With my one-week layoff complete, the Sabres are in no better shape than they were in when I departed. However, the road to their current state was an interesting one.
A huge 5-1 spanking of the Capitals put Buffalo in full control of their destiny prior to dropping their weekend set against Pittsburgh and Toronto. Now they not only need to win their games this week, they need a little help along the way.
The title says it all. As I tweeted last night, best case scenario would be for the Sabres to go 2-0 against the Leafs and Flyers and then hope that the Panthers beat the Caps on Thursday. The Sabres would have a two-point lead and would then control their own destiny on Saturday against the Bruins, where a point would get them into the playoffs.
Of course, a loss to the Leafs tonight renders this point worthless (no pun intended).