The Buffalo Sabres have become a good hockey team at least throughout March
The Buffalo Sabres are looking to take their momentum into April after an outstanding month. And while the Sabres have shown us fools gold with strong months in recent memory, only to wind up cooling off, this Sabres team holds a different flair.
Why? Because unlike in years’ past, where they would have a strong October or November, this team has gotten better toward the end of the year. The playoffs are out of the question, and sooner than later the Sabres will have that infamous lowercase e beside their name for the 11th straight season.
Moral victories don’t exist, but this season holds an epic story arc. The Sabres had a phenomenal month in October 2021 before they fell victims to injury and illness. They struggled throughout November, December, and January, before a six-game losing streak in February put this team at rock bottom.
In March, the Sabres still saw the occasional blowout loss. In fact, they were steamrolling toward another blowout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks before they got the sticks swinging and the pucks found twine.
That game, capped off with one of the most improbable game-winning shots in recent NHL history from Tage Thompson, literally defined what the Sabres became in March. A bunch of Kardiac Kids, literally kids considering their youth, showing their long-suffering fanbase that the postseason drought is nearing its end.
It’s not another hopeless ending to the season that so many Sabres fans have become accustomed to seeing. Instead, it’s Chapter One in what will become one of the NHL’s more inspiring stories of the 2020s, assuming this team sticks together.
But for the near-future, what can we expect from the Buffalo Sabres in their upcoming homestand from March 30th to April 5th? Here are three bold predictions.