With another season threatening to end without the Buffalo Sabres qualifying for the playoffs, and with winter letting us all know that she ain’t done yet, it is easy to understand why many Sabres fans are miserable right now.
Still, as one reader commented in my piece about a particular player’s point streak, there is a clear light at the end of the tunnel: his name is Jack Eichel, and he has been one of the handful of players on the Sabres roster worth watching every time he takes the ice.
Eichel has once again stolen the spotlight from Sam Reinhart – after all, Jack now leads the team with 47 points despite losing almost the first two months of the season to injury, and his 11-game points streak was the second-longest in the NHL this season – but Reinhart is part of that light at the end of the tunnel, as well.