The Buffalo Sabres hot start to the 2019-20 National Hockey League season has many excited for what potentially is to come, despite the team’s recent skid.
For the most part, you will find yourself a group of hyped-up Buffalonians ready to tell you how this team has made the next step under new head coach Ralph Krueger.
Through 17 games, the Sabres have a record of 9-6-2. This puts Buffalo in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, with 20 points.
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According to SB Nation’s “Pretenders or Contenders” FanPulse voters, the league-wide confidence in the Buffalo Sabres appears to be a little uneasy.