Adams Gets it Right with Ullmark, Reinhart

Photo by Joe Hrycych/NHLI via Getty ImagesBuffalo Sabres general Kevyn Adams signed two key pieces of the team this past weekend, both to team-friendly deals that are good in both the immediate future and looking further ahead. Adams and the Sabres have avoided arbitration with two of their biggest free agents, signing Sam Reinhart to a one-year contract with an AAV of $5.2 million and Linus Ullmark to a one-year deal worth $2.6 million.

A $5.2 million contract for Reinhart is both affordable for the Sabres, and a respectable raise for the forward. He earned $3.65 million AAV in each year of his last contract, which was a two-year deal. While I would’ve liked to see Reinhart get more than a…