Mike Harrington
Sports Columnist
- Bio
A News staffer since 1987, I'm a Baseball Hall of Fame voter, a 2013 inductee into the Buffalo Baseball HOF and the Buffalo chapter chair of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. And I insist only Chicago & New York can come close to Buffalo pizza.
At age 32, Kane has lifted a team that was expected to be where the Sabres are into a strong position in the Central Division.
The Lightning beat the clock on an OT goal with 0.1 seconds left in Chicago.
"Now the GM needs to do something – anything – to fix a team that is nothing short of disgraceful," writes Mike Harrington.
At $6 million per season, it has to be about numbers. Okposo had just nine goals last season and has now gone over a year without scoring.
Former New York Rangers goalie and current MSG Network analyst Steve Valiquette called the Sabres "dreadful" late Tuesday night.
The Sabres lost 3-2 to the Rangers in Madison Square Garden Tuesday night.
Two goals are better than none. But they still weren't enough to the get the Sabres a win Tuesday night in the opener of their five-game road trip.
The Bisons won't play in Sahlen Field until May.
The Sabres are watching how all of their players react to their compressed schedule but seem particularly concerned about its impact on young players.
The Sabres' shutout streak is at 125 minutes, 47 seconds heading into tonight's game.