Which Sabres will take a big step BACK this season?
There's been too much optimism around here. We need to get this place back to the "Because Buffalo" hot takes we all know and love.
If Girgensons is here for another year, he'll be checked out moreso than Kane was just before the deadline. Same with Baloo, assuming either of them make the roster.
Pushing the line of thinking further,
I fully understand that in hockey, random and crazy things can happen all the time. people can go from 6 goals to 43 in a different situation, 5 months later. Young guys come out of nowhere, talents just like Jack take a next step and blow away their previous year's totals. But this stuff is inherently unpredictable, so while it's perfectly reasonable for people to suggest that Jack and Casey are MacKinnon and Keller, I will always lean towards what I