Dr Black
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- Oct 31, 2015
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In the 2014-15 season before Jack Eichel, the Buffalo Sabres had 54 points.
In the 2015-16 season with Jack Eichel, the Buffalo Sabres improved to 81 points.
That's a 27 POINT improvement!! Loosing a great young player that improved your team by 27 points just cannot be overcome.
In all fairness, Buffalo also added Ryan O'Reily, Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane last year. So it wasn't just Jack Eichel.
OH, but Evander Kane is out for at least a month with broken ribs. Ryan O'Reily is likely playing injured. Not to mention their 2 offseason free agent signings starting the year injured. The Buffalo Sabres are finished before they got started.
HOWEVER, there is a silver lining for Buffalo fans in all of this. If the team was completely healthy, they could have easily finished the season 9th place no mans land. Which would mean a double whammy of no playoffs AND no top pick in the draft. With these injuries, Buffalo now has a really good chance at a top 4 pick in the draft. Something the team could use.
In the 2015-16 season with Jack Eichel, the Buffalo Sabres improved to 81 points.
That's a 27 POINT improvement!! Loosing a great young player that improved your team by 27 points just cannot be overcome.
In all fairness, Buffalo also added Ryan O'Reily, Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane last year. So it wasn't just Jack Eichel.
OH, but Evander Kane is out for at least a month with broken ribs. Ryan O'Reily is likely playing injured. Not to mention their 2 offseason free agent signings starting the year injured. The Buffalo Sabres are finished before they got started.
HOWEVER, there is a silver lining for Buffalo fans in all of this. If the team was completely healthy, they could have easily finished the season 9th place no mans land. Which would mean a double whammy of no playoffs AND no top pick in the draft. With these injuries, Buffalo now has a really good chance at a top 4 pick in the draft. Something the team could use.