The Longest Rebuild in NHL History
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The Buffalo Sabres have missed the postseason for 14 straight years, and in today’s video we take a look at the draft picks, trades, and free agent signings that have been at the forefront of the NHL’s longest rebuild ever…
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Solid vid! Definitely thought this was of high quality
Awesome vid dude!
1:15 Furthermore the Sabres remain the only NHL team yet to win a post-2009 playoff series, with a conference final appearance during the postseason of 2007.
You missed alot more reasons you did more the broad overview
Very good video, boss man. Can’t wait to see more.
That whole franchise needs a rebrand.
Go to that crest like they have in that clip at 2:08..simple circle with crossed swords..drop the dumb cow!!
Nobody wants to play for a team with a cow in their logo.
Id recommend that whole place changes its name to Niagara Falls anyway…everyone loves Niagara Falls.
I'm not sure we could call Dylan Cozens a waste. He is, however, probably going to be another player who becomes a superstar as soon as he leaves Buffalo.
The Buffalo management didn't respect the rebuild. They didn't commit to it. They tried to rush it, and destroyed the franchise for the foreseeable future. If you're not prepared to go through the full process of a rebuild, do not go into a rebuild.
Leafs fan here. Even I don't want to see the Sabres suffer like this anymore. They've got an incredible fanbase that deserves so much better.
But they won the Eichel trade right ?
Something tells me their lack of success was because management has no direction/gameplan for the team.
5:20
It starts with the Pegulas. They would rather have yesmen and people that they can push around to mettle than let the hockey people do the hockey stuff. That's the reason why the Bills are better now. The Pegulas stayed away from the Bills team operations.
8:30 Dahlin is objectively far and away a better player than Svechnikov. Even if you base it purely off point totals, Dahlin was close to a point per a game and Svechnikov was closer to 0.5 points per a game. All this while Dahlin is a d-man on a far worse team.
They are 100% taking the cup this year I put a 100k on it
# The Buffalo Sabres have the longest active Play-Off drought at 14 seasons (2011- ) a league record.
# The Florida Panthers have the longest Play-Off series win drought in league history at 24 seasons, lasting from 1997 to 2022.
# The Toronto Maple Leafs have the longest Stanley Cup Finals drought in league history at 57 seasons (1967- ) a league record +
# Leafs have the longest President's Trophy drought in league history at 61 seasons (1963- ) a league record.
Great vid. Not giving enough love to Dahlin tho!
Adele's hit is now faded into memory, but the Sabres are still rolling in the deep basement (sorry couldn't help myself) of the NHL standings 😂😅 ripppppp
Saying that svech is a more effective nhl player than Dahlin is laughable
Also in 2011 the Most Wanted criminal Osama Bin Laden was gunned down by military
NBA Sacramento Kings didn't go to the NBA postseason from 2007 to 2022 and broke the Buffalo Braves/San Diego & LA Clippers not appearing in the NBA postseason drought
Fantastic video man! Love the format and pacing!
They finished one point from a wildcard spot couple years ago
Did this guy really say svech is better than dahlin?! If dahlin leaves buffalo he will be the most wanted dman in the NHL. Put him with a partner that can help him and you got yourself probably the second best defenseman in the nhl behind Makar (ok maybe tied for second with quinn hughes, depending on who you ask).
Id like to personally thank buffalo for making my joke of a team look like champions in comparison
Unfair to Dahlin to compare to picks after him when he is a top d-man in the NHL while being in the dumpster fire that Buffalo is. The problem is organizational. How can you destroy so many big talents?
I still cant believe my Senators cant win a season game against them 😔😔
The sarbers are closer to folding than winning anything anytime soon.
Pegula and his doofus wife mean well but need to step back and let hockey leople run the hockey team.
Team of the future since 2010
Just an insane characterization of Dahlin. I wonder how he’d produce had he been drafted to Carolina or Vancouver?
What you know about rolling down in the deep
Svechnikov is better than Dahlin… yeah not watching this video.
Buffalo is hockey purgatory
Entered the NHL the same year as the Canucks, neither has won a cup both in long rebuilds
Dahlin is miles ahead of svech lol
How about unplugging from this brain destroying garbage.
Minnesota Wild has entered the chat
Dahlin > Svechnikov
When the Sabres last made the playoffs, the Thrashers were a month away from moving. The Sabres have never made the playoffs in the Winnipeg Jets (2.0) existence
"quite literally between a rock and a hard place"
In fact, the Sabres were figuratively between a rock and a hard place.
Good video. Good channel. Less-than-stellar vocabulary.
I like your tiktok challenges, had no idea u did youtube
As an Oilers fan. Who grew up during the late 90s and mid 2000s. I always remembered the Sabres being a top team, crazy to think now that Im one year away from being 30, and half of that time they were pretty dominant, and the other half, no playoffs at all
Do a video how Ron Hextall destroyed the Penguins single-handedly
The Sabres will never make the playoffs again