The Sabres still have a chance to turn their 2025-26 season around, but Buffalo's margin for error is already razor thin after a miserable start.
At some point, with the Buffalo Sabres riding a 14-year playoff drought and no light emerging at the end of the tunnel, it all starts to feel like an endless rerun.
That was certainly the case after the team's recent 6-2 loss to the Calgary Flames. Recycled quotes about not working hard enough or not giving the opponent, in this case the NHL's last-place team, enough respect on the ice.