The Buffalo Sabres headed to Stockholm, Sweden with an excellent opportunity. Two games against the defending President’s Cup champions and a chance to make a statement in the Atlantic Division. Unfortunately what Sabres fans got was two close losses to a team that looked superior in both games.
Now the question for Buffalo is what now? After a hot start to the season, the team has been an abysmal 0-4-1 over their last 5 games and everything the team was doing well to begin the season, now looks like a weakness.
It all starts with the defensive pairings, earlier this season the Buffalo defense was one of the top units in the NHL.