Kristo
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- Dec 26, 2021
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Buffalo Sabres had very few players that were high in the regular season points race during DPE. Yet the team had some moderate success for a couple of seasons, especially during the first half of that period. During the 1997-98 regular season, the team leader in points was Miroslav Satan with only 46 points (!). And the Sabres made the playoffs with som margin (they had Hasek of course). It's worth nothing that Sabres had eight players with at least 34 points, so is was quite tight up in front.
Anyway, is this mark, 46 points, the lowest by a playoff-team in the modern NHL or are there even 'worse' examples?
I didn't watch NHL back in 1998 but even when taken into consideration that it was DPE, the Sabres didn't seem to have that much offensive talent. Would you say that they were the clearest example of a "defense first" team together with the Devils during that period?
Anyway, is this mark, 46 points, the lowest by a playoff-team in the modern NHL or are there even 'worse' examples?
I didn't watch NHL back in 1998 but even when taken into consideration that it was DPE, the Sabres didn't seem to have that much offensive talent. Would you say that they were the clearest example of a "defense first" team together with the Devils during that period?