Things have not been going so smoothly in “Hockey Heaven” lately. The Sabres can’t win at home, they can’t hold on to a lead, and their players have been dropping left and right from injuries forcing them to call-up countless players from AHL affiliate Rochester.
And it’s all due to an excuse that people everywhere hate to hear, injures. The NHL season is just two months old, and the Sabres have dressed nine rookies to replace injured players. However, even though the Sabres can use the injury bug as an excuse for their poor play as of late, it’s not one that’s buyable as some of the league’s top teams have had to deal with the same problems and are still seeing success.
Going into Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins have lost 126 man games due to injury or illness; the Vancouver Canucks have lost 103; even the NHL’s best team, the Minnesota Wild, has lost 96 man games. The Sabres have lost just 83.
The rookies that have played for the Sabres so far this year are far from being the reas...
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PLAYERS:
Marc-Andre Gragnani,
Claude Giroux,
Lindy Ruff,
Luke Adam,
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins,
Jason Pominville,
Thomas Vanek,
Ville Leino,
Zack Kassian,
Matt Read,
Ryan Miller
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers
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