The Buffalo Sabres are a bad hockey team. Expected to be in the race for dead last in the NHL from the opening faceoff of the 2014-15 season, the team hasn’t disappointed. Along the way it has bled talent in a manner that made that last-place finish more likely. The team's decision midseason to trade away a pair of reasonably competent goaltenders and replace them with castoffs from other teams could be reasonably expected to solidify 30th.
Instead, one of those castoffs has been playing incredible hockey for the Sabres.
Anders Lindback is an unlikely champion for Buffalo. To be sure, the 26-year-old has a few things on his side: At 6’6”, he has ideal size for the goaltending position and came up through the Nashville Predators’ goaltending factory. He also had fine results in 30-odd games in Tennessee after coming over to North America from Sweden’s top league.
But Lindback’s career since leaving Nashville has largely been about his deficiencies.
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Article written by Jonathan Willis