Opinion: Give The Sabres A Break!

Micheline Vevolu/Rochester AmericansJust so we’re clear, this is an opinion piece and it does not reflect the views of anyone else on the Die By The Blade staff. Heck, it probably doesn’t reflect the views of anyone who visits the site... but I’m here to try to change your mind.

We’re nearly 10% of the way through the NHL regular season and our Buffalo Sabres are just about where we all expected them to be; hovering around the .500 mark, loitering around the middle of the league standings, playing inconsistently on both ends of the ice, and struggling to establish their identity.

From period to period and game to game many of us are riding the rollercoaster of feelings that have us gliding…