As @tom webster hinted at, Eillott Friedman speculated on a podcast that the cap may go up to 100 million for 2026-27, the year that the cap hit is the highest.
The cost of acquisition for him was way too high.
I have reason to believe that the Sabres Analytics Department was not fully onboard with this.
As bad as Washington was last season, they were worse when he was on the ice