‘Beaulieu’s deal carries the fifth-largest cap hit of Sabres defenseman, according to figures from Cap Friendly, trailing Rasmus Ristolainen ($5.4 million), Zach Bogosian ($5.1 million), Marco Scandella ($4 million) and Josh Gorges ($3.9 million). Beaulieu’s previous contract had an AAV of $1.275 million.’