Calm Down! Why Sabres Playoff Failure was a <i>Good</i> Thing

Sigh. It's been a couple weeks, and we've all had some time to calm down and think. At this point last year, we as Buffalo Sabres fans would have been thrilled just to be in the playoffs.

Now, here we are clamoring for change after an embarrassing first-round exit to the Boston Bruins, a less-talented but far-more-deserving division rival. Even a casual fan knows what went wrong, despite what GM Darcy Regier states in press conferences.

Here is what we learned, and how to fix it.

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