The Sabres lost both games in their season-opening home and home series with the N.Y. Islanders.
I really only caught snatches of each game, between putting the boy to bed on Friday and having family over on Saturday. In what I heard and saw, the Sabres did not look good and this is not an uplifting way to start the season.
They did draw lots of pom-pom waving fans outside the arena during the home opener, though. I wonder if that will kind of enthusiasm keep up, given this new miserable situation. Sigh. Maybe everybody is still on hung over from the loss of the captains … yet, so I’m sick of talking about that. Let’s move on.
I’d been hoping on Saturday they’d lose only their first game and go on a tear with ten straight wins, but that hope was obviously dashed.