the predictions are in...here's where the various internet sites and media types think the sabres will finish the regular season and/or how they rank league-wide to open the season...
*****disclaimer--this blogger does not take any responsibility for loss of hair and/or sanity and/or any physiological disorders incurred by the reader after digesting the following prognostications, nor does he take any responsibility for damage inflicted upon a computer and/or blackberry and/or any electronic, information-gathering device due to reader disbelief/exasperation and/or outright fury from exposure to the following predictions/rankings*****
ross mckeon, yahoo--20th overall, 10th in the conference, 3rd in the division: "It’s good to see a team that missed out on the playoffs for consecutive seasons not make longtime GM Darcy Regier and coach Lindy Ruff scapegoats."
tab bamford, bleacher report--2nd in the div., 6th in the conference...interesting to note that he has toronto as 1st in the n.e. div, 3rd in the conference and has the leafs beating the sabres in the first round
kevin allen, usa today--1st in the div. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2010-09-28-northeast-division-capsules_N.htm
odds to win the stanley cup: sabres, 26-1 http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Official-betting-odds-for-2010-11-NHL-season-fr?urn=nhl-273907
mark ritter, the bleacher report: 2nd in the div., 7th in the conference http://bleacherreport.com/articles/478922-nhl-2010-11-eastern-conference-playoff-picks#page/8
tsn power rankings: buffalo #9 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=29184
pierre labrun, espn: 2nd in (weak) div. http://espn.go.com/nhl/preview2010/team/_/name/buf
power rankings, #12 http://espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings
matthew barnaby, espn: 1st in div. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5634215 (4:55 mark)
ryan lambert, yahoo/puck daddy: Ryan Miller plays a one-man show in Buffalo for 70-something games and the Sabres still miss the playoffs. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/What-We-Learned-20-bold-predictions-for-the-201?urn=nhl-274219
joe yerden, nbc/pro hockey talk: 1st in div. http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/2010-2011-nhl-season-preview-buffalo-sabres.php
e.j. hradek, espn: 1st in div. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/preview2010/news/story?id=5647799
mike brophy, the hockey news power rankings: buffalo #14 behind montreal (#13,) ottawa (#12) and boston (#11) http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/10/05/brophy_rankings_week1/
john shannon, the hockey news; bob faulds, the hockey news: 1st in the div. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/10/05/hockeycentral_predictions/
alan muir, si.com: 1st in the div. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/allan_muir/10/04/northeast.preview/index.html
ira podell, ap hockey writer: 1st in div. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-easternconferencecapsules
wes goldstein, cbs sportsline: power rank, #13 http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/story/14074999/power-rankings-angry-capitals-start-out-at-no-1
buffalo news--
mike harrington: 2nd div., 5th conference
bucky gleason: 2nd div
john vogl: 2nd div., 4th or 5th conference
http://video.buffalonews.com/player/?id=1788
wgr--
howard simon, the bulldog, pat malacaro, brian koziol: 1st div., 3rd conference
greg bauch, jeremy white: 2nd div., 4th conference
mike schoop: 3rd div., 8th conference
paul hamiltion: 3rd div., 7th conference
http://www.wgr550.com/WGR-s-NHL-2010-11-Predictions/8302587
tsn: 2nd n.e., 6th conference
puckdaddy--
greg wyshynski: 3rd div., 8th conference
sean leahy: 3rd div., 8th conference
ryan lambert: 3rd div., no playoffs
dmitry chesnokov: 2nd div., 6th conference
justin bourne: 2nd div., 7th conference
erin nicks: 2nd div., 5th conference
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Puck-Daddy-s-2010-11-Eastern-Conference-staff-pr?urn=nhl-275264#remaining-content
cbc (all based upon points, not division champs)...eastern conference--
nabil karim: 8th
jeff marek: 7th
scott morrison: 6th
tim wharnsby: miss the cut
brad may: miss the cut, lindy ruff will be the first coach fired
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/timwharnsby/2010/10/i-desk-crew-predictions-detroit-pittsburgh-or-san-jose.html
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