The Canucks and Sabres find themselves in the midst of mediocrity and disarray, but they're used to it, since they've spent more than five decades trying to get it right, says Ken Campbell.
The Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres came into the NHL as expansion cousins more than 50 years ago, and they've been struggling to get it right ever since.
With the news that the Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller schism has the Canucks on the verge of imploding, both teams are taking up a lot of oxygen with their chaos and struggles.
It's hard to believe that these two teams are only three years younger than the six franchises that were added to the NHL when the NHL doubled in size in 1967. Man, that's a lot of frustration and ineptitude for two of the most loyal fan bases in the NHL.
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