McDavid told the fans after the game that he’d love to come to Buffalo.

“The fans in Buffalo have been great to me. If I was fortunate to play here it would be unbelievable.”

11 thou. for a junior game WOW! Our local team barely gets a few thou. most games.

Hope Sabres draft him.

Posted by Slumpy from Under My Wheels on 10/23/14 at 07:53 AM ET

Cool breakdown - this is interesting to see!

Posted by TreKronor on 10/23/14 at 08:50 AM ET

This is a much more interesting use of stats than I normally find in the KK blogs. Well done, and thank you.

Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 10/23/14 at 10:09 AM ET

Thanks guys.  I’ll update this often and we’ll see how things develop.

Posted by @DaveDavisHockey from Buffalo, NY on 10/23/14 at 10:18 AM ET

If only NHL.com would list teams by % of possible points

Posted by evileye on 10/23/14 at 10:40 AM ET

Realizing that this is a purely academic exercise - And an interesting one, at that - kind of like those “inverted globes” that are labeled to depict Antarctica on top, I find it equally unsettling; if not downright disturbing.

In my mind, it parallels a wife’s tracking of her husband’s heart-attacks, strokes, missed medication and emergency, late-night ICU visits, with an eye towards predicting his ultimate demise and the subsequent $2 million life insurance payout.

It’s simply “not right”.

(And I write as an “ex-Sabres’ fan”, whose confidence and pride in the team was systematically corroded by The Darcy & Lindy Show - With the first seeds of contempt having been sowed by the Briere-Drury-Vanek offer-sheet fiasco; and progressing/regressing from that point.)

I have (in recent seasons) tried to watch Sabres’ games and I find them quite [fill in appropriate term of disdain] - They are without any saving grace, and I (sadly) doubt that the additions of a McDavid and/or Eichel, in spite of their being identified as so-called “generational talent”, will positively impact this (endemically dysfunctional) organization, for another 5-7 years.

Tim Murray’s shown he can tear things apart, and move pieces around (for some future value) - He has yet to show he can build anything that can win, in the “now”.

If he’s going to define his career by a strategy that models itself after a welfare recipient spending the monthly check on the Lotto? Boy-howdy, what a mess…especially if the Islanders (and the Blues) and the ping-pong balls fail to cooperate with such an inane pipe-dream.

Posted by icehound on 10/23/14 at 01:48 PM ET

The Oilers are just toying with the rest of the lottery group, picking up a point here and a point there with OTLs.  Edmonton will keep Buffalo, Columbus and Carolina in the race, but the Oil are simply to good at tanking to lose (win?).

I can’t think of any other city that holds “draft parties”.  Those of us who cheer for the Oilers have truly embraced the horror.

Thank goodness that we have a POHO that “knows a thing or two about winning”.  Kevin Lowe is keeping the winning spirit alive in Edmonton… expect us to win the draft lottery.

Posted by sportsjunkie007 on 12/07/14 at 11:55 AM ET