Sabres team captain had 74 points last season to lead Buffalo to their first playoff appearance since 2011
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Winning the offseason does not mean you’re gonna do well in the regular season because I, I remember some people saying last year Vancouver had an unbelievable offseason, and then they were the worst team in the NHL
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That being said, I think the best offseason in the Atlantic division was the Toronto Maple Leafs because they added essentially an entire bottom six
They added a starting goaltender that they’re hoping is not over the hill in Sergei Bobrovsky
They added purportedly a number one defenseman in Darren Raddysh, and they added a potential cornerstone player with the first overall pick in Gavin McKenna
There’s obviously they need a lot of things to fall into place, but I, I look at them, and the only other team that you could really say, would be Florida because they added Brady Tkachuk
But I think there’s some questionable moves with get, adding Radko Gudas and Markstrom as a goaltender replacing Bobrovsky that make me pause
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In terms of the worst in the Atlantic division, to me, it’s clear
It’s the Buffalo Sabres
They lost Alex Tuch
They lo- they traded Bowen Byram
They made a good deal
They, you know, they made And they made a good trade for Olin Zaitsev, but they made two good trades, and they still got worse
And we’re now in the, beginning of August, and they have not closed the gap of the 44 goals that they have subtracted from their roster, and they’re going into the season with the same goaltending, and they have not traded for Connor Hellebuyck as of yet
So I would say it’s clear the Buffalo Sabres
