Sabres record setting playoff drought #nhl #sabres

Sabres record setting playoff drought #nhl #sabres

I decided to spend my morning with a cup of coffee looking back at the seasons’s past that we missed the playoffs right and the Sabres are going to miss it for likely a 13th consecutive season longest streak in NHL history I believe um but I

Took a look back at the previous 12 I want to see how close right over half the league made the playoffs for most of those years and now at at 50% of the league does make the playoffs now how close were you right like was it one of

Those things like did the puck just not bounce your way here or there okay so we have 12 we’ve got 12 Seasons That’s our Baseline here the Sabers finished within 10 points 10 that’s my that’s that’s my starting point Abby 10 10 within 10 of the last playoff spot they did that four

Of 12 times they haven’t even been close oh here’s the next one I expanded it to 15 points within 15 points of the playoffs they only did that six times

The Sabres playoff odds have once again slipped into the single digits. What has their record-setting playoff drought looked like? We dive into the numbers