Buffalo Sabres fans have had the unfortunate ability to be able to identify all too well with Bill Murray’s portrayal of Phil Connors in “Groundhog Day” for the past eight years.
This year resembles a different part of the movie. This season feels more like the darker, middle part of the film in which Phil is defeated by trying to do things in which he feels is the right way only to discover it’s the wrong way and he finds new and inventive ways to off himself only to wake up to “I’ve Got You Babe” and do it all over again — trapped in an inescapable loop until he learns his lesson.