9 mil for a 20-25 goal scorer carried by Eichel with rfa years left. Hopefully he signs an offer sheet Reinhart is a passenger period. Weak, soft, and if Eichel isn't humming Sam sure ain't. The fact we have some Reinhart fans as recent as last summer say Sam > Draisaitl and Sam = best player from 2014. Not even close. Not even top 5 from 2014.
I love your take on Reinhart; it's all spot on. If the Sabres were actually good enough to make the playoffs, Sabres fans would have seen by now how Reinhart disappears in the playoffs when intensity gets ratcheted up 1000%.
This guy is incapable of winning 1-0n-1 battles and is utterly incapable of driving his own line, which is one of the greatest problems on this team currently.
My greatest fear is that we will--again--be stuck with some super long K for this guy making way too much money.
And then people will wonder why half of Eichel's career is over and we can't get over the hump.
He should be traded immediately, but for comparable value--which I have no faith in Botterill to accomplish.
And here's an interesting twist--not so much if, but WHEN the regular season is pronounced "finished" what happens to Botterill? I fear he is going to survive in part due to the strange ending to this season.