Are the Sabres better off without Skinner?

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Just curious what y’all think- I’m convinced it was simply a cost cutting move, and somehow a lot of Sabres fans have bought into the scapegoating of Skinner, but whatever- dude’s gone, replaced by Zucker. From what you’ve seen, is he really that bad defensively as to be of negative value? Sabres are 12 mil below the cap with all core pieces signed, so it’s tough to make the money argument- at worst the move coulda been made later, but again, I’m biased.

Tl;dr- are the Sabres better without Skinner?

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[Three On Zero]

Too early to tell, the buy out was a bit of a head scratcher considering where the Sabres are though