A lot of this is going to be story time, so I need you to bear with me. I just need to set the scene.
As a kid, my entire world revolved around Buffalo Sabres hockey in their mid-2000’s peak. After high school, I went to college out of state, and lost my connection to the team simply due to proximity. My freshman year in 2012, I would still check on them regularly with hopes high, excited to tell my haughty Red Wings-fan friends that the Sabres were still The Guys. But, as the Sabres’ own drought era began, they proved not to be.