Across the ice from the Rangers on Saturday night, in one of those games no one really wants to have to play, were the Sabres, one of the NHL’s prime illustrations of a team that has not won for losing, and an example the Blueshirts would not want to emulate.
Because despite drafting in top eight for each of the past five years, going back-to-back with second-overall selections in 2014 and 2015 that yielded Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel, Buffalo not only has been eliminated from playoff participation for the eighth straight season, but is wallowing in the misery of holding the league’s worst record.