There are already NHL teams crashing. The anguish in their fanbases is intensely hot, in particular, in Buffalo which has been out of the playoffs for 14 years straight. Star Sabres winger Alex Tuch is an upcoming unrestricted free agents and star players Tage Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin have made it clear they need to see improvement in the team’s trajectory.

Oilers fan to a man, woman or teenager can feel for the plight of the Sabres and their fans. We went through our own Decade of Darkness-plus from 2007 to 2018 when Edmonton only once made the playoffs.

At the same time, with players having so much more power today to decide their own fate in the NHL, an NHL GM isn’t doing his job if he’s not looking at failing teams to see if he might be able to snag one or two useful players in the

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