Buffalo Sabres salary cap 2023
View the Buffalo Sabres salary cap 2023 and team payroll. When a Sabres trade or contract signing happens, this page will be updated with the latest transaction.
View player salaries for the Buffalo Sabres and find out when Rasmus Dahlin and Dylan Cozen’s contracts are up. The salary cap table below will show the AVV for each Sabres player.
Buffalo Sabres cap space 2023
Jeff Skinner is the Sabres forward with the highest salary cap hit at $9,000,000. He will be a UFA in the summer of 2027. Skinner has a brutal contract for the Sabres to go along with a no-move-clause.
Rasmus Dahlin is the Sabres defenceman with the highest cap hit. He has an excellent $6 million AVV (average annual value). Dahlin’s contract is up in 2024-25 and if he stays injury free, he will be in for a big raise.
According to CapFriendly, the Buffalo Sabres are entering the 2022-2023 season with 23 players on the roster (14 forwards, 7 defenceman and 2 goalies) and a hefty $20,223,802 left in Sabres cap space.
Buffalo Sabres Salary Cap 2023 – Sabres Cap Space
| FORWARDS | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner, Jeff | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | UFA | NMC | LW, RW | 30 |
| Okposo, Kyle "C" | $6,000,000 | UFA | M-NTC | RW | 34 | ||||
| Olofsson, Victor | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | UFA | LW, RW | 27 | ||||
| Greenway, Jordan | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | UFA | LW, RW | 26 | |||
| Mittelstadt, Casey | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | RFA | LW, C | 24 | ||||
| Girgensons, Zemgus | $2,200,000 | UFA | LW, C | 29 | |||||
| Jost, Tyson | $2,000,000 | RFA | C | 24 | |||||
| Hinostroza, Vinnie | $1,700,000 | UFA | RW, LW | 28 | |||||
| Thompson, Tage | $1,400,000 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | $7,142,857 | C | 25 | |
| Cozens, Dylan | $894,167 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | $7,100,000 | ELC | C, LW | 22 |
| Krebs, Peyton | $863,333 | $863,333 | RFA | ELCÂ | C, LW | 22 | |||
| Quinn, Jack | $863,333 | $863,333 | $863,333 | RFA | ELCÂ | RW, LW | 21 | ||
| Peterka, John-Jason | $855,833 | $855,833 | $855,833 | RFA | ELCÂ | LW, RW | 21 | ||
| TOTAL | $36,026,666 | $36,075,356 | $27,962,023 | $23,242,857 | $23,242,857 | $14,242,857 | 25.6 | ||
| DEFENSE | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Dahlin, Rasmus | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | RFA | LD/RD | 22 | ||||
| Lyubushkin, Ilya | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | UFA | RD | 28 | ||||
| Jokiharju, Henri | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | RFA | RD | 23 | ||||
| Bryson, Jacob | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | RFA | LD/RD | 25 | ||||
| Stillman, Riley | $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | RFA | LD | 25 | ||||
| Samuelsson, Mattias | $925,000 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | ELCÂ | LD | 22 |
| Power, Owen | $916,667 | $916,667 | 10.2(c)Â | ELCÂ | LD/RD | 20 | |||
| Clague, Kale | $750,000 | RFA | LD/RD | 24 | |||||
| TOTAL | $17,041,667 | $19,652,381 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | $4,285,714 | 23.6 | ||
| GOALIES | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Comrie, Eric | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | UFA | G | 27 | ||||
| Anderson, Craig | $1,500,000 | UFA | 35+ | G | 41 | ||||
| Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka | $837,500 | $837,500 | RFA | G | 24 | ||||
| TOTAL | $4,137,500 | $2,637,500 | 30.7 | ||||||
| INJURED RESERVE (2 - $9,666,667) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Bishop, Ben | $4,916,667 | UFA | M-NTC, NMC | G | 36 | ||||
| Tuch, Alex | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | UFA | RW, LW | 26 | ||
| TOTAL | $9,666,667 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | 31 | ||||
| DEAD CAP | |||||||||
| BUYOUT HISTORY (2) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | |||
| Hodgson, Cody | $791,667 | ||||||||
| Ehrhoff, Christian | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| TOTAL | $791,667 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| ROSTER & BURIED CAP HITÂ | $66,872,500 | $63,115,237 | $36,997,737 | $32,278,571 | $27,528,571 | $18,528,571 | |||
| DEAD CAP HITÂ | $791,667 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| CARRYOVER BONUS OVERAGESÂ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| PROJECTED CAP HITÂ | $65,251,383 | $63,115,237 | $36,997,737 | $32,278,571 | $27,528,571 | $18,528,571 | |||
| SALARY CAPÂ | $82,500,000 | $83,500,000 | $87,500,000 | $92,000,000 | $92,000,000 | $92,000,000 | |||
| PROJECTED CAP SPACEÂ | $17,248,617 | $20,384,763 | $50,502,263 | $59,721,429 | $64,471,429 | $73,471,429 | |||
| CURRENT CAP SPACEÂ | $88,638,726 | - | - | - | - | - |
