Quoting: LoganOllivier
None of these moves really make you better. The problem I see with Buffalo is the same problem they've had for the past 10 years or so. They start a rebuild, have so success getting good players and then think they've turned the corner and make bold moves too soon. They don't have enough depth and buying someone elses average depth only rearranges deck chairs. They need more drafting and developing.
This does not work, at least in Buffalo. We developed Nylander, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Cozens, and what happens to these players? Our organization does not know how to work with young players. Nylander didn’t develop correctly and now in Chicago, Mittelstadt, which seems to have 2C potential, but he plays in bottom 6 with marginal players and will probably score 20-25 points again and will not progress, Dahlin will probably be fine, difficult spoil a player with such skills, Cozens seems like a great prospect, but it’s also unclear how it will develop in Buffalo. We need to stop tanking and forget this word altogether, the team has not been in the playoffs for 8 years, the fans are tired of it, let them hire competent people, let them gather the squad around Eichel, Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Johansson, Cozens, Dahlin, Jokiharju, Mitts and UPL.