Thatโs a good breakdown especially with the team being one of the youngest for a decade. Amazed on how many people, still to this day, defend the Sabres being young.
I now see why Adams is very reluctant to trade his young players. He is betting that they will all develop into the players they are predicted to be. He sees many of the other young players they have traded have hit their stride not long after the trades. He is willing to wait for years till they all finally develop. Every year he hopes, this is the year they all start putting it together ๐ค. He knows there is no help coming. He knows they have to develop into a legit NHL contender organically. Most other players in the league have the Sabres in their NTC. I also feel that the NTC is what is now holding the team down and there will be a push by owners to restrict it. You can have all the picks and young talent in the world, if you canโt use that as trade capital because players refuse the move, whatโs the point?
Iโm trying to not make excuses for the inept leadership but I do see what their ineptitude has created.
Except Pegula doesnโt have a teenager making player decisions based madden. ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐