As much as I was underwhelmed by the Sabres at the trade deadline, I am also in the extreme minority that is ok with the Evander Kane trade under the circumstances. Sabres GM Jason Botterill waited until a couple hours prior to the deadline to move Kane and didn’t get the return we hoped for. The Sabres managed to fetch Danny O’Regan, and a conditional 2019 first round pick in return.
It doesn’t make me think anything negative of Jason Botterill because truthfully, if the market for Kane was diluted because of his “reputation”, then I’m glad we were able to get something, as opposed to nothing.