First off, if you're going to compare what years are the worst, they should be equal in terms of length. Giving the Oilers 8 years and the Sabres 10 is unfair, so i'm going to do 13-current Sabres and leave the 08-16 Oilers
2011-present Sabres:
20-21: not going to make the playoffs, current last in division with a deadly top 6, 4th worst in NHL points %
19-20: Missed the playoffs when there was 24 TEAMS!, 7th worst in NHL
18-19: 22 points back of playoffs, 5th worst in NHL
17-18: 35 points back of playoffs, worst in NHL
16-17: 27 points back of playoffs, 5th worst in NHL
15-16: 15 points back of playoffs, 8th worst in NHL
14-15: 44 points back of playoffs, worst in NHL
13-14: 41 points back of playoffs, worst in NHL
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12-13: 7 points back of playoffs (short season), 8th worst in NHL
11-12: 3 points back of playoffs, 12th worst in NHL
2008-2016 Oilers:
15-16: 17 points back of playoffs, 2nd worst in NHL
14-15: 35 points back of playoffs, 3rd worst in NHL
13-14: 24 points back of playoffs, 3rd worst in NHL
12-13: 10 points back of playoffs (short season), 7th worst in NHL
11-12: 21 points back of playoffs, 2nd worst in NHL
10-11: 35 points back of playoffs, worst in NHL
09-10: 33 points back of playoffs, worst in NHL
08-09: 6 points back of playoffs, 10th worst in NHL
So, not including 11-12 and 12-13 for the Sabres:
"Loser" points (1 point for the rank they were): 32 (as of today)
Oilers:
"Loser" points (1 point for the rank they were): 29
So hardly much better (higher the better)
Points back of playoffs?
Sabres: 194 --- (that includes 10P back rn), and if it was a normal wild card last year then tack on 13 more points for 207
Oilers: 181
Both managements are completely inept during these times, but the HUGE thing about this is that the Oilers have made the playoffs twice, potentially 3 times during McDavid's era, and Sabres will be 0/6 in their Eichel era.
You compared pre-McDavid era and current Eichel era, soooo to me, this should be a landslide towards the Sabres, they havent even SNIFFED the playoffs with Eichel in 6 years --- let that sink in to all you Oiler haters.