For the second year in a row, the Rochester Americans were swept out of the Calder Cup playoffs in the first round. Last year it was at the hands of the Syracuse Crunch and this year it was by the defending champion Toronto Marlies.
All season we heard the Sabres and general manager Jason Botterill speak about the importance of development for the Amerks and how they held hopes of a long playoff run. The roster consisted of a handful of hopeful future Sabres players that could have benefited from a playoff push. Unfortunately, that’s not how things played out.