BREAKING: Sabres make five seemingly inane offseason decisions.

Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams has waited too long to start making significant moves, including some unconventional ones, to ensure the team can surpass rivals like Toronto, Detroit, Florida, Boston, or Tampa Bay.

Adams must assume that these competitors will remain strong this season, and the only way to outperform them is by assembling a better team. Fortunately, Adams has the salary cap space and assets to acquire more experienced talent this offseason, potentially targeting unexpected players.

In this article, we discuss five strategies that, while seemingly unreasonable at first, could make sense if Adams executed them, starting with trading away a high-end future asset or two.

Trading high-end prospects for established talents

There are several approaches the Sabres can take to acquire established talent, and while not everything proposed in this article will come to fruition, it represents one of two possible strategies in the trade market. For teams preferring high-end prospects over draft picks, this is the ideal route for the organization.

The Sabres face the fortunate dilemma of having several elite prospects, though not all will realistically fit into the lineup. Therefore, Kevyn Adams will need to trade at least one, if not more, of these prospects either this summer or, to the delight of Sabres fans, by the March 2025 trade deadline.

If Adams aims to build a strong team well before the season starts, it makes more sense to move assets this summer to acquire a top-six winger or a center, thereby deepening the team’s lineup.

Later in this article, I will list several trade candidates—different from those mentioned in previous articles—who would be a good fit for the Sabres if Adams decides to trade high-end prospects like Jiri Kulich, Isak Rosen, Matt Savoie, or other top prospects or draft picks for an already established NHL player.