‘“So when you look at that, you say if some of the last-place teams in the league have a winning percentage .500 to .600 when they score the first goal of the game, why would you spend so much time on defense?” Granato said after the Sabres prepared for Thursday’s season opener against the Montreal Canadiens. “Because you’re going to be down goals, and you can’t concede those games. And so I don’t want to be conservative.”‘