The logical route is to conclude that the Sabres have intentionally decided to lose games for at least a 2 year period.
Some how a GM that has not proven he can succeed as a NHL GM is being given credit for a strategy where his team intentionally loses and he trades players away to make his team worse.
If you can't see how that is wrong and all you can come up with is that other teams have done it in the past, I'm not sure you ever will.