No. After the collapse of Housley' second year because Botterill could not be bothered with replacing Patrick Berglund with another NHL-quality centee, I plan on waiting the whole year.
I am encouraged, though.
Not only that: the Sabres have had a few years of fool's gold with great starts followed by slides out of contention. (Blame XGMJB for one of them ending SOOOOOO badly.) So fans are even more likely to be skeptical about anything unless there is consistent performance.