I am just looking a t hockey DB but yea, even in Buffalo he was misused, and Buffalo was starting to decline around then anyway.
Not to mention how bad we've been.
This is what's so exciting, it isn't just Kassian getting better, it's Jensen, and Stanton, and Horvat and whatever top 5 pick we can somehow luck out on that will all develop together.
And the prospects that Kesler brings back.
It's going to be a complete wave of youth that pushes Booth, Sestito, Dalphe, and Schroeder out the door. and have a team that can roll 4 lines like a champion. Let's have Hansen Santorelli Higgins and Richardson as a bottom 4 instead of Sestito Schroeder Archibald and Dalphe.
The ironic thing is those players have scored our goals lately.