‘Buffalo is a one-line team with a struggling goaltender. Sure, injuries have played a part — Rasmus Ristolainen was the league leader in time on ice when he went down to injury — but it’s not as though the Sabres were showing signs of improvement when it took them six games to earn their first win of the season. Since the tank season they’ve added Ryan O’Reilly, Kyle Okposo, Jason Pominville and took steps to improve the defence this past summer, but the losing culture has been tough to shake.’