Boeser bounced back because they hired the perfect coach to jolt his career back. If we traded for him who knows if he spirals worse.
I think it was more just a unsustainable streak with Boeser this season.
He has a career shooting% of 13.8%
The first 60% of the season he was shooting at nearly 29%
The last 40% of the season, he was shooting back at his normal 14% and he was pacing for 53 points while still being a defensive liability, and many Canucks fans were trying to move him again.
He had a hell of a run to start 2023-24 playing with Pettersson, Miller and Hughes on the PP, but I feel strongly that the Sabres would have gotten the "50pt, defensively challenged" version of Boeser had Adams made that deal. And you may be right, it may have been even worse without having Tocchet getting the most out of him in Buffalo,