Quoting: DragonKnight
Leaders to be major subtractions are defensemen Mattias Samuelsson and Henri Jokiharju. Samuelsson needs to prove he can play a full season and be an effective first or second pairing defenseman. Jokiharju will be outplayed by better defensemen in the Sabres' farm system. Subtracting Samuelsson and Jokiharju frees up $9 million to make upgrades elsewhere.
Except u presume way too much
1- the Sabres like BOTH Samuelsson & Jokiharju, and it’s just a guess on your part that they’ll be moved out
There’s not much to suggest they actually will be
2- if they are moved out- IF- then they’ll need to be replaced by more than guys from the farm system, of which u have few,
who would just make your defense even younger & more suspect than it already is
Even if u think that’s actually the best idea (it’s not),
there’s absolutely no chance your GM does
I guess I’d just invite you to be more realistic,
which has been my point all along