Prior to the Buffalo Sabres hitting the road against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, I was texting a couple of my closest Sabres buddies about the impending matchup. I had proposed to them that the Sabres should win tonight since they were playing a superior opponent and that I inversely felt that they typically lose to inferior teams, and rosters equally skilled as theirs.
My friend Bryan did not take the bait on my proposal. With tongue-in-cheek optimism, he simply responded: “I hope they win.” My lifelong pal Dave conversely replied “losing against bad teams, and beating better teams?