The high draft picks have come in handy on the back end, though. Rasmus Dahlin, the No. Along with Jeff Skinner and Alex Tuch, the Sabres have created one of the best top lines in the league. He scored 47 goals and 94 points in 78 games, emerging as a true superstar and top line centre. Louis in the Ryan O'Reilly trade, but he had a coming out party in Buffalo last season. Tage Thompson was not one of those picks, as he came over from St. Those picks have helped them develop stars at all three positions. One of the positives of being so bad for so long is that the Sabres have had multiple high draft picks over the years. But the team could still use another forward to add to the top-six, especially with the unfortunate injury to Jack Quinn this offseason. Buffalo will be pushing for a playoff spot in the next few seasons, and the breakthrough could come as early as 2023-24. Although it's been over a decade, the future is bright in Western New York, for a team that boasts star power at all three positions and a prospect pool that is absolutely loaded.
The Sabres haven't treated their fans to a postseason series since losing in Game 7 of the first round to the Philadelphia Flyers back in 2011. Such is the nature of parity in the National Hockey League. Instead, the Panthers defeated them 2-1 and ended up advancing all the way to the Stanley Cup Final. If the Buffalo Sabres had beaten the Florida Panthers on April 4, 2023, they would have qualified for the postseason, snapping the longest active NHL playoff drought.
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