I often wonder if fans would have met the rebuild with less divisiveness if Darcy Regier never uttered the phrase "there will be suffering".
This year's season seems to be trending down an all too familiar path. On the ice, the Sabres have stumbled out of the gates to a 4-8-2 record. On our phones the battle lines have been redrawn, Pro-tank vs Anti-tank.
I'm someone who championed the idea of tearing everything down and starting fresh. The organization exhausted every drop of hockey from our last core group of players. They were never going to win a Stanley Cup with Thomas Vanek, Ryan Miller and Jason Pominville leading the team.