,600,000 | $1,600,000 | $1,600,000 | 2.42 | ||
| Tage Thompson | C | 24 | $1,400,000 | - | - | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | 2.12 | ||
| Vincent Hinostroza | C | 27 | $1,050,000 | - | - | $1,050,000 | $1,050,000 | $1,050,000 | 1.59 | ||
| Mark Pysyk | D | 30 | $900,000 | - | - | $900,000 | $900,000 | $900,000 | 1.36 | ||
| Dylan Cozens | C | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $850,000 | $925,000 | $894,167 | $894,167 | 1.35 | Two-Way | |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 24 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $925,000 | $889,166 | $889,166 | 1.35 | Two-Way | |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 24 | $825,000 | - | - | $825,000 | $825,000 | $825,000 | 1.25 | Two-Way | |
| Craig Anderson | G | 40 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 1.14 | ||
| John Hayden | C | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 1.14 | Two-Way | |
| Dustin Tokarski | G | 32 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $725,000 | $725,000 | 1.10 | Two-Way | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $587,897 | $925,000 | $550,375 | 0.83 | Two-Way | |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $412,500 | $600,386 | $863,333 | $526,674 | 0.80 | Two-Way | |
| Owen Power | D | 19 | $807,500 | $92,500 | $25,000 | $169,222 | $916,667 | $87,077 | 0.13 | Two-Way | |
| Michael Houser | G | 30 | $750,000 | - | - | $82,500 | $750,000 | $82,500 | 0.13 | Two-Way |
2021 Injured Reserve Cap
| Player (3) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Caggiula (Upper-body) |
C | 27 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 1.14 | |
| Malcolm Subban (Upper-body) |
G | 28 | $950,000 | - | - | $698,250 | $850,000 | $624,750 | 0.95 | |
| Andrew Oglevie (Undisclosed) |
C | 26 | $800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $750,000 | - | 0.00 |
2021 Long Term Injured Reserve Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Boychuk (Eye) |
D | 38 | $1,250,000 | $2,750,000 | - | $1,100,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 9.09 |
2021 Buyout Cap
| Player (2) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Hodgson | C | 31 | $791,667 | - | - | $791,667 | $791,667 | $791,667 | 1.20 | |
| Christian Ehrhoff | D | 39 | $857,143 | - | - | $857,143 | - | - | 0.00 |
2021 Retained Cap
| Player (3) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hagg | D | 26 | $1,360,000 | - | - | $1,360,000 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Jack Eichel | C | 25 | $1,200,000 | - | - | $1,200,000 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Christian Wolanin | D | 26 | $168,750 | - | - | $168,750 | - | - | 0.00 |
2021-2022 Cap Totals
Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.
| Cap Type | Adj Cap Total |
|---|---|
| 2021-2022 NHL Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 |
| 2021-2022 NHL Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 |
| Active Contracts | $55,977,723 |
| Injured Reserve Money | $1,374,750 |
| Long Term Reserve Money | $6,000,000 |
| Buried Money | $1,850,482 |
| Buyout Money | $791,667 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $65,994,622 |
| Cap Space | $15,505,378 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2021-2022 Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 | ||||||||
| Overage/Adjustment | $0 | ||||||||
| Buffalo's Adjusted Salary Cap | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| Cap Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Cap Total | Adjusted Cap Total | |||
| Active Contracts | $45,887,500 | $11,962,500 | $1,287,500 | $55,220,005 | $59,096,666 | $55,977,723 | |||
| Injured Reserve | $2,500,000 | - | - | $2,248,250 | $2,350,000 | $1,374,750 | |||
| Long Term Injured Reserve | $1,250,000 | $2,750,000 | - | $1,100,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |||
| Buried | $7,665,000 | $327,500 | $1,015,000 | $2,127,996 | $1,850,482 | $1,850,482 | |||
| Buyout Money | $1,648,810 | - | - | $1,648,810 | $791,667 | $791,667 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $61,680,060 | $15,040,000 | $2,302,500 | - | $70,088,815 | $65,994,622 | |||
| Cap Space | $15,505,378 | ||||||||
2021-2022 Non-Roster Players
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (18) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Biro | LW | 23 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $850,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Oskari Laaksonen | D | 22 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $853,333 | $853,333 |
| Linus Weissbach | LW | 23 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $842,500 | $842,500 |
| Lukas Rousek | RW | 22 | $750,000 | $80,000 | - | $70,000 | $830,000 | $830,000 |
| Matej Pekar | C | 21 | $750,000 | - | $132,500 | $70,000 | $764,167 | $764,167 |
| Brandon Davidson | D | 30 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Sean Malone | C | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $200,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Jimmy Schuldt | D | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $300,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Casey Fitzgerald | D | 24 | $750,000 | - | - | $125,000 | $750,000 | $412,500 |
| Mark Jankowski | C | 27 | $750,000 | - | - | $200,000 | $750,000 | $401,250 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | G | 22 | $750,000 | - | $82,500 | $70,000 | $778,333 | $256,872 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 24 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $925,000 | $235,875 |
| Aaron Dell | G | 32 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $232,500 |
| Jack Quinn | RW | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $850,000 | $80,000 | $894,167 | $183,311 |
| Brett Murray | LW | 23 | $750,000 | $50,000 | - | $70,000 | $775,000 | $73,625 |
| Ethan Prow | D | 29 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $37,500 |
| John-Jason Peterka | C | 20 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $80,000 | $886,667 | $13,299 |
| Ryan MacInnis | C | 25 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $3,750 |
