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Sam Reinhart Has Kicked The Sophomore Slump Despite Buffalo Sabres’ Anemic Offense

Over the summer, I whipped together a series called Buffalo Sabres Player Projections, in which I tried to predict how well most of the Sabres’ roster would perform in the 2016-17 season.

When it came time to project how well Sam Reinhart would do in his sophomore season, I was pretty optimistic, predicting a 30-25-55 season for Samson (although I did agree in the comments section that it was entirely possible that Reinhart would finish the season with more apples than biscuits, due to his exquisite passing). At the end of my projection, here is what I had to say about Reinhart:

Sam Reinhart might live in the shadow of Jack Eichel, but he was one of the Buffalo Sabres’ best all-around forwards in 2015-16.