3 of the 4 teams losses were against teams at the top of the league and they were in the games

They lost to Montreal and Arizona, both, at home. Wouldnt exactly bring up the competition to 'glow up'

In the off-season Buffalo clearly had enough cap space and assets to bring in a couple more helpful players but have made a decision that this is another year of youth development and cap disciple

And if they lose to Boston it'll be more of the same. The test now will be the games after boston- Vancouver, Ottawa, toronto, stl...we see we are not lining up with the top teams, beating the second tier is a reasonable improvement. Frankly they have been in most games, this isn't the same old Sabres, yet at least.

It's all on Adams, he had to find help in defense immediately after injuries to Jokiharju and Samuelsson, and Lyubushkin also constantly plays with an injury. But no, he continues to do nothing, and the team is still the same soft and with small defenders + Fitzgerald, who is simply not an NHL player.