Digging Into Buffalo: 6 of Top 12 are new, but how will they do? Tues Buzz

What Went Right Last Season: Not a whole lot...When you are last in goals scored and 29th in goals allowed...

What May Keep That From Happening Again: The Sabres had moments when they actually showed they have a bright future...and they have added some really strong pieces...

What Went Wrong Last Season: A lot...The Sabres were supposed to take steps forward and most predicted them to have a much better year...

What They Did to Address Their Issues: They added 6 players to their top 12 Forwards...that is by far the most turnover in the NHL . A new starting goalie and drafted a stud in Dahlin...They did more than any other team in the NHL...

Goals Per Game 2.4 (LAST in the NHL)

Goals Against per Game 3.4 (29th in the NHL)

Power Play 19.1% (20th)

Penalty Kill 77.9 (22nd)

Face Off 7th in NHL

How old are they? The average is 26.3, which makes them the 8th youngest team in the NHL...their projected top 6 D averages only 25.0 years old...that is the 4th youngest...

How many ELC’s do they have making impacts: 3

Besides Dahlin, they have Mittlestadt and Tage Thompson

Projected value...many of you pointed out that this is not really useful until all the teams are computed....so that will be another blog...instead I will just put up their projected lines...

Projected 1st Line Eichel Skinner Okposo

Can't go wrong with these three...

Projected 2nd Line Mittlestadt Sheary Pomminville

Should be quick and fun to watch...

Projected 3rd Line Berglund Sobotka Thompson

The Blues have a solid line here...I mean the Sabres...

Projected 4th Line Girgensons Larsson Rodrigues

Defense:

Projected 1st Pair Scandella Ristolainen

Projected 2nd Pair/b> Dahlin McCabe

Projected 3rd Pair Bogosian Bealieu

Projected Goalies: Hutton Ullmark

Potential UFA’s/Trade Bait: Skinner and Pomminville could be moved...Skinner is most likely, although they are trying to extend..

In what rounds were their top 20 drafted? First: 11 Second: 4 Third: 0 4th or higher: 2 Not Drafted: 3

Where are their top 20 from? USA: 8 Canada: 5 Sweden: 4 Czech: 1 Lithuania : 1 Finland: 1

How will they do? That will be in the predictions to come...