With the Jack Eichel saga finished, what's next for the Sabres? Kevyn Adams outlined the team's future plans, with the hope that this is the final rebuild. ✍️: RoryBoylen
, trading that very same player to Vegas will begin yet another new era in Buffalo and, again, it's one of hope and optimism for better days ahead.
As far as the Eichel return goes, Krebs is the key piece, a 20-year-old centre who led the WHL with 30 assists in 24 games last season. He had a significant injury of his own to deal with when he tore his Achilles tendon in his draft season, which hurt his stock. Krebs was expected to be a top 10 prospect in 2019 at least , but ultimately fell to the Golden Knights at 17th overall.
"It's a balance. It's never 'oh this guy is ready today or next week.' It's individual cases you look at and say 'what sets them up for success' and in our mind it was catch your breath, get your feet under you a little bit, get used to the organization and let's build this thing. When it's the right time he'll be here and be here for a long time."
"That's all the stuff we're building. So we had to make decisions with certain players to make sure we were following that vision and that the players and pieces we'd be getting back were going to be buying into that. We're not in a rush."
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