Nine games into the 2018-19 season and the Buffalo Sabres are already beginning to carve out their spot in the overall map of the National Hockey League.
For better or for worse, this edition of the Buffalo Sabres most certainly seems a little different than the last few that we have seen.
For starters, their nine game opening stretch is the best this franchise has seen since the 2011-12 edition of the Sabres started out 6-3-0 in their first nine games.
Seven years ago, almost to the day – what a ride it has been.