Revamped Sabres set to start climbing standings
By Joe Yerdon - NHL.com Correspondent
NHL.com 30 in 30 - Buffalo Sabres
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E.J. Hradek and Dan Rosen take a look at the Buffalo Sabres
for the upcoming 2015-16 NHL season.
BUFFALO -- Things are about to change for the better for the Buffalo Sabres.
The past two seasons were the worst in Sabres history, so it'd be easy to say things can't get worse, but the arrival of the No. 2 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, Boston University center Jack Eichel, has changed the attitude here.
Eichel's arrival, coupled with the eventual debut of forward Evander Kane, who didn't play for the Sabres after he was acquired in a trade from the Winnipeg Jets on Feb. 11 (elbow surgery); center Ryan O'Reilly, acquired from the Colorado Avalanche on June 26; and coach Dan Bylsma, has the Buffalo fan base hopeful the organizational rebuild will bring results on the ice.