‘If there’s any consolation about watching this Sabres team, it is the potential for better days ahead. To know that there are the likes of defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Nakita Zadorov, both 18, and forwards Zemgus Girgensons and Mikhail Grigorenko, both 19, in the system. Overall, the roster includes 15 players 23 years old or younger.’