The phrase "historically bad" has become a regular part of sports parlance and gets used far too often, but the 2021 Buffalo Sabres fit that description to a tee. Buffalo lost its 18th consecutive game on Monday, blowing a 3-0 lead to the Philadelphia Flyers before falling 4-3 in overtime.
We've covered the Sabres' descent to rock bottom pretty extensively, and it's been quite a ride. The Buffalo News intentionally ranked the Sabres 32nd in a 31-team league, Eric Staal could barely hide how relieved he was to be traded to the Montreal Canadiens, Jeff Skinner has been inexplicably benched for portions of the season, head coach Ralph Krueger was fired 12 games into the current losing streak, a month after he was placed on the COVID-19 list.