Ok on to the rest. Detroit traded bertuzzi and hronek at the deadline, that's not much of a teardown or dismantle. I guess Sundqvist counts in that too but not much dismantling. Detroit has a limited offense and a questionable defense. Their goaltending is, idk maybe better than ours but I like Levi.
So for me, the question is does Buffalo's improved d and g make them better or worse than Detroit's ufa hole filling shopping spree. They'll add Kasper and Edvinsson this year too.
I think yes because there's just more firepower in Buffalo. Granato is right, it's harder to teach offense. This team that Buffalo has is taking another step.