Buffalo Sabres Once Again Struggled With Injuries

Once again, injuries were a struggle for the Buffalo Sabres.

At the end of the season, only one Buffalo Sabres player had appeared in all 82 games: defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen.

Although I will add an asterisk to that one: Jamie McGinn had appeared in all 63 games with the Buffalo Sabres prior to his trade.

Overall, 21 of 36 players for the Buffalo Sabres (goaltenders included) missed at least one game this season due to injury or illness.

Let’s look at the injury-man games lost for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

At the top of that list is, of course, forward Cody McCormick, who was forced to sit the entire season due to blood clots. He alone accounts for 82 of the team’s combined 354…