The Sabres were careless with the puck and made way too many defensive mistakes, leaving too many men uncovered. Whether they can't play defense or won't; it's been a season-long question.
He was the captain of both the Buffalo Sabres and the Montreal Canadiens, becoming just the second American-born player ever to become captain of the Canadiens.
We've seen this movie way too many times before and the ending always seems to be the same. The Buffalo Sabres have a tendency to tease their fans then break their hearts and they did it again Thursday night in the season opener.
For the fifth time in the last 12 seasons the Buffalo Sabres will open the regular season against the Montreal Canadiens. The game on Thursday, October 5th at 7:00 pm at KeyBank Center will be followed by a trip to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 7th where the Sabres will play the New York Islanders.
On Wednesday night in their final home game of the season the Buffalo Sabres put in a much better effort than the abysmal performance two nights before. And again the Sabres proved when they put their minds to it and play for an entire 60 minutes than they can compete and beat some of the best teams in the league.