Was reading a story on the Buffalo Sabres story of turning their franchise around this season, going from worst to first in one off-season. Like our NFL franchise they had experienced years of mediocrity and no playoff appearances. Now things appear to be different this year and they are challenging the Bolts for the top spot in the East.
What caught my eye in the article was a quote from captain, Jack Eichel, about their culture and couldn’t help but draw comparisons to what we are seeing with the Bucs.
"It's tough when you lose that much because you question everything you do," Eichel told ESPN before the season. "I never lost my love for the game, but it made doing it every day a lot tougher when you're losing, everything is negative, and you're just trying to find the positives in what you're doing. ... I just thought that there was too much complacency and there was a lot of 'Happy to be here. Who cares if I work at my game? I'm already in the NHL.' I think that's pretty contagious, and it can cause a lot of problems."
Makes you contemplate why we shouldn’t just start over and retain only a few key pieces?
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25396763/buffalo-sabres-make-history-worst-first-run
