HOLDING ON BY A THREADThe sky is not falling, but it is holding on by a very thin thread.
The Sabres improved to 0-2 last night on Long Island and took another leap in a season that could hopefully prove to be Darcy Regier's last.
Mike Comrie, a free agent acquisition and newly crowned Sabre-killer, scored two more brining his two night point total up to 6 (4-2-6). The Sabres have played a Comrie occupied team for the last 7 non pre-season games and have lost 6 of them.
U.S. born Rick DiPietro outplayed his American counter-part after being blasted with 17 shots in the final frame, saving 16 of them. Ryan Miller had a lackluster performance during that same period saving 4 of 6 shots.
Two games in and the dulled Sabres find themselves one of three teams with no points (Florida and Atlanta) creating a mirror image of last year's amazing start. They were man-handled defensively Friday night by a line assembled by a second year GM that only two years ago was still playing in net for the Isles. They were out clutched last night by one member of said line.
The lack of leadership played all the way through the game last night as the team is still searching for a leader on the ice to set a tone and example for the rest of the youngsters to follow.
Ales Kotalik should be back for Thursday's game against Atlanta, but most fans are probably not holding their breath for any spark to come out of his return.
So here we are, two games, two losses and only 80 more of these things to go which is a lot of time for the threads to snap and the sky to fall on Buffalo yet again. This is all despite the encouragement by the front office, and what reason do they have to lie?
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