‘But Sabres nation has every reason to be optimistic going into this first round of play. Why? In a word: goaltending. Tuukka Rask has racked up some pretty significant numbers since wrestling the starting job away from Tim Thomas. But Buffalo’s Ryan Miller is having a career season. If anything, the Olympics experience just made him that much tougher and focused as he leads the Sabres on this bigger stage. As long as Miller is riding a hot streak, that is about as far as this team will go.’