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Playoffs? Sabres Formula Simple But Not Easy
by @DaveDavisHockey on 01/15/11 at 08:48 PM ET
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With the Buffalo Sabres facing the
perennial doormat
slightly underrated New York Islanders three times in the next five games, fans and media here are making various conjectures about what it would realistically take for the Sabres to make the postseason.
What’s the formula for this tenth place team, currently eight points out of eighth place, to climb the charts and grab a playoff spot?
For those of us blogging twitterphiles feeling unarmed sans the required journalism degree to venture into such a realm of analytical complexity, let’s leave this Mensa-level exercise for the professionals.
“It’s a long, long way until the playoffs—Buffalo still has 39 games on the regular-season schedule—but the Sabres won’t get there without beating the teams ahead of them.”
- Buffalo News sports reporter John Vogl, January 14, 2011.
“…the Sabres need to beat the teams below them if they want to improve their 10th-place spot. The schedule gives them an opportunity to extend their 5-1-1 streak.”
- Vogl, later that same day.
That’s pure gold, so on second thought, let’s take a slap shot at this and review some prevailing theories on what parts of their remaining schedule are most crucial for the Sabres to ace in their drive to make the playoffs.
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