‘”We think he can really handle more,” Botterill said. “It’ll be interesting to see how much his offensive numbers really increase, but we think he’s a type of player that can really handle minutes … Whether he gets the assists or not, he’s going to start our transition game out of our own end and in the neutral zone and then with his size and his compete down low, his reach, we really think he’s going to be able to log a lot of minutes on our PK and be able to play against other teams’ top two lines.”‘
Botterill expects Scandella to take on greater role in Buffalo
Source: Sabres.com