BUF - MIN

To BUFFALO:

William Karlsson

To MINNESOTA:

BUF 2nd 2021
BUF 1st 2022

Minnesota will retain $2 million of Karlsson's 2020-21 salary.


Sabres agree to this deal. A bit of a steep price in a sense as we could lose Karlsson to offseason UFA after one year. But we aim to re-sign him, of course, and there's no denying how well this helps our club. Karlsson allows us to employ Patrick, Soderberg, and Nielsen in better slots in the lineup, will play PP and PK time, and will help the youngsters develop.

As with the Patrick trade, amassing the youth we have thus far allows us to make moves like this from time to time. The salary retention keeps us well under the salary cap as well to make future moves possible.

Good talks Josh!