The Toronto Star, at TheStar.com, shows how the Sabres display draft savvy — or at least used to, before everyone that brought players into the organization left.
Sigh.
Still, I guess I can’t say this is bad, at least not yet. Other teams win without drafting and developing players in-house. The Sabres were losing $15 million each season a few years ago and were under league management. Something had to give. They are having a rough time with their Rochester Americans affiliate, and the Amerks themselves are in financial trouble. Perhaps being the development house for the rest of the league wasn’t really a winning strategy, while another one might produce better results (or at least a different cost structure)?