The State of the Buffalo Sabres
Credit: Bill Wippert/NHL via Getty Images Its been a long and tumultuous past 9 years for the Buffalo Sabres. For a time, it seemed as the team had once again figured out its winning form, having back to back 50-win seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07, but as we would soon find out, things would quickly unravel to the point of absurdity. This past July, I wrote an article on at the time new acquisition Jimmy Vesey, a Hobey Baker Award winner who famously refused to sign with the team who had his rights, who just happened to be, the Buffalo Sabres. I mentioned how Buffalo is a team with nothing to lose and should use him accordingly on a first line or at least top six role. Well, things didn’t quite work out that way. Instead, we got treated to the same Buffalo team we have been for the past few years, a team that starts off hot, before completely falling off and missing the playoffs. And with the way things have been going this year, it looks like were headed for the s