Once upon a time, the top five players on the Buffalo Sabres were probably not even remotely close to gracing the top five of most NHL franchises.
The Buffalo Sabres improved to 91 points mainly because of their ability to score, and they ended the year with an astounding 296 goals. Each of the following players listed showed the ability to put up big numbers, but you might be surprised of how much they also contributed to other aspects of the game.
While it wasn’t so easy to figure out the other tiers on previous lists, for the most part, anyway, ranking the top tier was quite the opposite.