‘The Sabres new GM was asked about what style of roster he would like to assemble, to which his answer had several parts, “This is a league that thrives on centermen. The fortunate thing here is we have a couple of amazing, high end centermen… The type of team I’d like to create here, and it will be in conjunction with the head coach we bring in, is a team that plays high tempo. People think ‘high tempo – dump and chase’, no. It’s a high tempo, puck possession game.”‘