Sabres Outlook: If You Can Answer Yes to the Following...

So what if your favorite hockey team has... ...missed the playoffs two straight years? ...not made a splash in free agency for even longer? ...let not one but TWO team captains walk away without compensation? ...never quite shaken the identity of the red-headed stepchild of a city that sometimes seems cursed, and not just sports-wise? Does that mean another wasted season?  Fear not, Sabres fans.  There is reason to not be ashamed for being optimistic.  All you need to enjoy a spot in the playoffs is affirmative answers to the following questions. 1) Can Tim Connolly stay healthy? Say what you might about a player who was received in trade for the incredibly-popular Michael Peca way back when...when he's on the ice, the man can play.  Forty-seven points in 48 games translates into team-leading scoring for this squad over a full season, and satisfies the one thing that Buffalo has lacked since the heady days of the early nineties—a bona fide game-changing...