Agreed, but JJP is still under the Sabres' control. KA's attitude is going to require case-by-case flexibility in order to not dig the hole even deeper. In a circumstance like this, JJP has to perform if he expects to one day sign a good contract on a good team.
Uhm...KA is really going to trade JJP? There is a small, very small, handful of players he could trade away and, by doing so, make the team even worse. JJP is one of those players.