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Behind the Dark Season for Sabres

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One of the NHL’s biggest mysteries this season, the collapse of the Buffalo Sabres, could result in some big changes. It doesn’t appear as if the jobs of GM Darcy Regier and coach Lindy Ruff are in jeopardy, but some players may soon be on the move.

That was the strong hit delivered by Sabres President Ted Black during  All-Star Weekend when he told John Vogl of The Buffalo News that while he supported the work of the team’s hockey department, “Our commitment is to winning, not to any particular group of players that are labeled as a core. Take that for what it’s worth.”

We’ll take that to mean that the Sabres will be sellers at, or prior to, the...

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