The Buffalo Sabres must avoid the "it's just one game" mentality because their margin for error this season is far too small.
It's not just one game. It's 14 years. Fourteen years of believing unacceptable stretches of uninspired hockey is normal, which leads to results like last season's 13-game losing streak that destroyed the Buffalo Sabres season after less than three months.
The Sabres desperately need a new mentality. One where a loss, even a 4-0 defeat to a strong New York Rangers club on the first night of an 82-game schedule, is never shrugged off.