Adams may want to sit tight if teams are lowballing him because the locker room might lose a bit of chemistry if they are traded for far less than what how the players value them.
Like GMTM.
Although it is less fun to have tight-lipped guys at the top like Darcy Regier and Kevin Adams, I find I prefer the quietude versus the chaos.
Everyone's comments about the wider ice favouring the defence and leading to more passive play and more play on the perimetre are correct. There was a nice analysis of this and how coaches use it in _The Death of Hockey_ by native Buffalonians Jeff Z. Klein and Karl-Eric Reif.
Eichel or not, injuries or not: they are paying the price for firing Gallant, moving Fleury, and getting Dadanov.
I still think they right the ship before season's end.