Where to start with Western New York’s beloved Sabres?
Buffalo is a hockey crazy city, perhaps the biggest hockey city in all of the U.S. of A. Year after year, the city ranks in the top 5 for Neilson ratings during the NHL playoffs, despite the fact that the Sabres have not been to the playoffs in 8 seasons. That has to tell you something.
Sandwiched between the insane Toronto hockey market, and the royalty that still thrives in Pittsburgh, it’s been a tough go for the Sabres for a long, long time.
Last year they suffered the indignation of trading Ryan O’Reilly to the St.