The Buffalo Sabres botched the offseason. That's conventional wisdom surrounding a team that traded one of its best point producers for two solid but unspectacular players who lack starpower.
It's why Sean McIndoe of The Athletic (subscription required) had six brutal words to describe the Blue and Gold's offseason. In his season preview of all 32 teams, McIndoe said of the Sabres, "Traded Peterka, didn’t do much else."
That's brutal honesty, and it drives home the point that general manager Kevyn Adams did nothing notable to replace Peterka with any outside talent. The acquisitions he got in return for Peterka, defenseman Michael Kesselring, and winger Josh Doan, are middle-pairing and middle-six players, respectively.