The best is yet to come

The Sabres have returned to .500 on this, their longest road-trip of the season, with a strong 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers. The offensively dangerous Ales Kotalik returned to the lineup with an assist and a gamewinning goal. Even more importantly J.P. Dumont was healthy. Unfortunately Tim Connolly suffered a hurt.
Win one Lose on. One player gets healthy, another gets hurt. It's the nature of life and sports. The season goes in cycles. The fans of the Sabres should be assured that the back to back losses out West are really just a historical trend and not the mark of a bad team. The season is more than half the way over and the Sabres have a healthy cushion in the standings for a playoff spot.
Another reason not to be too down on the lack of scoring is that our number one offensive weopen is hurt. Once Daniel Briere comes back it will be just like a trade. The Sabres can be better. Once Darcy Reigeir finally pulls the trigger on a trade at the deadline the Sabres will be one goalie lighter and hopefully one defenceman heavier. This reminds of 1999 when Rhett Warrener joined the club at the deadline and was a driving force behind the cup run. The Sabres are not playing that great right now but things will only get better.