The rookies are the future, so why not make the future, now?
The Buffalo Sabres have six games remaining on their schedule, and they are not going to make the playoffs.
How’s that for some cold, hard facts on a Tuesday morning?
Of course, you already knew those two things, just like you already knew that the Sabres lost Evander Kane to an injury early in Monday’s loss to the Detroit Red Wings, and that the Sabres rolled out a line consisting of Ryan O’Reilly with rookies Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart as a result.