Looking back it's pretty remarkable how badly Adams mismanaged what should have been a strong core Buffalo had built.
If you look at the 2020 draft when Adams took over, and look at the players the Sabres had in their organization that were U-26 years old:
Forward: Reinhart, Eichel, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Skinner, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, Rodrigues, Girgensons, Olofsson
Defense: Dahlin, Ristolainen, Montour, McCabe, Colin Miller, Borgen, Samuelsson, Jokiharju
Goalie: Ullmark, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Should have been able to build a pretty good team with all those pieces.
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